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DeMint: Sexually Active Unmarried Women And Gay Teachers Should Be Barred From Classrooms
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Last Edited | RP Oct 04, 2010 05:27pm |
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Author | Ryan J. Reilly |
News Date | Monday, October 4, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) says that even though "no one" came to his defense in 2004 after he said that gay people and unwed mothers should be banned from teaching, "everyone" quietly told him that he shouldn't back down from his position.
He also implied that not banning gay people and women who have sex before marriage from teaching would be an attack on Christians, and defended his position on banning gay teachers because he holds the same position on women who have sex outside of marriage.
The Spartanberg Herald-Journal described the comments this way: "DeMint said if someone is openly homosexual, they shouldn't be teaching in the classroom and he holds the same position on an unmarried woman who's sleeping with her boyfriend -- she shouldn't be in the classroom." DeMint did not apparently state his position on whether sexually active unmarried male teachers should be similarly removed from classrooms. |
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