WV Legislator, a Baptist Pastor, Says “The LGBTQ” Are a “Terrorist Group”
By Hemant Mehta, February 10, 2019

Republican Eric Porterfield, a West Virginia legislator, went on an unhinged rant against LGBTQ people this week… when he was trying to explain an anti-gay slur he used during a committee meeting.

A different Republican wanted to amend a bill to block cities from enacting anti-discrimination rules when Porterfield jumped in to call LGBTQ activists “socialists.” Actually, what he said was, “The LGBT is the most socialist group in this country,” whatever that means. As proof “the LGBT” is out to get people, he noted that there were protests against the attention-hungry Milo Yiannopoulos in part because his speaking tour had an anti-gay slur in its name.

And then it somehow got worse.

When the Charleston Gazette-Mail interviewed him Friday, Porterfield quadrupled down on his bigotry:

“The LGBTQ is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate,” Porterfield said in an interview Friday morning. He also called the gay community a “terrorist group” and said he is being “persecuted” by the gay community in retaliation for his remarks, including receiving threats on Facebook and voicemails.

While some Republicans expressed their disappointment with his remarks, none of them demanded his resignation… because they’re Republicans. If they tossed out everyone in the party who was rabidly anti-gay, there would hardly be anyone left.