NJ Republican Congressman: "Homosexual rights are not human rights"

[shenmue]

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From the article:

A Republican congressman has been condemned for saying that he does “not construe homosexual rights as human rights.”

Chris Smith, who represents New Jersey’s 4th district in the US House of Representatives, made the comments during Tuesday’s sitting of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, a day when 12 men were reportedly arrested for attending an alleged same-sex wedding in Nigeria.

[Bluenorthwest]

1. Not the first time. His rhetoric is similar to that of Pope Francis on his recent rants about gender

theory and marriage equality:

“I do think that unfortunately there’s been an obsession by some within the administration — and that goes for the president himself — to promote the abortion agenda and the LGBT agenda in our foreign policy.

“These issues are what drives this administration in much of our foreign policy in Africa. Many of these countries deeply resent it because they are profoundly pro-marriage and profoundly pro-life.

“But when your foreign aid is being limited or conditioned on those two issues, there are some, but thankfully not many, in these governments who begin to weaken.”
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/08/13/republican-congressman-obama-is-obsessed-with-promoting-gay-rights/

[tabbycat31]

2. this asshole is my congressman

[lunasun]

7. I'm sorry

Sounds sick

[sheshe2]

3. And you Chris Smith are an ugly bigot and

A sorry excuse for a human being.

[hobbit709]

4. I don't consider Republican Congresscritters as human so there.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. Elected in 1980... his EIGHTEENTH TERM. GTFO!

[tabbycat31]

6. you obviously have not seen his district

Let alone he hasn't lived in NJ for years (his kids attended state schools in VA and paid in state tuition) and his 'residence' is a PO Box.

The man was first elected when I was born. The district is bright red but got slightly bluer in redistricting (gained some blue and purple towns but they're fairly small).

I joked around right after redistricting at a county Dems function that the only person that has the $$ and name ID to defeat him is Bruce Springsteen. He isn't giving up his day job (and I can't blame him).

That said I'm calling the idiot's office tomorrow. Anything I should say, post it here.

[CurtEastPoint]

8. Oh, there's plenty I could ask you to say but it's all not very nice.

Seriously, I have no human rights because I'm gay? Throwing men off a building to their deaths is OK because they're gay?

Red or blue, D or R, there are things that are right and things that are wrong, and if you can't see that, you're heartless or stupid or both. Yeah, tell him that. And also, a big FUCK YOU from me!

You have my sympathies for being in his district. I live in GA so I know your pain even though mine is bright blue, I am surrounded by Baptist redneck Repubes.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. This comes as NO surprise to me.

There are more than few who hold the same opinion, maybe not to the same extreme, but it does come down to; gay lives are not really that important.

[icymist]

10. Sounds like another way of saying that homosexuals are not human.

And this person is on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa?

[Behind the Aegis]

11. That's how I read it too!

It is a form of dehumanization and given just a few days ago we marked the 70th anniversary of one of the largest examples of the folly of dehumanization, I find this chilling.