U.S. Senate blocks appointment of homosexualist as ambassador to El Salvador
December 13, 2011 - The U.S. Senate has blocked the appointment of a controversial homosexualist nominee to the position of ambassador to El Salvador, in a 49-37 vote that upheld a filibuster against a vote on the nominati Image via Wikipedia on. The Associated Press acknowledged that nomination of Marie Carmen Aponte failed in large part because of her open support for the homosexual agenda in El Salvador, which sparked a protest to the U.S. Senate on the part of El Salvadoran civil organizations. Aponte outraged pro-family organizations in El Salvador by writing an opinion article for the La Prensa Grafica newspaper in which she denounced “homophobia,” which she said was “based on the lack of understanding of what it really means to be homosexual or transgender.” The White House immediately responded with a statement denouncing the blockage of the nomination. “Today’s filibuster is one more example of the type of political posturing and partisanship the American people are tir...