Post by libby on Jan 26, 2016 20:35:22 GMT -6
Lawmaker invokes Jared Fogle, killers and fat people in discussing LGBT rights
An Indiana lawmaker drew analogies to Jared Fogle, fat white people and psychopathic killers in an effort to describe his belief that being gay is a behavior.
Rep. Woody Burton, R-Whiteland, said during a town hall meeting in his hometown on Saturday that homosexuality is a behavior. He then made a number of comparisons.
“You can’t control it sometimes. I understand that,” he said. “If someone’s a psychopathic killer, it’s a behavior thing. They can’t help it. OK? Somebody’s a homosexual, maybe it’s a genetic thing. Maybe it’s not. They can’t help it. But it’s still a behavioral thing.”
Burton then invoked Jared Fogle, the former Subway sandwich pitchman who received a prison sentence of nearly 16 years in November on charges of possessing child pornography and traveling across state lines to have commercial sex with a minor.
Read more: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/behind-closed-doors/2016/01/26/lawmaker-invokes-jared-fogle-killers-and-fat-people-discussing-lgbt-rights/79358274/
An Indiana lawmaker drew analogies to Jared Fogle, fat white people and psychopathic killers in an effort to describe his belief that being gay is a behavior.
Rep. Woody Burton, R-Whiteland, said during a town hall meeting in his hometown on Saturday that homosexuality is a behavior. He then made a number of comparisons.
“You can’t control it sometimes. I understand that,” he said. “If someone’s a psychopathic killer, it’s a behavior thing. They can’t help it. OK? Somebody’s a homosexual, maybe it’s a genetic thing. Maybe it’s not. They can’t help it. But it’s still a behavioral thing.”
Burton then invoked Jared Fogle, the former Subway sandwich pitchman who received a prison sentence of nearly 16 years in November on charges of possessing child pornography and traveling across state lines to have commercial sex with a minor.
Read more: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/behind-closed-doors/2016/01/26/lawmaker-invokes-jared-fogle-killers-and-fat-people-discussing-lgbt-rights/79358274/