Post by Logan on Feb 18, 2016 3:21:21 GMT -6
A Kansas state lawmaker says the U.S. Supreme Court created gay people as a “third sex” by effectively legalizing marriage equality last year.
Republican Rep. Dick Jones made his comments during a committee hearing where state lawmakers met with a Washington state florist, Barronelle Stutzman, who is being sued by a gay man and the ACLU after she refused to provide flowers for the man’s same-sex wedding.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports:
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Republican Rep. Dick Jones made his comments during a committee hearing where state lawmakers met with a Washington state florist, Barronelle Stutzman, who is being sued by a gay man and the ACLU after she refused to provide flowers for the man’s same-sex wedding.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports:
Rep. Dick Jones, a Republican, said the national psyche had already flipped to allow people to speak of the positives of being accepting of people’s choice in terms of sexual gratification.
“The Supreme Court has, in fact, established a third sex for all intents and purposes. So there’s male and female and gay,” Jones said.
“And they have brought on all of the elements of equality as they probably should have for that. But we must not forget that gay is strictly a sexual preference. It’s not a separate sex. But until we get the public to accept that, your desire to live in your Christian ethic, I think, is practically doomed, and I’m sorry to say that.”
“The Supreme Court has, in fact, established a third sex for all intents and purposes. So there’s male and female and gay,” Jones said.
“And they have brought on all of the elements of equality as they probably should have for that. But we must not forget that gay is strictly a sexual preference. It’s not a separate sex. But until we get the public to accept that, your desire to live in your Christian ethic, I think, is practically doomed, and I’m sorry to say that.”
Read more: www.towleroad.com/2016/02/302852/