Gabriel Rothblatt

Rothblatt is an outspoken advocate for human rights. In his 2014 congressional campaign, he was endorsed by the National Organization for Women[5] and the Teamsters Local Union 769.[6] He also was a featured speaker at the South Brevard NAACP's banquet dinner.[7] He is a Member Delegate of the Space Coast Progressive Alliance and Vice President of the Brevard Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.[8]

Rothblatt is an advocate for space, public speaker on the advantageous of investing in space settlements, and President of the Florida Space Development Council, the National Space Society's local chapter.[9] In a talk hosted by students from SEDS, at the University of Michigan, Rothblatt advocated that space exploration should not resemble the space race but should be an endeavor of international collaboration.[1] In a congressional debate, Rothblatt stated that he believes missions to the moon, mars, and asteroids should be a priority, and under the right plan a 1,000 people could be in space within a decade.[10] Space was such a significant part of Rothblatt's campaign BBC News ran a story covering both candidates position on space and titled it Florida's space race: The politicians battling over the cosmos.[11] Lisa Miller, from New York magazine, wrote that the first item on Rothblatt's platform is "space."[12] Rothblatt has written on various space topics including spacesteading[13] and panspermia.[14]

Rothblatt is a Pastor, Community Organizer, and member of the Board of Directors with the Terasem Movement.[15][16] Rothblatt writes and speaks on transhumanist topics, such as seasteading,[17][18] cryonics,[19] religion,[20] mind uploading,[21] and technological discrimination.[22][23]

Rothblatt was supported by SpacePAC, a Political Action Committee (PAC) founded by his parents.[26] Under campaign finance laws, PACs are not permitted to collaborate with the candidate.[26] Due to these restrictions, the Rothblatts were not permitted to discuss the campaign together until the election was over.[26] The New York Times criticized the PAC because it was run by his parents.[31] USA Today reported that Rothblatt was unaware of his parents PAC until he saw yard signs promoting his candidacy.[32] According to William Patrick, from Watchdog.org, Posey knew of the family relationship between Rothblatt and the PAC, but Posey declined to comment.[33] Dave Berman, from Florida Today, noted that even with the support of SpacePAC, Posey's campaign had far more funds than Rothblatt's campaign.[34] Alex Leary, from the Tampa Bay Times reported that SpacePAC was not the first PAC to be set up by a wealthy parents to support their child's campaign.[35]