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Openly Gay Connecticut Politician Targeted By Anti-LGBTQ Group

Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo, who is openly gay, is the recent target of the American Family Association.
Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo
Connecticut Comptroller Kevin LemboOffice of the State Comptroller of Connecticut
/ Source: NBC Connecticut

Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo, who is openly gay, is the recent target of an aggressively anti-LGBTQ group.

Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo
Connecticut Comptroller Kevin LemboOffice of the State Comptroller of Connecticut

Lembo has been inundated with thousands of calls and emails from people from out-of-state locations after the state comptroller challenged the American Family Association's "charitable" status.

"The state of Connecticut, once a bastion of religious liberty, has now become the epicenter of blatant anti-Christian discrimination," Bryan Fischer, former American Family Association director and current radio host, said on the group's website.

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