Trump’s Chief Scientist Pick Once Compared Gay Rights To Protecting Pedophilia
Sam Clovis, a conservative radio personality who has become President Donald Trump’s top pick for chief scientist at the Department of Agriculture, has a long history of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric ― even once calling marriage equality a choice that could lead to the legalization of pedophilia.
A new CNN report unearthed controversial comments Clovis made between 2012 and 2014. Clovis has argued in the past that “LGBT behavior” is a choice, he fought against LGBTQ people receiving nondiscrimination protections under the 14th Amendment and he once drew a “logical” connection between same-sex rights and protecting pedophilia, according to the report.
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