Politics

Out, Proud and Loud: A GOP Nominee Breaks Boundaries

With his groundbreaking campaign commercial, San Diego’s Carl DeMaio is part of a new generation of Republicans seeking to make the issue of sexual orientation a non-issue in American politics.

Lasting a mere four seconds, an image in a television advertisement for a San Diego congressional campaign made history last week.

The ad, for former Republican city council member Carl DeMaio, is in many ways a run-of-the-mill American political commercial.

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