{"id":52347,"date":"2017-04-20T14:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T18:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mark-green-uses-bible-verse-to-call-transgender-people-evil\/"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:01:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T18:01:56","slug":"mark-green-uses-bible-verse-to-call-transgender-people-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mark-green-uses-bible-verse-to-call-transgender-people-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Green uses Bible verse to call transgender people “evil”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Green uses Bible verse to call<\/a> transgender people “evil”<\/b><\/p>\n

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Tennessee State Senator and Army Secretary Nominee Mark Green has once said transgender Americans have a \u201cdisease<\/a>.\u201d But now, GLAAD has exposed audio of Mark Green<\/a> using a Bible verse as a source to call<\/a> transgender people an \u201cevil\u201d that must be \u201ccrushed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump Administration must have been desperate to fill this post because Mark Green\u2019s anti-LGBTQ remarks should disqualify anyone seeking to be in charge of the United States Army, which includes many out and proud soldiers,\u201d said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cOur nation is strongest when we are together \u2013 and calling transgender people \u2018evil\u2019 does just the opposite.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

State Senator Green\u2019s anti-LGBTQ words and record as Tennessee State Senator fall right in line with President Trump and his anti-LGBTQ administration. From being the lead sponsor<\/a> of SB 127, a bill that would allow Tennessee companies to discriminate LGBTQ people, to supporting the state\u2019s so-called \u201cbathroom bill<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Mark Green would only add to a Trump Administration that from Day One has consistently aimed to erase the LGBTQ community<\/a> from the fabric of the United States.<\/p>\n

Below is the transcription from Mark Green\u2019s interview with the Hotwash with CJ and Alex Program, which aired on June 3, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government exists to honor those people who live<\/a> honorable who do good things \u2013 to reward people who behave well and to crush evil. So that means as a state senator, my responsibility very clearly in Romans 13 is to create an environment where people who do right are rewards and the people who do wrong are crushed. Evil is crushed. So I\u2019m going to protect women<\/a> in their bathrooms, and I\u2019m going to protect our state against potential infiltration from the Syrian ISIS people in the refugee program. And whoever wants to stand up and take me on that, I\u2019m ready to fight.\u201d<\/em>
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: MARK GREEN\u2019S ANTI-LGBTQ HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

—\u00a0Insists<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that being\u00a0\u201ctransgender is a disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

—<\/strong>\u00a0Lead sponsor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of a Tennessee state bill that would allow local companies to discriminate against LGBTQ people without any repercussion from local government.<\/p>\n

—<\/strong>\u00a0Sponsor of<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0an anti-trans<\/a> Tennessee state bill requiring students to use restrooms in accordance with their birth certificates.<\/p>\n

—<\/strong>\u00a0Green\u00a0backed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Tennessee state bill that allows therapist to turn away LGBTQ clients based on their “sincerely held religious\u00a0beliefs.”<\/p>\n

—<\/strong>\u00a0Sponsor of<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0bill allowing teachers to shun content that conflicts with their beliefs (widely interpreted to include LGBTQ inclusion).<\/p>\n

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