In an interview with one of the religious right’s most deranged and hateful characters (the execrable Bryan Fischer of the viciously homophobic American Family Association), former Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he supports reinstating “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”

In addition to being hate-filled and fanatical, Bryan Fischer is really, really dim. He titles his article, “Pawlenty: would reinstate ban on homosexuals in military,” but DADT is not a “ban,” of course.

Previously, Fischer has called for a total ban on mosques in America and a ban on Muslims in the military, said Adolf Hitler was so evil because he was gay, said that gays will molest sleeping soldiers, and even claimed that God wants Christians to commit genocide against their enemies in war. He’s so extreme he almost makes Pat Robertson look sensible.

Pawlenty likes to present himself as a nice guy; clean cut, always perky, smiling all the time. But this really shows you the ugly face underneath that mask.

And by the way, Pawlenty, like almost every other top GOP politician, is a creationist.