{"id":506198,"date":"2012-03-13T14:05:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T14:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/rick-scarborough-0\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:54","slug":"rick-scarborough-0","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/rick-scarborough-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scarborough"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Insisted<\/a> House law protecting LGBTQ people was \u201cbetter called the Mayor\u2019s Predator Protection Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said<\/a> of marriage equality: \u201cThe end game is the complete destruction of the church of the Lord Jesus, the replacement of it with this liberal theology that\u2019s not a theology, it\u2019s a philosophy, human-made, it goes back to the Garden of Eden when Satan wanted to be God. We now have a race of humans that don\u2019t want to acknowledge that there\u2019s a God.\u2026 They\u2019re after God. This country better be aware, we\u2019ve suffered a lot of injustices, but I\u2019m not sure God is going to tolerate this one very long.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Believes<\/a> Supreme Court marriage ruling \u201copened the floodgates for an immoral life such as we have never known in this country and perhaps brought the judgment of God, finally, completely upon our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said that the AIDS epidemic is God\u2019s \u201cjudgement as a result of an immoral act\u201d (at 0:10 mark)<\/a> and calls it \u201ca homosexual disease.\u201d (at 0:27 mark).<\/p>\n

\u2014Said of gays<\/a>: \u201cThose who engage in unnatural acts should hang their heads in shame\u2014so should the president who asks us to celebrate their sinful lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Has suggested the filing of a class action lawsuit against homosexuality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 \u2014Told his followers who support hate crimes protections for LGBTQ people that they will have \u201cthe blood of martyrs on your hands<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said: \u201cIf this country becomes 30% Hispanic, we will no longer be America<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said America \u201cdeserves judgment\u201d for Obama policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Said it\u2019s an \u201cabuse of language to call \u2018sodomites\u2019 gay\u201d<\/a>; said laws sending gays to prison were \u201cbased on the Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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