In light of the long line of women coming forward to dispute Donald Trump‘s claim that he never sexually assaulted anyone, Trump lost a lot of support from key political figures, including Sen. John McCain and House Speaker Paul Ryan. But one group is standing shoulder to shoulder with Trump: religious right leaders.
Yes, the family values people have decided that Trump, the seven deadly sins incarnate, is exactly the president this country needs. Even Trump on tape boasting about how he likes to “grab them by the pussy” can’t shake their support. In doing so, they’ve reduced Christianity to an end-justifies-the-means transaction.
Here’s a rundown of six of the worst offenders and how they are justifying their views, along with a reminder of how they like to talk about us.
1.Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council
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What he says about Trump: “My personal support for Donald Trump has never been based upon shared values, it is based upon shared concerns about issues such as: justices on the Supreme Court that ignore the constitution, America’s continued vulnerability to Islamic terrorists and the systematic attack on religious liberty that we’ve seen in the last 7 1/2 years.”
What he says about us: “Those who understand the homosexual community – the activists – they’re very aggressive, they’re – everything they accuse us of they are in triplicate. They’re intolerant, they’re hateful, vile, they’re spiteful. …. To me, that is the height of hatred, to be silent when we know there are individuals that are engaged in activity, behavior, and an agenda that will destroy them and our nation.”
2. Ralph Reed, Faith and Freedom Coalition President
What he says about Trump: “I think given the stakes in this election and those and other critical issues, I just don’t think an audiotape of an 11-year-old private conversation with an entertainment talk show host on a tour bus, for which the candidate has apologized profusely, is likely to rank high on the hierarchy of concerns of those faith-based voters.”
What he says about us: “No one should have special rights or privileges or minority status because of their sexual behavior. We don’t have it for people who are polygamists; we don’t have it for people who have affairs on their wives or husbands.”
What he says about us: “At Thomas Road Baptist Church there will never be a same-sex marriage or any other form of marriage outside of between a man and a woman conducted at this church as long as I am your pastor…We all have a duty and I, as your pastor, have a duty to stand up against sin, to call sin by its right name, to preach against sin, and to call to repentance all of those, including all of us, who are in sin.”
What he says about us: “LGBT activists are trying to hook their caboose to the ‘freedom train’ and drag their immoral agenda into our communities by claiming that this is a civil rights issue. Civil rights issues are very real and important—but don’t be fooled, this isn’t one of them.”
5. Pat Robertson, chairman, Christian Broadcasting Network
What he says about Trump: “Let’s face it. A guy does something 11 years ago, there was a conversation in Hollywood where he’s trying to look like he’s macho. And 11 years after that, they surface it from The Washington Post to whatever, bring it out within 30 days or so of the election and this is supposed to be the death blow…The Donald says no. He’s like the phoenix. They think he’s dead, he’s come back.”
What he says about us: “Many of those people involved in Adolf Hitler were Satanists. Many were homosexuals. The two things seem to go together.”
6. Mike Pence, Trump’s running mate
What he says about Trump: “I don’t condone what was said and I spoke out against it…The other part of my faith is I believe in grace. I’ve received it. I believe in it. I believe in forgiveness, and we are called to forgive as we have been forgiven.”
What he says about us: “Societal collapse was always brought about following an advent of the deterioration of marriage.”
Related: Mike Pence’s Seven Most Vicious Homophobic Moments (There’s A Lot To Choose From)
dvlaries
I was just watching the movie The Lincoln Lawyer a few days ago. Early on, a character notes more than half of all Americans can name what fictional town the cartoon character Homer Simpson lives in but only 1 percent know who Thurgood Marshall was. That’s probably true, and those low-information voters are as dear to these homophobic six as they are to Trump.
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Are any of these six not millionaires? Like Trump, they worship no deity but money, but as long as you can fool some of the people all the time, these six will never starve or toil.
ChrisK
@dvlaries:All of them are charlatans and frauds. Too bad that their supporters will never wake up to this. Most are vile bigots themselves or the mentally insane.
Kangol
No surprise there. They don’t care that he’s a serial sexual assaulter and alleged child rapist. That elevates the pathologically lying, r@cist, misogynistic Russian dupe in their eyes! Talk about deplorables!
GayEGO
But of course! These Homophobes secretly have a crush on Trump and want his orange appendage poking them in their derrieres!
Kieran
All 5 of these guys would no doubt have preferred someone like Ted Cruz or Rick Santorum over a GOP nominee like Donald Trump with his *wink* “New York Values”, including outreach to the gay community and actually attending the gay wedding of friends.
joeyty
@Kieran: LOL. They sure didn’t want a non-religious guy from Jew York City.
Keebler ILF
“Donald Trump…is going to appoint the right justices to the Supreme Court”
I find it disturbing that these politicians (both Democrats and Republicans) are implying that a Supreme Court Judge will make decisions based on their political affiliation.
He BGB
As it says in the article this is all about those Supreme Court judges to be decided on after the election (it should be decided by our sitting president NOW but they won’t let that happen). These guyes would rather have an evil irresponsible businessman be voted in and take their chances on war and who knows what else just to get those anti gay anti choice pro gun judges,
ErikO
@Kangol: Bill Clinton also is a serial sexual assaulter/rapist, and alleged child rapist. Hillary apparently once raped a woman, and is a closeted lesbian who only cares about herself not about LGBT people, black people, or anyone else. Vote Jill Stein.
ErikO
Hillary and Bill take millions of dollars from countries that throw us gay and bisexual men off buildings and burn us in cages. She “champions LGBT rights?” Nice pandering, old lady. What about my right simply to “live”, my safety and that of my family? (Clinton wants no borders, unvetted refugees, an emasculated military, abolition of the second amendment, horrific curtailing of the first amendment and has a price for anything nefarious or treasonous to the country. The woman is pure evil.
everybodywinsyay
@dvlaries: You watch a movie and act like you are informed. You are part of the problem you whine about.