Candidate compares gay marriage to bestiality

Democrats pounce on sheepish comment

DENVER (AP) | Aug 16, 1:14 PM via Washington Blade

Democrats are pouncing on Colorado's Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob Beauprez and his newly chosen running mate, Janet Rowland, for comments she made five months ago comparing same-sex marriage to bestiality.

Rowland is a Mesa County, Colo., commissioner who appeared in a March 17 broadcast of the Rocky Mountain PBS program "Colorado State of Mind." In it, she said homosexuality is an alternative lifestyle, and for some people, the alternative lifestyle is bestiality. Then she asked, "Do we allow a man to marry a sheep?"

Democratic nominee Bill Ritter's campaign called the remarks "insensitive, close-minded, derogatory and crude," and is demanding an apology.

Beauprez campaign manager John Marshall said Rowland regrets her remarks and...continue reading at Washington Blade?

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