Louisiana’s Attorney General Jeff Landry is a lot of things. A husband. A father. A pro-gun, anti-choice Tea Partier. A climate change denier. An Obamacare hater. A Trump lover. And, naturally, a homophobe.
In 2010, Landry supported a constitutional Amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. In 2012, he went on a bizarre campaign to get rid of the LGBTQ Studies minor available at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. And just this year he refused to sign off on contracts with several state employees because they included anti-discrimination clauses that protected LGBTQ people.
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Well, now, his antigay antics have earned him a new outspoken critic: His younger brother, Nicholas. Who just so happens to be gay. And who just launched a website called www.LandryforLouisianaEquality.com, which he hopes to use as a platform to speak out against his brother’s homophobic views.
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“I can’t remain silent any longer,” 34-year-old Nicholas says in a video, “because although I am not political, I am a human being, and I just want my rights, my unalienable rights.”
He continues: “Those of you who are worried, who are in the same position as me and who may not have an attorney general for a brother, I want you to know I stand with you guys and those who want to be married and I’ll do anything I can do to support anyone and any organization.”
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Nicholas goes on to explain that he is not accepted by his family, which is a struggle for him.
“Being from a family like my family, it isn’t easy,” he says. “It’s hard because I want nothing more than to be a part of my family, and I love my family so much.”
But he hopes to channel that pain into something positive.
“I wanted to do this because I felt like I had to,” he explains, “because there’s no one except for me who can take a stand against what my brother and other people and other organizations within Louisiana are doing to take away our right to marriage and our right to equality.”
Watch the emotional video below…
pharaon.em.joe
Family is not necessarily people from the same blood.
crowebobby
I have complete empathy for his pain, it is so obviously sincere, but I just can’t understand how anyone can love these toxic f*cking families.
oregonduckbrad
@pharaon.em.joe: BRAVO! My fiance and I talk about this all the time–we’ve spent years curating our “real”, chosen family.
dunwoodyjoey
I hope he has created his own family. Rarely are the people you are born to are all your family.
Anty5
I have told people that Trump was going to hire antigay homophobes to run the country and it was going to hurt the lgtb communities and those that have aids and hiv but they would not believe me. It is comming back to hurt the supporters as well as others. Trump has not kept his word to his supporters either
Chris
Good for him! May he find the happiness he deserves in the family of his own creation.
TimberWolf
Family is never limited to blood relation only. Marriage is family regardless of genders regardless of race or religious beliefs. Family is built by people and not by blood only
As much as we want to be part of our core family , when two people marry ( regardless of gender, race or religious beliefs) they build their own family and it grows.
imperator
“I love my family.”
Dude… why? They seem like hardcore assholes who reject you for a totally ignorant, bigoted reason. How is that shit lovable? Blood doesn’t make shit people good- drop the circumstantial allegiance and take these relatives on the merits of their character. (Which sound lacking.)
nitejonboy
Nicholas makes me proud to be from Louisiana, his brother makes me ashamed. As we say in the south, Nicholas you are GOOD PEOPLE.
brent_thibault
Yes Nicolas, your right! We ALL need to stand UP. We have fought long and hard to get to where we are. I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m not about to be pushed back into the closet because these hate filled ignorant people think I should be. NO not today satan, not tomorrow, NEVER again. Stand up for OUR human rights. IF there even is a God or whatever you wanna label it. He, She, It sure as hell isn’t smiling down on them I promise you that. Karma will take care of the haters. Nuff said. Much love and peace people.
woodroad34
the Louisiana AG, New Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly and all the rest of them with gay siblings or progeny prove that they have no concept of family, love, or loyalty. Their religious beliefs are hoaxes on themselves and shades of reality.
Daniel-Reader
Creepy when politicians sacrifice the human rights of their own family members for political ambitions. Kids of those politicians must be freaking out. “Dad’s a sociopath… someone save us.”
scotshot
Best thing I ever learned: You can love family ’til your heart busts, but you don’t have to like them. Many don’t seem to realize this.
alanballs
@imperator: appears he has to stay temporarily with his blood family for now due to job or money issues. Might as well make the best of it….at least they haven’t disowned or thrown him out.
alanballs
lt could be interesting (and useful) to have a compendium of information concerning family members of every governor, senator, congressperson, state’s attorney general, and appointed government leader (including the president’s cabinet) concerning gay and trans family members, number of marriages and divorces. Neither Dick Cheny’s gay daughter nor President Ford’s (or Reagan’s) gay son “ruined” their political careers. Some might be humbled, and better at their jobs, knowing that we know.
Karlis
Oh, gosh, that must have taken an enormous amount of bravery to post this video. My only advice to Nicholas is this: pack up and move back to Chicago, dude. I appreciate the idea of standing up and fighting for your rights in Louisiana, but isn’t that the state where the Legislature just voted … just for the heck of it, nothing better to do … to reaffirm a 200-year-old sodomy law? Just because? Some things just ain’t fixable in the short term, and the current iteration of the Republithug Party is one of them. We’re about to face a shit storm of cretinism from the government, now that the Republithugs control both houses of Congress and a certifiable idiot has been “elected” as president. I think that for his own sanity, Nicholas needs to get out of that environment. There are places in the United States where the attorney general is not a jackass.
Karlis
@alanballs: I don’t think President Ford has a gay son. He has an unmarried son, which is not necessarily the same thing.
Mkiel
@crowebobby: Well said
charbo
you can’t choose your family but you can choose your friends. This man is so hurt by his family I hope he will find happiness and true love and as far as his family is concerned… go grab a pussy!
Daniel-Reader
Only question to ask politicians who harm people is: “Now that you’ve harmed people, why should anyone uphold the rule of law?” That one freaks them out since they need everyone around them to uphold the rule of law – the only source of their “power”. Then ask them, “What made you think people would uphold the rule of law when you harm people? What made you think you were elected to harm people?”
GayEGO
Well Nicholas, it is time for you to move on, you will get over it as long as you concentrate on your life as a gay man. I left Idaho and went into the Navy, met my lifetime partner of 54 years, married 12 years, and we are both retired and living the American dream. You can have a happy life in our country, more happy in some states than others.
Heywood Jablowme
@Karlis: @alanballs: Reagan didn’t have a gay son either. I think it was Larry Kramer who in the ’80s assumed, without a shred of evidence, that Ron Reagan Jr. must be gay just because he was a professional dancer at one point. That’s not necessarily the same thing as gay.
Nowadays, Ron Reagan is a liberal activist talk show host and a “lifelong” hardcore atheist (and activist for atheism) – also not necessarily the same thing as gay!
Heywood Jablowme
“It’s hard because I want nothing more than to be a part of my family, and I love my family so much.”
WHY?
You want “nothing more,” really? That belief is not psychologically healthy for a 34 year old. (Or even for a 19 year old, frankly.)
dubstepskater
Ok I know my inner-slut is coming out, but he’s too cute to be all depressed over his dumb-ass brother’s hate…. I mean really look at his brother… screams *sshole with a major stick up his bootay…. give me a cute man over politics any day…. and boo, if your family don’t want you… just find one that will…. one of the perks of being gay is WE can CHOOSE our family…. can I get an AMEN and Hallelujah!!! Thank ya Jesus!