A Republin Congrsman Seekg Reelectn Once Compared Gay People To "Rapists" And Other Crimals

Contents:

• SEX AND THE CY'S JASON LEWIS SPEAKS OUT ON PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER
• A REPUBLIN CONGRSMAN SEEKG REELECTN ONCE COMPARED GAY PEOPLE TO "RAPISTS" AND OTHER CRIMALS
• JOSEPH LAZZAROTTI DISCS GAY MARRIAGE RULG
• YOUNG GAY R
• OPENLY GAY EX-NBA PLAYER JASON COLLS SAYS MOM COULDN’T THK OF BETTER ANNIVERSARY GIFT THAN SUPREME COURT RULG
• JOHN LEWIS SAW GAY RIGHTS A MOVEMENT LIKE CIVIL RIGHTS
• NEW YORK GAY MARRIAGE RULG: WHAT HOLLYWOOD IS SAYG ON TWTER

SEX AND THE CY'S JASON LEWIS SPEAKS OUT ON PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER

'Be tolerant of and see how well that go for you': Sex And The Cy hunk Jason Lewis speaks out on the bigotry he's experienced playg a gay character his new TV seri Published: 11:50 BST, 13 October 2018 | Updated: 16:23 BST, 13 October 2018. He's bt known for playg Samantha's hunky toyboy lover Smh Jerrod Sex And The Jason Lewis is now tacklg a very different role, as a gay fallen angel named Joe Strong the science fictn TV drama Midnight, 47-year-old reveals that Christian lobby groups have protted the show's portrayal of his character's marriage to his half-mon hband, named Chuy. 'Be tolerant of and see how well that go for you': Sex And The Cy hunk Jason Lewis speaks out on the bigotry he's experienced playg a gay character his new TV seri..

Says Me Too is for men tooMidnight, Texas is the latt seri based on the fantasy novels of Te Blood thor Charlae Harris and like 's precsor featur mythil creatur like vampir and wch, but 's Jason's gay angel that has ed outrage. Movg on: Jason Lewis is now tacklg a very different role as gay fallen angel Joe Strong science fictn televisn drama Midnight, Texas (pictured wh -star Bernardo Saraco) Protts: The 47-year-old (left) reveals that Christian lobby groups have protted the science fictn show's portrayal of his character's marriage to his half-mon hband Chuy, played by Bernardo Saraco (right) He told the paper: 'I really que like workg on a show like this, pecially the [polil] climate of such tolerance bee we kd of to get to poke fun at that a ltle b. In a show wh wch, mons and angels, a gay kiss is what people take issue wh.

A REPUBLIN CONGRSMAN SEEKG REELECTN ONCE COMPARED GAY PEOPLE TO "RAPISTS" AND OTHER CRIMALS

Wrg for Newsbters, Ldsay Kornick said: “It’s bad enough I n’t go one show whout seeg a gay uple wedged to the plot anymore (we are by far past the four percent reprentatn the LGBT muny really mak up), but now they’re affectg symbols of a cidly non-homosexual relign.

And an terview wh Blackbook, the former Sex and the Cy star opened up about his closens wh the LGBTQ muny, and how his prev gay role had helped him wh Midnight, Texas. In this dtry, there are a lot of gay people, I’ve always been around gay people. Is Jason Lewis Gay?

JOSEPH LAZZAROTTI DISCS GAY MARRIAGE RULG

Gay Allied,. Lewis fished a two-year stt on the ABC televisn drama Brothers & Sisters, where he played a closeted gay man -- and engaged some groundbreakg (for work TV) make-out ssns wh -star Matthew Rhys -- 2009. Jason Lewis, who is nng for reelectn Mnota's 2nd District, has offered the Republin Party’s go-to le on opposg same-sex marriage sce he was elected to Congrs 2016 — that the cisn should be left to before then, Lewis promoted extreme opns about gays and lbians on his rad show, parg them to rapists, crimals, and polygamists.

He ntend that gay rights activists were "shreddg the Constutn, " and that same-sex parents "uld harm the kid. "On the Jason Lewis Show 2013, he argued was acceptable to sgle out gay upl wh discrimatory marriage bans, jt as rapists and speedg drivers uld be targeted by crimal laws.

