‘Republicans on K Street are helping members of their party shift their stance on gay rights issues.
Kathryn Lehman, a top GOP lobbyist and partner at Holland & Knight, carries a list of 40 to 50 Republican offices in the House and Senate she visits on behalf of Freedom to Marry, a group that backs same-sex marriage.
“The issue is losing its toxicity, from a Republican perspective,” she said, mentioning that the list was a fraction of that size when she first took on Freedom to Marry as a client in 2011.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/213747-lobbyists-quietly-advise-gop-on-gay-marriage-shift
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