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Lawmaker previously likened LGBTI people to a terrorist group and the Ku Klux Klan A Republican lawmaker has given a threatening response when asked what he would do if his kids were gay. Eric Porterfield, a Trump-supporting West Virginia lawmaker, was also under fire this week. He has previously likened LGBTI people to a terrorist group and the Ku Klux Klan. Republican lawmaker grins as he said he would see if a gay child could ‘swim’ A WVVA reporter asked what would happen if...

Wes Goodman described himself as 'Christian. American. Conservative. Republican'. A homophobic lawmaker has resigned after being allegedly caught having sex with a man in his office. Ohio state legislator Wes Goodman, a Republican, admitted to reports he cheated on his wife in a shock resignation yesterday. A proponent of ‘natural marriage’, Goodman repeatedly called and voted for anti-LGBTI legislation while in office. He cited his ‘Christian values’. Wes Goodman resigns Goodman issued his resignation to House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, admitting to ‘inappropriate behavior’. No...

Yigal Guetta attended his nephew's same-sex wedding two years ago An ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli lawmaker quit after coming under fire for attending a gay wedding. On Monday (11 Aug), Yigal Guetta spoke in an interview with pride about attending the same-sex wedding. Rabbis published a letter Tuesday saying Guette’s attendance at the wedding was a ‘public desecration of Heaven.’ They demanded that the leaders of Guetta’s political party ‘remove and fire’ him immediately. Yigal Guetta handed in his resignation on Wednesday morning. ‘My own judgment...

A Republican lawmaker has claimed that there is a “distinction” between human beings and homosexuals. Rick Brattin, a Republican lawmaker in the Missouri House of Representatives, made the shocking claim during a debate over a bill amendment to protect LGBT people from discrimination. Arguing against the amendment, Mr Brattin claimed it would infringe upon religious liberty. He then claimed: “When you look at the tenets of religion, of the Bible, of the Qu’ran, of other religions, there is a distinction between homosexuality...

One week after Mike Yenni, a local conservative politician from Louisiana, was outed for sexting with a 17-year-old boy, he is finally breaking his silence. Yenni has been keeping a low profile since the scandal erupted. Until last night, that is, when he aired a commercial during the 10 p.m. newscasts on several local TV stations addressing the story. In the commercial, Yenni apologizes for his actions and assures people he never “abused or misused my powers as a public official.” He...

A New York hotel has apologized after UK lawmaker Stewart McDonald was asked by a receptionist if he really wanted to share a bed with his partner. MP Stewart McDonald (above right) told Buzzfeed that the receptionist at the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan appeared “uncomfortable” when he and his partner were checking in. The receptionist, said McDonald, asked: “Really? Both of you in the same bed?” https://twitter.com/StewartMcDonald/status/765216075428532224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw He said: “I told Gordon was my partner and he then just stood and stared...