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House Judiciary Chairman Rob Briley, a Democrat, called Campfield's proposal "the most preposterous bill I've seen" in an eight-year legislative career.

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She said a posting on a blog that described her as calling Campfield a "homophobe" before he left was "probably" true.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michelangelo Signorile 2012

Campfield claimed homosexuality is harmful, and though he's told the media that I turned the discussion to AIDS, he's actually the one who raised AIDS as one of the reasons why being gay is supposedly harmful.

Michelangelo Signorile: From Stupid to Dangerous Michelangelo Signorile 2012

I'm talking about Tennessee, where the GOP senate last year became a national laughing stock -- with Sen. Stacey Campfield at the center of it all -- passing a bill that would ban discussion by educators of homosexuality in kindergarten through ninth grade.

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Newt Gingrich's Tennessee campaign co-chair is none other than Tennessee GOP state Sen. Stacey Campfield, which seems only fitting since Campfield, too, appears to fancy himself a historian -- in addition to a public health expert.

Michelangelo Signorile: From Stupid to Dangerous Michelangelo Signorile 2012

It all began when I interviewed Campfield about the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Michelangelo Signorile: From Stupid to Dangerous Michelangelo Signorile 2012

Campfield had pushed the "Don't Say Gay" bill for years, but finally got it out of committee in 2011.

Michelangelo Signorile: 'Don't Say Gay' -- But 'Sodomite,' 'Pervert' Are Fine Michelangelo Signorile 2012

When listeners to my radio program and readers of Huffington Post sent Campfield emails explaining how false and reckless his claims were, he sent them back his supposed proof: A right-wing tract using bogus science claiming gays died earlier than straights and which was debunked over a decade ago when blowhard Bill Bennett was pushing these lies and an advice column from 1988 -- yes, 1988!

Michelangelo Signorile: From Stupid to Dangerous Michelangelo Signorile 2012

Much love to Martha Boggs, owner of Bistro at the Bjiou restaurant in Knoxville, TN, for asking State Senator Stacy Campfield to leave her restaurant for making disparaging remarks about gay bullying and saying that it was "virtually impossible" for heterosexuals to contract AIDS.

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Campfield is at the center of much controversy in Tennessee and nationally after he told me that AIDS began with a gay "airline pilot" who was "screwing a monkey" and that it is "virtually impossible" to be infected with HIV via heterosexual sex.

Michelangelo Signorile: From Stupid to Dangerous Michelangelo Signorile 2012