Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made clear her views on same-sex marriage at a speaking engagement on the weekend.
Greene gave a speech to the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee in North Idaho on Saturday. Videos of the speech have emerged online. In one section, she criticized Democratic politicians for their support of “gay marriage.”
“They passed a bill to make it a federal law to protect gay marriage,” Greene says. “Marriage is between a man and a woman. And that’s between God and a man and a woman,” she continued, to applause from the audience.
Marjorie Taylor Greene implied Democrats “don’t love God” because they voted to protect gay marriage and abortion rights.
Greene: “Marriage is between a man and a woman and that’s between God and a man and a woman.” pic.twitter.com/BmHEFbSSBp
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 13, 2023
Last December, Congress passed the ‘Respect for Marriage Act’. The legislation offers federal protections to same-sex marriages and interracial marriages. The law came about amid concerns the Supreme Court may review its 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage.
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Greene’s keenness to bring God into the issue of marriage prompted many comments on Twitter along the same lines: How’s divorced life going, Marge?
Interesting comments coming from a now divorced #woman….
— Carol Hafner for Congress (@VoteHafner) February 13, 2023
she’s in the middle of a divorce so there is wouldn’t that be marriage is between God, man, woman, attorneys, judges, court house officials, etc?
— PolitiChick-IndictmentWatch (@HardTruthonLife) February 13, 2023
The divorced lady has a really strong opinion about marriage?
— Carly is not an incubator in a theocracy (@CarlyJMA) February 14, 2023
9/11 and the Chinese spy balloon
Other comments Greene made at the same event on Saturday have promoted much wider attention. She made a bizarre comparison between the Chinese spy balloon and 9/11.
Greene ridiculed the Biden administration’s reluctance to shoot down the balloon as it drifted over the mainland US. Officials instead waited until the balloon was over water to minimize falling debris injuring people.
Greene said one of the 9/11 planes (United Airlines Flight 93) came down on land and didn’t kill anyone (except for everyone on board), suggesting officials should have just taken their chances and shot the balloon down earlier.
Marjorie Taylor Greene used the death count from hijacked 9/11 Flight 93 to minimize the risk of shooting down the spy balloon.
MTG: “Do you guys remember on 9/11 when an airplane crashed in Pennsylvania? …It killed everyone on board, but it didn’t kill anyone on the ground.” pic.twitter.com/uznQZ4zmk6
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 13, 2023
Online, people were widely sickened by Greene’s comments. Many mentioned previous tragedies, such as the Lockerbie, when fallen planes killed civilians.
Does she remember why Flight 93 hit where it hit? Because heroes on board fought the hijackers.
— Parody Blue (@ParodyBlue) February 13, 2023
Has anyone told her about the other planes that day?
— Steve Schiefer (@Schiefer4) February 13, 2023
Yeah, I’m not recalling the part where those hijackers said “Oh look – there’s a nice spot where no one on the ground will get hurt.”
— Rudely Van Gelder (@here4tehbeer) February 14, 2023
Rural IDAHO speaking here, don’t volunteer me for risk mitigation. Flight 93 was not shot down it was flown into the ground by patriots that gave their lives. Lockerbie took lives on the ground. If a missile down’s it, it leaves a large debris field, risk your life NOT MINE
— Apple J. (@Kaidukas1) February 13, 2023
Related: Marjorie Taylor Greene defends George Santos, says lefties hate him as he’s gay
It looks like the world is to be treated to more of Rep. Greene’s unique and insightful thoughts. She tweeted yesterday that her recent travels across the US have inspired her to start work… on a book.
Today, I traveled all the way from the north west corner of the United States to the very south eastern part of the United States in Florida.
Wow! I am so grateful to have met so many amazing Americans!
Now to write a book..
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) February 14, 2023
thebaddestbabby
who cares, getting sick and tired of hearing about this person
Brian
Like it or not, she has power and influence.
abfab
Power and influence. Is that what you think she has?
CNY1983
she lives in a gunsmoke world under “Mashall” law.
