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stated on February 16, 2015 a Facebook post

Says Ted Cruz said, "When gays stayed hidden we had no mass shootings; we had no public nudity. Society was polite. Now anything and everything goes and I blame them."

By Kyra Haas • September 17, 2018

Uspoln Website
stated on May 22, 2017 an article on a fake news website

Says Pat Robertson said, "We must impose a rule on the gay population that would require them to wear specially-colored clothes."

By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017

Dan Forest
stated on February 14, 2017 a written statement

"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms."

By Will Doran • February 17, 2017

Pat McCrory
stated on May 3, 2016 a radio talk show appearance on the John Boy and Billy Big Show

Says Bruce Springsteen "only had 8,000 tickets sold" for a Greensboro show and canceled after "they didn’t get the ticket sales they wanted."

By Will Doran • May 4, 2016

Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2015 a meme on a Facebook page

Says Ted Cruz said: "While there may have been an age difference, Josh Duggar’s transgressions are far less an affront to God than what gays do to each other."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2015 an online meme

Says Ted Cruz said, "There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015

Bryan Fischer
stated on July 18, 2014 his "Focal Point" radio show

"We know how to stop AIDS: persuade men not to have sex with men."

By Katie Sanders • July 30, 2014

Charles Van Zant
stated on March 22, 2014 speech in March publicized May 16 by Think Progress

A company hired to do Common Core testing in Florida will "attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can."

By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014

National Organization for Marriage
stated on January 17, 2013 a newspaper ad

"Religious groups like Knights of Columbus have been forced to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their facilities, against their beliefs."

By Michael McKinney • January 27, 2013

Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper advertisement

"Barack Hussein Obama will … force doctors to assist homosexuals in buying surrogate babies."

By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2012

Stacey Campfield
stated on January 26, 2012 an interview with Michelangelo Signorile on the Sirius satellite radio show “OutQ.”

AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."

By Zack McMillin • February 3, 2012

Judy Manning
stated on January 4, 2012 an interview

"When [Mitt Romney] was the governor of Massachusetts, he performed 100 — and I’m not sure this number is right, but my mind says it’s about 180 gay marriages."

By Eric Stirgus • January 18, 2012

Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post

Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011

Christopher Plante
stated on April 29, 2011 a television interview

"The people of Rhode Island don't want same-sex marriage."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2011

Karen Handel
stated on June 9, 2010 a newspaper article

Says she was never a member of the Georgia Log Cabin Republicans.

By Jim Tharpe • June 16, 2010

J.D. Hayworth
stated on March 14, 2010 a radio interview

"The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse."

March 18, 2010

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