Tag: Alabama Republicans

In an inflammatory public Facebook post, Phil Benson — Republican treasurer of Mobile County, Alabama — called the LGBTQ community “freaking queers” and later told the media, “ gay people are offensive to me.” He has not apologized for his comments. Benson left the comment on a county Republican Party Facebook page. It has since been deleted by the page’s moderator. He made the comment on an article about Jack Phillips, the owner of Denver’s Masterpiece Cakeshop bakery who got involved...