{"id":506032,"date":"2017-09-06T13:34:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/jim-bridenstine\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:46","slug":"jim-bridenstine","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/jim-bridenstine\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Bridenstine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Opposed<\/a> marriage equality and sponsored several pieces of legislation seeking to ban and\/or limit equal access for same-sex couples.<\/p>\n

\u2014Said<\/a> on marriage equality that his \u201cstate of Oklahoma needs to stand up and say, \u2018Look, we\u2019re not going to accept these marriages.’\u201d [Quote starts at 51:38]<\/p>\n

\u2014Called<\/a> President Obama\u2019s guidance to allow transgender students to use the right bathroom an aggressive attempt \u201cto fundamentally transform America,\u201d insisting that \u201cParents and schools should assert their rights to govern themselves and not submit to Obama\u2019s lawless federal bullying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Called<\/a> the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) \u201ca disappointment not only because it is contrary to millennia of human experience, but also because it is clearly contrary to the choice of the people as expressed in a constitutionally valid process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Co-sponsored legislation<\/a> that sought to impeach former Attorney General Eric Holder in part because of his \u201cfailure to enforce…the Defense of Marriage Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Lashed out at<\/a> \u201cintolerant left bullies\u201d for making the Boy Scouts LGBTQ inclusive, claiming that the goal was \u201cto silence opposition and reshape organizations like the Boy Scouts into instruments for social change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Served as a guest host<\/a> on Family Research Council President Tony Perkins<\/a>\u2019 daily radio show on more than one occasion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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