‘I stood up for basic rights for people.’

Wyoming legislator Dan Zwonitzer “is both Republican and straight, but the 27-year-old state representative suddenly has found himself praised by gay rights activists nationwide.” Zwonitzer spoke out against an anti-gay marriage measure, and the committee ended up killing the bill. “Zwonitzer told the House Rules Committee on Feb. 22 that he needed to publicly oppose the measure — even if it cost him his seat — because he believed that was the right thing to do. He told the committee that gay rights were the civil rights struggle of his generation. ‘I will tell my children that when this debate went on, I stood up for basic rights for people,’ he said.” (Via Towleroad)