Tag: Craig Northcott
DA says he won’t prosecute LGBTQ domestic violence cases because gay relationships aren’t real
Craig Northcott is the District Attorney for Coffee County, Tennessee and a self-proclaimed “good Christian man.” But he may soon be without a law license after spouting off his homophobic beliefs at a religious conference and then doubling down on them later.
A letter signed by over 330 lawyers is urging the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility to issue an emergency suspension of Northcott’s law license after he was caught on video telling a religious conference that he doesn’t believe...
A district attorney won’t prosecute gay domestic violence cases because he’s a ‘good Christian’
A Tennessee district attorney is under fire after he was recorded telling a Bible conference that he was a “good Christian man” and therefore discriminated against gay couples.
Craig Northcott, the district attorney general of Coffee County, says on the recording that he refuses to prosecute gay domestic violence cases because he doesn’t believe the relationship is moral. Video of Northcott’s speech was released by Nashville television station News Channel 5.
“Y’all need to know who your DA is,” he tells...
