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Joshua Higginbotham
@Higginbotham4WV · WV · H
Posts181
Engagement80.2K
Voting-record position0.307
CoverageJan 18, 2020 to Nov 23, 2024
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Most distinctive Civil Rights 1.6 pp above the party median
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| Civil Rights | 5.7% | 4.1% | +1.6 pp | Over-indexed | 181 |
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I’m gay. I’ve wanted to tell you this for many years, but I couldn’t be public like I wanted because there were still a few people in my family who didn’t know yet—now they do. So now I’m telling you, too. https://t.co/k1ImZY6qPZ
ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ll be the lead sponsor of the Fairness Act in West Virginia. As a conservative Republican & a Christian, I can tell you that it’s past time to add our LGBT+ friends & family to the Human Rights Act. It’s time for the Mountain State to enter the 21st century by...
It’s ok to be gay and Christian. It’s ok to be gay and a conservative Republican official in West Virginia. My family accepts me. My friends accept me. Now I’m asking you to accept me as well.
I<U+2019>ve had a lot of friends ask me what I think about this whole Coach Bob Huggins situation going on at WVU, so I<U+2019>d just like to make an ironic point about how low we have become as a society. Popular or not, here<U+2019>s what I think as an openly gay West Virginian:
A few weeks ago, I came out as gay publicly for the first time in my 24 years on this earth. Never in my mind would I have expected it to get so much attention not only throughout West Virginia but also making national news. It was a decision that had been tearing at me…
...preventing discrimination in housing, employment, & public accommodations. West Virginia is changing; the Republican Party is changing. It’s time for our laws to reflect that change as well.
My sister is a survivor of a child marriage. In West Virginia, there is no minimum age to get married, and in my sister<U+2019>s case, she was an underage girl who married an adult man. Most situations like this end in dropping out of school, abuse, & often addiction<U+2026> https://t.co/s0N3awYBpg
@KerryANessel *Presbyterian* And I have sponsored every pro-equality bill since taking office and will continue to do so.
…A decade ago, I never thought the fearful 14-year-old freshman I once was would ever be able to say this out loud without losing those I loved, my faith, and my career—but boy was I wrong. Don’t ever be afraid to be who God created you to be…