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To: locogringo who wrote (940979)	6/17/2016 4:23:30 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo tntpal Respond to of 1574854

We live in a world where Christianity is demonized over cake and Islam is defended despite 50 dead at a gay club. Amazing. (Overheard on Twitter.) Tenchusatsu

To: locogringo who wrote (940979)	6/17/2016 7:24:16 PM
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google it stupid!! Before a meeting of House Republicans last month, freshman Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) offered a prayer where he read from Bible verses that condemn homosexuality. One passage he reportedly recited goes as far as to say that gays are “worthy of death.” The incident occurred as House Republicans repeatedly blocked efforts to insert nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people into federal spending bills, and just weeks before a gay nightclub in Orlando was shot up in what stands as the deadliest mass shooting perpetrated by a single gunman in American history. Meeting attendees leaked news of Allen’s prayer to the media. One Republican lawmaker who was there told The Hill that Allen’s comments were “f—ing ridiculous.” His prayer was quickly condemned by JoDee Winterhof, the Human Rights Campaign’s senior vice president of policy and and political affairs, who released a statement saying, “House Speaker Paul Ryan and the other members of the House Republican Leadership have a responsibility to immediately condemn Representative Allen’s vile and dangerous remarks this morning at an official meeting of the House Republican Conference, during which he said LGBT people are ‘worthy of death.'” “At a time when LGBT people face staggering rates of discrimination, harassment and violence, Representative Allen’s comments spread hate that does real harm,” Winterhof added. “Representative Allen should apologize or be censured — and Republican leaders must make clear that they will not tolerate lawmakers who sow hatred and violence against LGBT people.” That censure was never forthcoming, and in the wake of last Sunday’s massacre in Orlando, Republicans’ views on LGBT people are coming under renewed scrutiny. But in an interview with Roll Call, Allen said he has no regrets about his prayer. Related Post