{"id":506253,"date":"2014-04-24T13:04:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/ralph-reed\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:52","slug":"ralph-reed","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/ralph-reed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014In claims that the independent Politifact deemed false<\/a>, claimed \u201cirrefutable evidence\u201d is against same-sex parenting<\/a>: \u201cThis is about what\u2019s best for children here in the United States. And the social science is irrefutable. And it is that a child who grows up in a home without the mother and father present and they both play very unique procreative, nurturing and socializing role [sic], they\u2019re nine times more likely to end up dropping out of high school. They\u2019re five times more likely to end up in poverty. And they\u2019re three times more likely to end up addicted to drugs and alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014In viciously anti-gay documentary from mid-1990s, equated protections for gays and lesbians with protections for polygamists and people who have affairs (at :36 mark<\/a>): \u201cNo one should have special rights or privileges or minority status because of their sexual behavior. We don\u2019t have it for people who are polygamists; we don\u2019t have it for people who have affairs on their wives or husbands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Claims federal workplace protections for LGBTQ people would be \u201ca dagger aimed at the heart of religious freedom for millions of Americans<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014His organization called for the federal government to stop giving funding to the National Cathedral simply because of the church\u2019s support for marriage equality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Said it was \u201ca grave mistake\u201d<\/a> for the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay youth.<\/p>\n

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