KiwiJello
Same. I am sick of seeing her horse face all over, online. She does NOTHING for this country and she is the poster child for white trash. Make her go away. Please. <3
barryaksarben
she isn’t going anywhere until people vote her out. She does have power (not a lot right now) and needs to be stopped from getting any further in her career. We need to keep an eye on her. as she is dangerous because she is so nuts. I can’t stand to hear about any of them from don to Ivanka jared ted cruz Mitch and all the rest but we must be vigilant until they are defeated
Ronbo
Queerty editors, know that “there is no such thing as bad publicity”. Badestbabby is right…Stop escalating nuts!
With bad-faith actor, Graham Gremore, in charge, Queerty published multiple vicious, false stories attacking progressive, gay, Democrat Alex Morse. Graham’s repeated false stories launched FOX News into promoting Graham’s theory that Gays were “grooming” youth. It also destroyed the career of a good politician – helping a much, Much, MUCH more conservative politician.
Remove this parasite. Queerty should NOT be the source material for anti-gay, anti-LGBTQ propaganda. Gremore appears to be a log-cabin conservative – he has not even apologized for the multiple false stories that he penned and posted killing a good man’s career.
The devil is in the details and apparently he is in charge here giving publicity to the worst of the worst and providing anti-LGBTQ memes to FOX News.
still_onthemark
Alex Morse lost the primary by 20 points and it’s all Graham Gremore’s fault? I had no idea Gremore was so influential! Must have been Queerty’s big advertising push out in rural Massachusetts.
Morse is now the city manager of Provincetown. No “killed” career and he’s only in his mid-30s.
thebaddestbabby
Ronbo is right. Search “alex morse” and the name of this website and you will find real evidence for how queerty helped smear AM
btw, what with that train derailment in Ohio, isn’t it about time for another puff piece on transportation secretary pete buttigeig? we need to be reminded that the only thing that matters about this future presidential candidate is his sexuality, not his lax approach to necessary regulations and tendency to side with corporate interests over the health of people
still_onthemark
@babby: I don’t want to get all “Cam” on you, but the fact you bring up Pete B. out of the blue here, apropos of nothing, pretty much proves you’re up to no good here. The “necessary regulations” don’t exist (yet) and Republicans are always against them, of course. Ronbo similarly has a history of occasionally bringing up right-wing nonsense.
Alex Morse ran for Congress in the most conservative district in Massachusetts. He was a teacher at UMass and the local news media reported that he routinely used Grindr to have sex with students. NOT his own students, so he wasn’t breaking any rules – but when you’re on the defensive like that, “I didn’t break any rules!”, you’ve already lost the argument. Then the Boston Herald (conservative) picked up the story, and then the Boston Globe (liberal) and all the TV stations picked up the story. After a while, Queerty mentioned the ruckus a few times. So what? If you read the Queerty articles they are pro-Morse, if anything. And the notion that Queerty has some vast influence in Berkshire and Hampshire counties is ridiculous! You could blame the local media, the Boston media, etc. a little bit but he still LOST BY 20 POINTS and if you blame Queerty for that you’re nuts. Anyway his career is NOT over, he’s the city manager of P-town and he’s quite happy there according to a recent Boston Globe interview with him.
thebaddestbabby
first of all: “routinely used Grindr to have sex with students” = FALSE. The college dems of UMass. claimed he matched with students at UMass on TINDER but they did NOT allege he had sex with his or even any students.
second, the mere fact that someone can make this allegation and have it become national news shows that news media (including queerty) will lean into homophobic bias to get clicks. Which was kind of Ronbo’s point. Even a website that supports the gay agenda will be homophobic if it gets attention. Hardly surprising. Gay men can be homophobic, as even me, a babby, knows.
third, why should gay men have to “go on the defensive” when it is revealed publicly that they were on dating/mating apps? Morse was right — he didn’t break any rules and he didn’t do anything unethical. The way you phrase it makes it sound like gay men who run for public office should just avoid hooking up with men if they don’t want to lose.
still_onthemark
@babby: Yes, the College Democrats of UMass brought up the issue. So blame them! All those wonderful open-minded young people from Gen-Z we hear about ad nauseum nowadays.
Why does Ronbo blame Graham Gremore all the time? The media hubbub started with the college paper, then spread to the local media, then spread to the Boston media. Queerty was very, very late to the media frenzy, did no original reporting of course (they don’t pretend to) and certainly had no influence on the primary.
