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(#1) Mike Pence
- 60
"Congress should oppose any effort to recognize homosexuals as a 'discrete and insular minority' entitled to the protection of anti-discrimination laws similar to those extended to women and ethnic minorities." - Mike Pence, 2000
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(#2) Rick Santorum
- 61
“But what I can say is that the state is not doing a service to the child and to society by not putting that child in a home where there is a mother and a father. This is common sense. This is nature. And what we’re trying to do is defy nature because a certain group of people want to be affirmed by society. And I just don’t think that’s to the benefit of society or to the child.” - Rick Santorum, 2011
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(#3) Sarah Palin
- 55
"They are misquoting me. I said I didn’t hate people who engage in homosexual behavior... I simply said by legalizing it you are opening the door to many other things such as bestiality, child molestation, and abortion. See... these things are all interconnected. Where are the limits? Today we legalize gay marriage in New York... next who knows what will be legalized? Laws exist for a reason." - Sarah Palin, 2011
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(#4) Michele Bachmann
- 63
“They can get married, but they abide by the same law as everyone else. They can marry a man if they’re a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they’re a man.” - Michele Bachmann's response to a high school student who asked, "Why can't same-sex couples get married?" in 2011
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(#5) Rick Perry
- 69
"Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or not, you have the ability to decide not to do that. I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way." - Rick Perry when asked if homosexuality is a disorder in 2014
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(#6) Mike Huckabee
- 64
"I don't think a lot of pastors and Christian schools are going to have a choice [but to resist marriage equality]. They either are going to follow God, their conscience and what they truly believe is what the scripture teaches them, or they will follow civil law." - Mike Huckabee, 2015
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(#7) Jim DeMint
- 68
According to a Spartanburg Herald-Journal report on a Jim DeMint church rally in 2010: "DeMint said if someone is openly homosexual, they shouldn’t be teaching in the classroom and he holds the same position on an unmarried woman who’s sleeping with her boyfriend - she shouldn’t be in the classroom."
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(#8) Newt Gingrich
- 76
"I think there is an enormous difference between an inescapable fact of race - and you have to decide whether or not you are in fact going to tolerate discrimination based on race - and a question about culture, a question about what are your values. I think marriage is between a man and a woman. That's a value proposition." - Newt Gingrich, 2011
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(#9) Marco Rubio
- 48
“However, today, there is a growing intolerance on this issue... intolerance towards those who continue to support traditional marriage... And I promise you that even before this speech is over, I will be attacked as a hater, a bigot, or someone who is anti-gay. This intolerance in the name of tolerance is hypocrisy. Supporting the definition of marriage as one man and one woman is not anti-gay, it is pro-traditional marriage.” - Marco Rubio, 2014
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(#10) Mitt Romney
- 72
“I agree with 3,000 years of recorded history. I believe marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman and I have been rock solid in my support of traditional marriage. Marriage is first and foremost about nurturing and developing children. It’s unfortunate that those who choose to defend the institution of marriage are often demonized.” - Mitt Romney, 2006
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(#11) Ted Cruz
- 49
"We look at the jihad that is being waged right now, in Indiana, and in Arkansas, going after people of faith who respect the biblical teaching that marriage is the union of one man and one woman." - Ted Cruz, 2015
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(#13) Rand Paul
- 56
“I’m for traditional marriage. I think marriage is between a man and a woman. Ultimately, we could have fixed this a long time ago if we just allowed contracts between adults. We didn’t have to call it marriage, which offends myself and a lot of people.” - Rand Paul, 2015
Paul also voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in 2013: "I find it offensive to compare the civil rights struggle of the 1960s to the issues associated with ENDA."
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(#14) Mitch McConnell
- 77
"I believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman." - Mitch McConnell, 2014
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(#15) Lindsey Graham
- 64
“As in terms of employment, discrimination act. I don’t think I’d vote for it. I think it’s moving an agenda for, that is... not necessary." - Lindsey Graham when asked if he'd support legislation to protect LGBT individuals from employment discrimination in 2002
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(#16) Bobby Jindal
- 48
"I hold the view that has been the consensus in our country for over two centuries: that marriage is between one man and one woman. Polls indicate that the American consensus is changing - but like many other believers, I will not change my faith-driven view on this matter, even if it becomes a minority opinion." - Bobby Jindal, 2015
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(#17) Thad Cochran
- 82
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(#18) Orrin Hatch
- 85
"If you start overturning things like [gay marriage bans], I gotta tell you, there will be every Tom, Dick, and Harry in there with some crazy marital scheme demanding the same rights and the same privileges." - Orrin Hatch, 2013
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(#19) Eric Cantor
- 56
“There are those of us who have personal religious convictions. And I think we as a country need to respect people about their opinion, no matter which side you come down on.” - Eric Cantor defending his opposition to gay marriage in 2013
Cantor voted against the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, voted not to protect LGBT employees from discrimination in the office, and voted against extending hate crimes protections to include LGBT victims.
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(#20) George W. Bush
- 73
"Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. Government, by recognizing and protecting marriage, serves the interests of all. Today I call upon the Congress to promptly pass, and to send to the states for ratification, an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of man and woman as husband and wife. The amendment should fully protect marriage, while leaving the state legislatures free to make their own choices in defining legal arrangements other than marriage." - George Bush, 2004
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In the 1970s, the LGBT rights movement developed rapidly after the inclusion of bisexual, transgender, and other sexual minority issues. In the 1980s, the U.S. Democratic Party announced its support for LGBT rights. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court granted all LGBT marriage rights. Today, the perception of LGBT+ can be the biggest change that Americans have experienced in the past 50 years, but many politicians still support anti-gay movements.
A number of anti-gay politicians have tried to limit LGBT+ rights in the U.S. military and have opposed other gay rights proposals. The irony thing is that quite a few politicians are outright hypocrites. Here the random tool lists 20 anti-gay politicians in the US.
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