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Next RNC Chair Sen. Martinez Promotes Anti-Gay Issues But Has Top Gay Staffers...

Next RNC Chair Sen. Martinez Promotes Anti-Gay Issues But Has Top Gay Staffers...
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On a humid day in Tampa last month, John Dowless could be seen passing out cards at Landry's Seafood House to a group of about 40 of Florida's most conservative religious leaders, including members of Family First of Tampa and the Pinellas Crisis Pregnancy Center, an anti-abortion group.

Dowless arranged the lunch on behalf of Mel Martinez, the former housing secretary who is now one of eight Republican candidates trying to get his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate race this fall.

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