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Related: About this forumAfter non-binary teen's death, lawmaker says Christians don't "want that filth" in Oklahoma
After non-binary teen's death, lawmaker says Christians don't "want that filth" in Oklahoma
State Sen. Tom Woods said he'd fight "to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state"
FEB 24, 2024
Earlier this month, Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old non-binary student from Oklahoma, died one day after being assaulted in an Owasso High School bathroom. (The details are still unclear.)
The issue came up on Friday night during a Legislative Update featuring several lawmakers and sponsored by the Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce. An audience member, Cathy Cott, asked the four Republican members of the legislature why they had such an obsession with the LGBTQ citizens of Oklahoma and what people do in their personal lives and how they raise their children.
As reported by the Tahlequah Daily Press, State Sen. Tom Woods offered the worst possible response:Woods said that while his heart goes out regarding the teens death, he represents a constituency.
We are a Republican statesupermajorityin the House and Senate. I represent a constituency that doesnt want that filth in Oklahoma, Woods said.
We are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian statewe are a moral state, Woods said. We want to lower taxes and let people be able to live and work and go to the faith they choose. We are a Republican state and Im going to vote my district, and Im going to vote my values, and we dont want that in the state of Oklahoma.
To put that more bluntly, a Christian lawmaker who fantasizes about living in a theocracy claimed that his religious constituents dont like it when LGBTQ people are alive.
What exactly was the filth he was so concerned about? He didnt elaborate. It was clear, however, that he was referring to an openly non-binary teen. For people like him, all lives mater, including the unborn unless they grow up to be LGBTQ. In which case their murders are tolerable in the name of Jesus.
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https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/after-non-binary-teens-death-lawmaker
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LostOne4Ever
(9,544 posts)Aussie105
(5,940 posts)Just like Trump speaking up for "All Blacks"!
Do I need this?
Got to wonder what the motivation is behind all that.
eShirl
(18,683 posts)Yellowdog-1966
(36 posts)Every time they claim they lowered my taxes, they go up on them... lower one and hike up a different one.
Seems like car tags and taxes goes up every year.
vercetti2021
(10,308 posts)I don't want your filthy Christian laws in my life. You motherfuckers continue to back up into corners, don't be surprised eventually trans and NB people begin to fight back.
dchill
(39,564 posts)It's hard to take that shit on faith, if you'll pardon the expression. A so-called Christian who can't even get through seven chapters of the first book of the New Testament.
NO religion I ever heard of advocates for the death of LGBTQ people. Because, you know, if it does, that's not a religion. That's a cult.
Doodley
(9,786 posts)Martin Eden
(13,176 posts)Impossible to overstate my disgust and contempt for this "Christian."