Allen West on Civil Rights

	Allen West on Civil Rights

Liberal women have been neutering American men

In April 2011, West told a conservative women's conference that liberal women "have been neutering American men and bringing us to the point of this incredible weakness?--?to let them know that we are not going to have our men become subservient. That's what we need you to do. Because if you don't, then the debt will continue to grow; deficits will continue to grow." Source: ThinkProgress.org on 2022 Texas Governor race , Jul 29, 2021

Gay marriage is an oxymoron

Compared being LGBTQ to a person choosing a favorite ice cream flavor.
Attacked the military's allowance of openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members because of his belief that people can change their sexual orientation.
Said the LGBTQ community "recruits" students through high school LGBTQ clubs.
Said "gay marriage is an oxymoron."
Suggested the Supreme Court's marriage ruling "could lead to civil war."

Source: GLAAD Accountability Project on 2022 Texas Governor race , Jul 29, 2021

We should be censoring American news agencies

In response to the whistleblower website Wikileaks releasing thousands of pages of diplomatic cables, West declared: "And I think that we also should be censoring the American news agencies which enabled [Julian Assange] to do this and also supported him and applauding him for the efforts." West later claimed he only called for "censuring" the media. Either way, it would be a First Amendment violation. Source: ThinkProgress.org on 2022 Texas Governor race , Jul 29, 2021

Denounced "new religion" of same-sex marriage

West warned of threats to freedom of religion. Some want to banish religion from the public sphere, he said. Former President Thomas Jefferson's concept of separation of church and state has been warped, he said. "We have a new religion that's being put forth, it's the religion of same-sex marriage," he said, denouncing punishment several years ago of a Colorado baker who refused to sell wedding cakes to a same-sex couple. Source: Dallas Morning News on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race , Jul 4, 2021

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