“[Paul]Singer, a prominent Republican donor who backed Mitt Romney’s presidential bid and is a major supporter of gay marriage,...
www.forbes.com/profile/paul-singer/
“Meet the wealthy donor who’s trying to get Republicans to support gay marriage”
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“At the end of the last fundraising cycle, he continued his support for traditional Republican politicians, throwing a fundraiser for three GOP senate candidates: Rep. Tom Cotton, running in Arkansas, Dan Sullivan running in Alaska, and Rep. Steve Daines, running in Montana. The event raised $600,000. He has also donated to South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Texas Sen. John Cornyn and South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham.”
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/04/the-money-man-behind-pro-gay-marriage-republicans/
Notice AR Rep. Tom Cotton listed?
“[AR Rep Tom] Cotton, a farm boy from Yell County, Ark., who carried his district by nearly 20 points last year, has not officially announced his candidacy, but he is fundraising aggressively. The conservative hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer and former Romney foreign policy adviser Dan Senor last month hosted a fundraiser for him in New York City that hauled in over $100,000 from high-dollar Republican donors including Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam.”
www.nationalreview.com/article/354724/tom-cotton-presumptive-candidate-eliana-johnson
However, according to Human Rights Campaign re: Tom Cotton (I think this was his 2012 stance)...
“Strong families also depend on strong marriages, and I support the traditional understanding of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. I also support the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and I will defend its constitutionality because President Obama has abandoned his duty to do so in federal court - an extreme position rejected not only by President Bush, but also by President Clinton.”
www.hrc.org/elected-officials/profile/house/673#.U1xH9GcU85s
But by March 2013...
“Rep. Tom Cotton, a Republican, denied an interview request.
“He doesn’t have a lot to say on that topic,” said his spokesman, Caroline Rabbit.
www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/03/28/mark-pryor-worse-than-tom-cotton-on-gay-rights”
I knew this guy was a Rove Republican when he was running for Congress, but this is even worse than I originally thought. AR’s whole delegation is just a dud:( !!! Surely we can do better?!