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Homophobic Lawmaker Caught In Tangled Web of Lies (Must See Video) Sep28

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Homophobic Lawmaker Caught In Tangled Web of Lies (Must See Video)

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Bigot without a clue: Senator Robert Forrester

Michaelangelo Signorile’s interview with North Carolina Senator (and least competent medical doctor ever? ) James Forrester, one of the sponsors of the same-sex marriage constitutional ban (but better known for telling the NC Senate that gay men die 20 years earlier than their straight peers), is REQUIRED VIEWING. At 15 minutes, the piece is a bit long in the tooth, but we promise it’s all meat.

We’ve never before seen such a complete and total collapse of a Republican’s homophobic argument against equality in the face of simple, poignant questioning.

Signorile writes:

This interview has to be heard to be believed: Forrester not only could not back up his claims with any evidence — after first trying to source the Centers for Disease Control, only to be debunked by me — but he actually acknowledged that he could be wrong. He eventually credited a Christian activist named Frank Turek (who is associated with Maggie Gallagher and the National Organization for Marriage) as his source of this bogus public health information. Forrester had said in his town hall some of his patients were gay men who died early deaths, yet didn’t seem to know anything about public health, including that, on a global level, AIDS drastically affects heterosexuals more than gay men.

Forrester cowers in the face of overwhelming evidence contradicting his beliefs. He literally has no idea what to say when confronted with the fact that gay marriage-loving Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate of all 50 states. You can almost hear his brain melting out of his ears when informed that it is heterosexuals who make up the far, far, faaaaar majority of worldwide HIV and AIDS patients.

If our assurances that this interview is must see web TV still aren’t enough, consider the farewell host Signorile offers the ignorant Senator:

“I want to thank you for speaking with us. I’m sorry that you couldn’t answer the questions. I think it speaks to your own lack of education about this and your lack of answers, which is pretty appalling for a legislator. And I think that the entire country is now seeing you embarrass yourself and embarrass the state of North Carolina. Thank you for coming on today. (Laughs)”

(via The Gist)