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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBen Carson Confronted at Town Hall: 'Do You Think I Chose to Be Gay?'
Ben Carson Confronted at Town Hall: 'Do You Think I Chose to Be Gay?'
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ben-carson-confronted-town-hall-chose-gay/story?id=36091989
"I have a quick question," said the attendee, who was wearing a tee shirt of a nearby LGBT community center while the candidate walked down a rope line and greeted supporters. "Do you think I chose to be gay?"
"Did you choose to be gay?" Carson responded.
"Yes, do you think I chose to be gay?" the attendee asked again. "Thats a long conversation," Carson said and repeated as he posed for a photograph with a supporter.
"I think youre full of s---," his questioner responded, smiling, before walking away. "OK," was Carson's only response as he continued to pose for pictures.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ben-carson-confronted-town-hall-chose-gay/story?id=36091989
"I have a quick question," said the attendee, who was wearing a tee shirt of a nearby LGBT community center while the candidate walked down a rope line and greeted supporters. "Do you think I chose to be gay?"
"Did you choose to be gay?" Carson responded.
"Yes, do you think I chose to be gay?" the attendee asked again. "Thats a long conversation," Carson said and repeated as he posed for a photograph with a supporter.
"I think youre full of s---," his questioner responded, smiling, before walking away. "OK," was Carson's only response as he continued to pose for pictures.
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Ben Carson Confronted at Town Hall: 'Do You Think I Chose to Be Gay?' (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jan 2016
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MrWendel
(1,881 posts)1. Why would Ben argue...
he knows he's full of shit.
RKP5637
(67,086 posts)2. Carson is definitely a wacko and dangerous, because fools listen to him and
believe him. This nation is full of damn fools.
randys1
(16,286 posts)3. Wonderful confrontation, tell him he is full of shit again and again
Racists have to be confronted and so do homophobes.
patricia92243
(12,592 posts)4. A DOCTOR doesn't know this? Unbelievable.