{"id":506130,"date":"2021-02-08T19:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/josh-hawley\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:42","slug":"josh-hawley","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/josh-hawley\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hawley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Leveled a dangerous and misleading QAnon-influenced<\/a> attack on Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson, falsely accusing Jackson of \u201csaying publicly it is a mistake to assume child pornography offenders are pedophiles.\u201d The \u201cliberals are child predators\u201d is a frequent trope of QAnon, the racist, pro-Trump and wildly false<\/a> conspiracy theory that has been deployed against many minorities including LGBTQ people in the United States<\/a> and in Russia<\/a>, among other places.<\/p>\n

\u2014Announced his support of anti-LGBTQ U.S. Rep Vicky Hartzler<\/a> of Missouri in her primary contest for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. <\/p>\n

\u2014Falsely claimed<\/a> at a Senate hearing for the Equality Act that it would force individuals, adoption agencies, and other service providers to “change [their] faith-based practices or face government punishment.” The Equality Act expands existing civil rights protections for people of faith, women, people of color and LGBTQ people. It prevents businesses from refusing to serve LGBTQ people based on religious objection. Religious organizations<\/a> have recognized they can serve LGBTQ people without a conflict to their beliefs.<\/p>\n

\u2014Objected<\/a> to the Electoral College count affirming the legal election of Joe Biden for President; encouraged<\/a> rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.<\/p>\n

\u2014Co-sponsored a bill<\/a> targeting transgender children from participating in sports; voted to support an anti-transgender amendment<\/a> tacked onto COVID-19 relief package; voted<\/a> against COVID-19 relief that provided $2.8b to Missouri.<\/p>\n

\u2014After losing a book deal because of his encouragement of the January 6th<\/sup> insurrection, complained about being a victim of \u201ccancel culture\u201d in appearances<\/a> with anti-LGBTQ groups like Focus on the Family<\/a>, and in media appearances with WGEM, KSDK, KTVO, KOAM, KMBC, KYTV, KRCG, KMOX, 41 Action News, KCMO radio, KWTO, the St. Joseph News Press, and Nexstar TV. The editorial board of the Kansas City Star<\/a> says Sen. Hawley has \u201cblood on his hands\u201d by encouraging the coup attempt. <\/p>\n

\u2014Criticized the Supreme Court decision that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace<\/a>. The court ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, national origin and sex, protects gay and transgender workers. \u201cYou know, to me, for someone who has said, Justice Gorsuch, who said that he’s a textualist and an originalist, I just don’t see how you get there with that methodology,\u201d Hawley told the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n

\u2014Said<\/a> of the Supreme Court decision that protects gay and transgender workers: it \u201crepresents the end of the conservative legal movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Following the Supreme Court\u2019s Obergefell<\/em> marriage equality ruling, as a Republican candidate for Missouri attorney general, Hawley wanted the state legislature to exempt businesses and religious groups from participating in same-sex couples\u2019 marriage ceremonies<\/a>. At the time, gay rights advocacy group PROMO said Missouri law already permitted such discrimination.<\/p>\n

\u2014Signed an amicus brief <\/a>to the Supreme Court defending a taxpayer-funded agency’s right to discriminate against same-sex couples looking to foster a child.<\/p>\n

\u2014Made a floor speech<\/a> at the U.S. Senate opposing the Equality Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":506131,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138636,138632,138637],"class_list":{"0":"post-506130","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-anti-transgender","9":"hashtag-politics","10":"hashtag-religion"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t