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.
Yay! Now turn white!
He is brave to say so and is right.
Mr. Jones, Did you chose to be heterosexual?
So easy to see the GOP election strategy … that FL bill was not random. They want people divided based on LGBT issues and now this guy wants to divide the black community by making it seem like it’s the LGBT vs black people… split the vote. I guess he thinks LGBT is white only
I'm the Democrat who's going to flip GA-10 (where Vern has never lived.) How about writing about THAT instead of giving this narcissistic doofus more airtime? ;) Check the numbers: we went from R+28 to R+15 with redistricting, and I'll peel off evangelicals. Google me.
LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
Not really a choice.
Vernon could change his race tomorrow… if he really, really wanted to. Maybe he just prefers to complain?
He could use a science class. He's nescient.
So can you, dude. But you aren’t.
So is being an asshole
Of course, Republicans want to strip both groups of their rights. As you know.
This is what you get when you are not educated
Civil rights are civil rights no matter who they are for.
Hey Vernon Jones if being gay is a choice What's wrong with choosing to be gay in free country
Also republicans:
Same energy
Umm, no.
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Aren’t they?
And to him I saw...
You like what you like. This guy should take a food he absolutely hates and try to make himself eat it every day. If preferences are a choice, as he postulated, it should go well for him.
🧐Where’s the lie? 🇺🇸Capitalism wasn’t built on ✊🏻🏳️🌈LGBTQIA2SP+; only ✊🏿generational chattel enslavement. Hence,Lineage Reparations 💵payments are due.Why should everyone except FBA benefit from our ongoing struggle to free ourselves from (((Nazis)))?
Taking your emotions out of the equation: he does have a point Black civil rights are DIFFERENT from gay rights. Apples and Oranges to say the least.
Scary.. So many reasons to vote blue Please save America vote 💙
Not according to michael jackson..
I shutter to think what will become of the United States of America if these Trump led fools continue to get elected to Congress and eventually grab the majority. It’s possibly the end of freedom & democracy as we’ve known it.
😂😂😂😂😂 Well as a gay conservative I will have to say VernonJones is an idiot. Sadly A LOT of black people feel the way Vernon does. The only choice I made was to be a Christian. God made the choice about my sexuality b/c I sure didn’t.
Why hasn’t anyone developed “conversion therapy” for homophobic blowhards yet?
Clayton Bigsby did it better. TodaysGOP
Yes, black people can be bigots, too.
Ridiculous
REAL Republican Values: Use the law to mold the country to your own vision and weaponize the law to punish everyone who does not fit that vision. Give it whatever “name” you want, that is the accurate description.
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