Why does King keep saying this sh**??!!??!!

[shcrane71]

Can't he just be quiet about his beliefs on homosexuality? Then no one would have to know that he's a homophobe.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/04/04/457698/steve-king-dadt-workers/?mobile=nc

LE MARS, Iowa — To Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the problem is not that it’s legal for employers to fire an employee for being gay. It’s that the employee made his sexual orientation publicly known in the first place.

ThinkProgress spoke with the Iowa congressman Monday about whether it should be legal for businesses to discriminate in their hiring and firing decisions. King said that “they shouldn’t be able to do that [to] a private business” because “they need to have freedom to operate.”

We asked if this meant that he opposed the idea of forbidding businesses from firing an employee because of her sexual orientation. “How do you know someone’s sexual orientation?” he countered, before proposing an idea similar to the recently repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gays in the military. “I would think that unless someone makes their sexuality public, it’s not anybody’s business, so neither is it our business to tell an employer who to hire.”

[still_one]

1. because king is just what he appears to be a fuc*ing bigot. He is definitely belongs to the right

party

[rurallib]

3. he is a bigot and proud of it.

[libinnyandia]

2. At least he is consistent. I guess he thinks that women who use birth control are like gays. A woman

should not let anyone know she is on bc. And the employer should not provide bc through her health insurance. Vilsack 2012!

[rurallib]

4. When people are silent about sexual orientation

the assumption is that one is hetero. So silence = agreement that one is hetero.

[Warpy]

5. Because he's an irredeemable blockhead and stone bigot

Any questions?

I have long hoped the people of Iowa, most of whom are quite sensible, would throw this idiot out on his arse.

Maybe this year they've finally had enough. After all, gays have gotten married there for some time and the sky has not fallen.

[emulatorloo]

6. Because that's how he gets elected. Appealing to the Lizard Brain

[ges5626sek]

7. argh

[Bettie]

8. Nutjob bigot

Why does it surprise you he says stuff like this?

[shcrane71]

9. Because I've talked to many of his constiuents... hell, I used to be a constiuent...

and they weren't nutjob bigots. Now that we've got redistricting, Council Bluffs won't need be embarrassed by his representation any longer.

[Bettie]

15. And Iowa may get its first female congressional representative too.

Which would be good.

Christie Vilsack is still running for that seat, right?

[shcrane71]

16. She's up against King in NW Iowa. It's going to be a difficult race as

the MOST Republican counties are in that area. Fortunately, Council Bluffs is now in a district with West Des Moines. Des Moines could push that district for the Republicans, but Council Bluffs is a heavily Democratic place.

[Mr Rogers]

10. Iowa

Just got back for a 2 day pride festival in Davenport,Iowa. Great time. Really nice people in Iowa.

[JDPriestly]

11. Welcome to DU. Yes, Iowa has some really nice people.

[Suich]

12. Howdy, Mr Rogers!

Welcome to the neighborhood!

[Skinner]

13. Welcome to DU, Mr Rogers.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I hope you'll stick around.

[shcrane71]

14. Welcome to DU, Mr Rogers. Are you in Davenport?