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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 02:15 PM Oct 2017

Hear Trump's judicial nominee admit he blatantly discriminates against LGBTQ people

Source: LGBTQNation




By Jeff Taylor · Thursday, October 19, 2017

President Donald Trump has tapped Jeff Mateer to become a district judge in Texas, but he has been caught on tape admitting he discriminates against LGBTQ people. The question is, will that stop his nomination?

The comments can be heard in audio obtained by Vice News from a speech Mateer delivered in 2015, at the National Religious Liberties Conference, while serving as general counsel for the right wing legal organization First Liberty Institute (then known as Liberty Institute).

“Guess what? I attend a conservative Baptist church,” Mateer told the assembled faithful. “We discriminate, alright. On the basis of sexual orientation, we discriminate.”

He then adds that he doesn’t think that should disqualify him from being a judge.



Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/10/hear-trumps-judicial-nominee-admit-blatantly-discriminates-lgbtq-people

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Hear Trump's judicial nominee admit he blatantly discriminates against LGBTQ people (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP
Evil Matthew28 Oct 2017 #1
He says: diversity training violates religious belief janterry Oct 2017 #2
Speaking from experience OriginalGeek Oct 2017 #5
So will Congress go along with this and allow this pig to be put in charge DK504 Oct 2017 #3
Ugh I hate these people!!! They are the worst! Initech Oct 2017 #4

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
5. Speaking from experience
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 05:50 PM
Oct 2017

it's a goddamned blessing to be reprogrammed from the mind-fucking of conservative baptists.

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