June 15, 2016

Anti-LGBT Lawmakers Race To Condemn Islam While Ignoring Their Own Roles In Anti-LGBT Violence

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/06/13/3787717/anti-lgbt-demagogues-blame-radical-islam/
"Last November, for example, anti-LGBT pastor Kevin Swanson convened a “National Religious Liberties Conference” and reiterated his longstanding belief that both the Old and New Testaments mandate that homosexuals be put to death. Present at the event were anti-LGBT stalwarts and then-Republican presidential hopefuls Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz. Though Cruz’s campaign would months later called his attendance “a mistake,” his harsh anti-LGBT rhetoric continued as he criticized “New York values” like LGBT equality."