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Sen. Tom Cotton To The Gays Of America: Relax! At Least You’re Not Living In Iran

Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has a message for all the gays of America: Be thankful you’re not living in Iran, where they hang gay people.

In an appearance on CNN yesterday, Sen. Cotton said critics of Indiana’s controversial “religious freedom” law need to get a life, not to mention some “perspective,” implying that LGBT people in Indiana have it pretty darn good compared to countries where gay people are executed.

“I think it’s important we have a sense of perspective,” Cotton said. “In Iran they hang you for the crime of being gay.”

Don’t believe a lawmaker would say something so incredibly daft on national television in the year 2015? See for yourself in the video below.

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