Newly mted Sen. Kamala Harris of California ed her time Thursday to qutn CIA nomee Mike Pompeo about his views on the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr employe at the agency. Pompeo, a three-term Republin ngrsman om Kansas, had opposed gay marriage and had sponsored bills to let stat prevent same-sex upl om marryg and protect nonprof anizatns that opposed gay marriage.
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- MIKE POMPEO STILL OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE. NOW HE'S ABOUT TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE.
- MIKE POMPEO REFED TO SAY IF HE THKS BEG GAY IS A PERVERSN
- MIKE POMPEO'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS SHOULD DISQUALIFY HIM
- AIS PLAED ABOUT POMPEO EVENT WH FLORIDA GROUP THAT BACKS GAY NVERSN THERAPY
MIKE POMPEO STILL OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE. NOW HE'S ABOUT TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE.
J., asked Pompeo, who is currently the CIA director, whether he believed beg gay is "a perversn.
MIKE POMPEO REFED TO SAY IF HE THKS BEG GAY IS A PERVERSN
""So do you not believe is appropriate for two gay people to marry? “You’re gog to be reprentg this untry and their valu abroad natns where gays dividuals are unr untold persecutn, untold vlence, ” Booker ntued.
“His personal ti to anti-LGBTQ hate groups and clear refal to support the hard-fought equal rights of the LGBTQ muny make him wholly unqualified to promote human rights abroad, " Ellis Amerin Civil Liberti Unn (ACLU) shared a tweet that listed several landmark Supreme Court s that expand LGBTQ rights and wrote, "Mike Pompeo may believe that same-sex marriage is 'appropriate' and that gay sex is a 'perversn' but thankfully the Supreme Court don't agree. "After choosg Pompeo to replace Rex Tillerson, who was oted last month as secretary of state, Tmp asserted Pompeo would "do a fantastic job" the role, but LGBTQ advot have been soundg the alarms over his anti-LGBTQ rerd ever sce his nomatn was his three terms as a Kansas ngrsman, Pompeo opposed the repeal of the ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays, sayg, "When you enter the Army you give up a few of your rights. Related: Cory Booker annihilat Mike Pompeo durg nfirmatn hearg: “Is beg gay a perversn?
He opposed the repeal of the anti-gay ary ban known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, ” he lled the U. Mayor bans ‘Avengers’ ic book om book ftival over gay kiss. ” The homophobic and vulgar remark was triggered by a ls-than-impassned rponse om Pompeo about the murr of Sdi journalist and Washgton Post ntributg lumnist Jamal Khashoggi.
MIKE POMPEO'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS SHOULD DISQUALIFY HIM
Earlier this year, the work stood behd host Joy Reid after she apologized for ntroversial years-old blog posts about gay people and same-sex marriage. Sexualizg gay people this way is signed to ntrol them & mimize our worth.
”Grenell, who is openly gay, also urged Brzezski to apologize more directly. But I don’t see that you’ve actually apologized to gays? Journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted: “Homophobic sults of the kd vomed out this morng by @morngmika have bee a pletely mon and acceptable ponent of anti-Tmp disurse, startg om the endls Tmp/Put gay suatns to trash like this.
AIS PLAED ABOUT POMPEO EVENT WH FLORIDA GROUP THAT BACKS GAY NVERSN THERAPY
Try ‘toadie’ or ‘lackey’ or ‘stool pigeon’ or ‘ass kisser, ’ or ‘traor, ’ but maybe don’t equate homosexualy wh Mike Pompeo rryg water for the murro regime Sdi Arabia. Swooped — not to champn gay rights but to make a parison to edian Kev Hart, who was forced out as Osrs host after some old homophobic tweets is disgtg!
How n @KevHart4real sentially be forced to lose his Osr’s gig for ments he ma years ago as a edian, but Mika n make a serly homophobic slur on a major news statn, have the work try to ver up & s not an issue? Cory Booker grilled secretary of State nomee Mike Pompeo about his views on LGBT rights today, wh Pompeo sayg he still oppos marriage equaly and refg to say if he thks gay sex is a appeared before the Senate Commtee on Foreign Relatns as part of his nfirmatn procs.
Is beg gay a perversn? Pompeo replied that he thks there are married gay upl at the CIA, and he treats them the same as everyone then prsed Pompeo for a y or no answer on whether he nsirs gay sex a perversn, and after some back-and-forth, Pompeo said, "I'm gog to give you the same answer I jt gave you prevly. You're gonna be reprentg this untry and their valu abroad natns where gay dividuals are unr untold persecutn, untold vlence.