Eric Rasmusen's Weblog: Reagan: A Major Supporter of Both Abortion and Homosexuality

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Reagan: A Major Supporter of Both Abortion and Homosexuality

It's well known that Ronald Reagan as governor of California signed a bill legalizing abortion that was the biggest action increasing abortion before Roe v. Wade. It turns out he was also pro-homomsexual, going out of his way to help defeat a ballot proposition that would have explicitly made it legal to fire schoolteachers for being homosexual. See this pro=Reagan American Spectator article.

Labels: conservatism, history, homosexuality, Reagan

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