Congressman Says Antigay Discrimination Doesn't Happen

[William769]

Florida congressman Allen West says LGBT people don’t have to worry about discrimination — it doesn’t happen.

In an interview Thursday, Scott Keyes of the blog ThinkProgress asked West, a Tea Party-backed Republican, if he would support “a law that says that it’s illegal to hire or fire people because they’re gay.” West replied, “That don’t happen out here in the United States of America.” It’s not “a big issue with small businesses,” he said, citing tax policy and regulations as more important.

West’s statement, ThinkProgress notes, contradicts surveys that indicate between 8% and 17% of LGBT people have been fired because of their sexual orientation of gender identity, and that double that number have encountered some form of discrimination. Only 16 states have laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, and another five prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation alone.

Yes this asshole represents my State.

[Politicalboi]

1. This guy would deny

Blacks and minorities were discriminated against too.

[Turbineguy]

2. There are a lot of things that don't happen.

They are called "fantasies" or "good conservative policies"

[NeverEnuff]

3. West's lies

Did he finish with " the checks in the mail and I won't come in your mouth"?

[PDJane]

4. Where is this man living?

This GOP world thing is getting to be just too damn much.

The lot of them have severe case of something. When I figure it out, I'll let you know what it is.

[edcantor]

5. West makes an obedient slave of corporations and

the Republican Teahadist wing of his party.