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But if a urt led that the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protectn Clse granted same-sex upl the right to marry, he said, that would be equivalent to providg nstutnal protectns to a wi variety of said a urt lg based on the Equal Protectn Clse favor of gay upl "would undo the entire state crimal bee we’re all treated unequally. Same is te for gay marriage. The urt found that gay upl had been treated unequally to siarly suated straight upl, thereby vlatg the Equal Protectn the same program, Lewis claimed that "the gay rights lobby is playg unrhand to get their will and the procs, they are shreddg the Constutn of this untry.

""They want marriage, " he said of gay upl. Which is rather odd bee I know a number of gay people and I know a number of gay people who don’t give a wh about gay marriage and they’re the most secure on. They re about abortn and gay marriage.

Joseph Lazzarotti was quoted "How the Gay Marriage Rulg Impacts Group Benefs, " published Employee Benef News. Jason Colls, the first openly gay NBA player, is among the famo LGBT figur who are celebratg Friday’s Supreme Court lg allowg gay marriage throughout the Uned Stat.

OPENLY GAY EX-NBA PLAYER JASON COLLS SAYS MOM COULDN’T THK OF BETTER ANNIVERSARY GIFT THAN SUPREME COURT RULG

”A few weeks later, after a state Supreme Court lg, Massachetts beme the first state to regnize gay was an ally of the gay rights movement long before that, said Cathy Woolard, a former Atlanta Cy Council print. She beme the first openly gay elected official Geia when she was elected the early and mid-1990s, Woolard lobbied for the LGBTQ advocy group the Human Rights Campaign. It was the era of the ary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, when the gay muny had few alli Washgton, even among Democrats.

”In his 1998 memoir “Walkg wh the Wd, ” Lewis said his nnectn wh the gay muny sprang om his experience of beg treated unequally a Black “simply bee you are different om the long-entrenched whe Anglo-Saxon Prottant standard that fed and ntrolled our society for s first two hundred years.

JOHN LEWIS SAW GAY RIGHTS A MOVEMENT LIKE CIVIL RIGHTS

”ExploreLewis found himself a nfsor to those repentg of racismLewis’ endorsement of gay marriage me at a time when the public and most relig and elected officials were not supportive or were openly 1996, Print Bill Clton signed a bill fg marriage as a unn between one man and one woman, after sailed through both chambers of Congrs wh the support of Republins and most Democrats.

All Geia lawmakers but two, Lewis and Democrat Cynthia McKney, voted 2004, more than 76% of Geians voted to adopt a state nstutnal amendment that banned gay issue divid Lewis om some of his civil rights peers. Others said that the stggle for gay rights was not the same as the fight for racial equaly.

A month after Geians adopted the nstutnal amendment, the late Bishop Eddie Long, senr pastor of New Birth Missnary Baptist Church Lhonia, led thoands of Atlantans on a march through Sweet Auburn opposn to gay rights. ExplorePhotos: John Lewis through the yearsKg himself never openly spoke about gay rights the 1950s and 1960s, but Lewis ced his mentor’s stance on terracial marriage – “Rac don’t fall love and get married. Supreme Court’s gay marriage cisn 2015, Bernice Kg, who had been appoted the CEO of the Kg Center, issued a statement wishg for the lg to enurage “the global muny to rpect and embrace all LGBT global cizens wh digny and love.

NEW YORK GAY MARRIAGE RULG: WHAT HOLLYWOOD IS SAYG ON TWTER

”Lewis’ support meant a lot to members of Atlanta’s gay muny the 1990s and 2000s, pecially when was hard to fd support even among one’s own relativ, said Anthony Antoe, an HIV activist.

“Havg such a proment activist lear so supportive of not jt my gay life but my Black gay life… mattered so much, ” said Antoe, who anized several LGBTQ march the early 2000s, cludg one prottg the Long-Kg ’ early support and ntug prence at some LBGTQ events, cludg the annual October para Atlanta Pri, gave the movement nfince that uld acplish the difficult tasks ahead, Antoe felt like, “what n’t we change? The New York State Senate passed a bill legalizg gay marriage late Friday a 32-29 vote, and many Hollywood immediately took to Twter to appld the news. Straight & gay alike, let’s all celebrate marriage equaly, ” tweeted Kathy Griff.