Most importantly – Alex Morse doesn’t agree with you or Ronbo about ANY of this! See his cheerful interview where he loves his new job in P-town: “Was losing the best thing that ever happened to Alex Morse?” – Boston Globe, 1/24/22
thebaddestbabby
regardless, qrty is one of the few publications left that caters to gay men. hook up apps are mostly used by gay men. qrty should have come out strongly against what was a smear campaign not just against AM but against gay hookup culture and app based male bonding
RIGay
I’m really tired of hearing from and about Mooseface Fu**ity Cu*tmouth.
RIGay
And the “C”, “K” and “N” are asterisked out for those who may have failed at Wheel of Fortune.
thebaddestbabby
cool and neat
JayJayBinks
Is there an option not to view fool politicians? Especially this arsehole.
Mr. Stadnick
It is a shame that this website gets so obsessed with MTG,Melania, Ivanka…
DBMC
Well, when MTG stops being obsessed with gay people we’ll stop talking about her. The fact is, she is just wrong about marriage being only between a man and a woman.
Kangol2
Interesting that so many of the comments focus on Queerty mentioning MTG and not on her outright attack against same-sex marriage, or her own gross hypocrisy as a married hetero person, because she blew up her own marriage by screwing around like the Whore of Babylon. That needs to be thrown back in this troglodytic Repub hypocrite’s face every time she starts blathering about marriage or religion or anything else. Same-sex marriage didn’t harm hetero marriage, SHE did!
Also, she isn’t just some rando Congressperson; thanks to Kevin McCarthy, Don the Con and GQP voters, she actually has real power in the current Congress. She is now a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, the House Committee on Homeland Security, and the fact-finding Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic! She isn’t just a committee-less fool braying through the halls of Congress anymore!
still_onthemark
Don’t forget – MTG says she is “miserable” being in Congress. Says she made much more money as a gym owner. Boo hoo!
thebaddestbabby
do you not remember what happened when media reported endlessly and tirelessly on Trump? he went on to win the presidency!
Kangol2
@thebaddestbabby, the media reported endlessly and tirelessly on Hillary Clinton, John McCain (endleass paeans to his “maverick” status, etc.), Mitt Romney, and all lost the presidency, though in Hillary’s case, she did win the popular vote by millions of votes.
And I’ll ask again, did you miss that she is yet again attacking same-sex marriage and LGBTQ people?
thebaddestbabby
the difference between those politicians and MTG is that ALL she has is media hype, which we could in theory decline to give her
Metro135
How can this cow write a book when she can barely read?
Josh in OR
It’ll be a lot of pictures of gym equipment and terrible white people.
Terrycloth
Was she dropped on her head repeatedly as a child..she has a brain.disorder. either she dosent have one or parts are missing..I can’t believe anyone takes her seriously..
DBMC
Stupid woman. I’ve got a legal document that proves her wrong.
Diplomat
They already stepped in the gay marriage and abortion cow pie and lost the senate. Keep it up MTG!
thebaddestbabby
their rabid supporters, who are a minority, will follow them to the end of the earth on anti gay marriage and anti abortion stuff. what dems need to focus on is republican plans to phase out medicare and social security
woodroad34
Miz Ed…you know the humans can hear you; right? “Naaaaay!”
abfab
LOL
Mack
Well no one can ever say she’s smart, quite the opposite.
tomch52
So Marge is it OK to screw around in your hetero marriage between you, your husband, your side piece & GOD?
leauxbeaux
“Between God, a man and a woman”, Adam and Eve not “Adam and Steve”… all such BS! According to The Bible, there was Adam and Eve and after them…IT WAS INCEST!
abfab
It’s one of the silliest creation stories in all of creation. It’s all they got.
Ambonec
I thought a good Christian marriage was a husband, a wife, and the pool boy.
As if MTG’s a paragon of fidelity, before getting served divorce papers,
didn’t she help a couple gym instructors ejaculate?
Consider This
Haley-Greene 2024?
My2CentsWorth
“Marriage is between a man and a woman. And that’s between God and a man and a woman,” – so says a woman who was dumped by her husband, hopefully, for a better one – which maybe 90% of the women would be.
When DeSantis becomes president I hope that he doesn’t appoint her to some cabinet position such as secretary of state. However, he just might give her a position.
woodroad34
That picture of her just tells it like it is about who she is…she hisses like a snake.