Senate Republicans block nominee who penned pro-LGBT op-ed
The Senate this week failed to confirm Mari Carmen Aponte as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador after Republicans raised concerns and cited a pro-LGBT op-ed Aponte wrote for the La Prensa Grafica, a Spanish-language newspaper in El Salvador. "Her decision to publish an opinion piece hostile to the culture of El Salvadorans presents ... doubts about her fitness for the job. This op-ed upset a large number of community and pro-life groups in El Salvador who were insulted by Ms. Aponte's rhetoric," said Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. Washington Blade (12/13)
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