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(USGovernment-News.Com, June 08, 2013 ) Los Angeles, CA -- David McKinnon, president of the Vero Beach, Florida chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays pushed back the notion that the ordeal with Hunt and her underage girlfriend is a gay rights issue.
In a statement, McKinnon said “We have not been able to find where the charges brought against this unfortunate young lady are inspired by homophobia, or are in any way anti-LGBTQ.”
Earlier last month, Hunt admitted to having a sexual relationship with her 14-year-old girlfriend. In Florida, anyone over the age of 18 having sexual relations with anyone under 18 is considered illegal, whether the sex was consensual or not.The two girls attended the same high school and were on the basketball team together. According to Hunt’s arrest affidavit, they performed oral sex and mutual masturbation on each other.
McKinnon noted that there was no question about whether Hunt broke the law, and that numerous heterosexuals have been arrested under similar circumstances, so it had nothing to do with Hunt being a lesbian.Two members of an unnamed area gay advocacy group told a local Florida news station that they resigned from their position after they wouldn’t take a pro-Hunt stance on the case. “I’m gay, and I don’t side with Kate,” said one activist, who spoke to local media anonymously due to his concerns that the Free Kate movement would retaliate against him and his partner. Hunt’s girlfriends parents were the ones who brought the charges against her. Recently she rejected a plea deal that gave her one year’s house arrest in exchange for jail time. Now, the case will likely go to trial.
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