The Trump-backed GOP congressional candidate told Steve Bannon civil rights for gay and Black people 'are two different things.'
Republican congressional candidate Vernon Jones has argued that LGBT rights should not be compared with civil rights for Black people, saying being gay was a choice.endorsed Jones in the race for Georgia's 10th congressional district only days after he exited the race for governor in the Peach State., Jones said that"civil rights for Blacks, and gay rights for gays, are two different things.
Vernon Jones sat a rally featuring former U.S. President Donald Trump on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia. A congressional candidate backed by Trump, he told a podcast that being gay is a choice.After Bannon responded,"they say it's the same thing," Jones interrupted with"but it's not the same thing."podcast."But when I walk in that room, you can tell that I'm Black. I'm Black from cradle to grave, let's not get that confused.
"They can actually change," Jones said in a comment that would put him at odds with LGBT advocates who have said that sexual orientation is what you are born with and not a choice. "You can go from being straight, to being gay, to being transgender and all these other genders," he said."But when you Black, I don't have a choice."Jones is renowned for making headline-grabbing statements.
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