A physical confrontation between two high-profile people shows how homophobia can be used as a weapon in ongoing political battles.

Assemblywoman Nora Campos accused state senators Kevin de León and Jim Beall of planning an attack on her husband, Neil Struthers. There’s only one thing that we can be certain of, and it isn’t pretty.

Neil Struthers, spouse of Assemblywoman Nora Campos, reportedly got into a fight at a political event after hurling racial and homophobic slurs.