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Republican candidate says giraffes prove “You cannot be born gay" (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 2 days ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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A Republican candidate for Congress offered up his analysis of human sexuality and gender on Tuesday, in a group interview with South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel editorial board, alongside two other Republicans running to represent House District 20 in Broward County.

“You never see a giraffe, a male giraffe, that mate(s) with a giraffe,” Rod Joseph said. “Myself right now saying, ‘I am a giraffe,’ that doesn’t mean it’s true.”

Everyone is “born straight,” he offered.

The unusual assertion was made in answer to a question about U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) declaration at the beginning of Pride Month, “Homosexuality has no place in America.”

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[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Of course this is in my backyard. God i hate this ass backwards state. I cant wait to escape Floriduh but the system just keeps keeping me down.

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish I could just start a country and allow politicians to rule it but whenever one of them says anything about sexuality or immigrants it's just straight to the guillotine.

Well maybe we can just start doing that regardless of whether or not we start a new country first.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 day ago

I'd approve of that. Everyone who wants to mess with personal relationships or push fear of new arrivals deserves as much.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

South Florida

Yeah.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In other news, unicorns are straight

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

They still give me the horn.

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[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I was going to say, who knew giraffe scientists were this far into mapping the human genome, but then I read he was a Republican, so it’s obviously some tall tale

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

land of the free... you are free to think and be exactly as those morons want you to think and be

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I wonder how does he explain this then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRe_x5CECQg&t=32s

[–] koniluum@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I mean I would argue that you cannot born gay but you can born to be gay.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

If our giraffes don’t mate, how do they be like they do when they are?

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