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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWest Virginia GOP lawmaker compares gays to the Ku Klux Klan after using 'f*ggot' on the House floor
NOOR AL-SIBAI 09 FEB 2019 AT 08:30 ET
West Virginia GOP delegate Eric Porterfield. Image via Porterfield's campaign.
A West Virginia Republican delegate compared gay people to the KKK and drew ire for making homophobic remarks for the second time last week.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that WV House of Delegates member Eric Porterfield (R-Porterfield) told a reporter Friday morning that the gay community is akin to a hate group.
The LGBTQ [sic] is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, Porterfield said, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate.
The Republicans comments came just days after he used the term f*ggot in House session and claimed that an anti-LGBT discrimination bill was bigoted, discriminatory and would somehow hurt gay people.
The LGBT is the most socialist group in this country, he said during a House session Wednesday. They do not protect gays. There are many gays they persecute if they do not line up with their social ideology.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that WV House of Delegates member Eric Porterfield (R-Porterfield) told a reporter Friday morning that the gay community is akin to a hate group.
The LGBTQ [sic] is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, Porterfield said, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate.
The Republicans comments came just days after he used the term f*ggot in House session and claimed that an anti-LGBT discrimination bill was bigoted, discriminatory and would somehow hurt gay people.
The LGBT is the most socialist group in this country, he said during a House session Wednesday. They do not protect gays. There are many gays they persecute if they do not line up with their social ideology.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/west-virginia-gop-lawmaker-compares-gays-ku-klux-klan-using-fggot-house-floor/
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West Virginia GOP lawmaker compares gays to the Ku Klux Klan after using 'f*ggot' on the House floor (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Feb 2019
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)1. Oy vey! Is that their official portrait??
sakabatou
(42,204 posts)4. I know
Just what the hell is with the eyes?!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)11. Looks like something out of a nightmare
Talks like a monster too.
CurtEastPoint
(18,685 posts)13. Blind. In more ways than just his eyes.
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)6. It's real
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)2. Omg.
This guy? From West Virginia?
Will not type want I'm thinking here. Just OMG, West Virginia do better. Hold on to your kids, while you're at it.
sakabatou
(42,204 posts)3. Ugh....
Yosemito
(648 posts)5. Democrats should call for his resignation
This is not right.
PatSeg
(47,770 posts)7. And because he is a republican,
he'll probably get away with it. Its not like it is something he said 30 years ago, but republicans are held to a different standard than Democrats. It is like abhorrent words and behavior are expected of them.
Aristus
(66,530 posts)8. Jesus! What an ugg!
Ugly inside and out.
This is why close blood-relatives shouldn't marry...
Stay classy, WV...
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)9. YIKES!!!
nmgaucho
(527 posts)10. Lots of inbreeding in his family history
obviously
CurtEastPoint
(18,685 posts)12. He's blind but he's still a fucking Baptist minister asshole.
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)14. Ewwww ... Jabba the Hut in pupal phase ! nt
Initech
(100,149 posts)15. That guy looks like a total creep!