A pro-family activist says it's absolutely imperative that Republicans win the open Senate seat in Wisconsin, as a victory for the Democratic contender would bring the first openly lesbian candidate to the Senate in the U.S.
When four-term Sen. Herb Kohl (D) announced last year that he would not seek re-election in 2012, Wisconsin Democrats nominated Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin to succeed him. Baldwin was the first openly homosexual non-incumbent elected to the House of Representatives and has been an unabashed supporter of the radical homosexual agenda in Congress.
Peter LaBarbera is director of Republicans for Family Values. He says Baldwin is as liberal as they come.
"She's a hardcore lesbian activist," he tells OneNewsNow. "Tammy Baldwin represents everything that conservatives -- conservative Christians, especially -- oppose. And yet, here she is as the nominee now for the Democratic Party. It sure is a far cry from Harry Truman."
But LaBarbera is confident that the Republican nominee, former Gov. Tommy Thompson, can prevent Baldwin from being the first openly lesbian member of the U.S. Senate.
"I think Tommy Thompson has a great chance to beat her," he says. "I really don't want Tammy Baldwin ever rising to become the first open lesbian senator in the U.S. Senate. There may have been others who weren't open about it, but it's just shocking that this radical left-winger is the standard bearer for the Democratic Party in Wisconsin."
A recent compilation of Senate polls by Real Clear Politics shows Thompson with almost an eight-point lead over Baldwin.