GOHMERT!! Compares Reality TV Show Cancellation to Female Genital Mutilation
More: Louie Gohmert Compares Reality TV Show Cancellation to Female Genital Mutilation
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) linked LGBT activism to female genital mutilation and claimed that “intolerant fascist liberals” want to ban women from owning property.
The lawmaker told Congress on Friday that “intellectual fascism” violated the civil rights of conservative Christians.
“Now, with this new intellectual fascism that has arisen in our universities, some of them - far too many of them, actually - say: ‘If you disagree with our position, we don’t want you here. We want you eliminated. We don’t want you to have work. We want your family defiled. We just don’t want you to succeed in any way whatsoever,’” Gohmert said.
Gohmert compared the recent decision by Brandeis University to rescind its offer of an honorary degree to former Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a strong critic of Islam, to HGTV’s cancellation of “Flip It Forward,” starring David and Jason Benham, after their anti-gay statements and activity were publicized.
“We see these kinds of receptions for conservatives, for Judeo-Christian believers and followers, people eliminated from being on television because they hold the view espoused by Moses and by Jesus of marriage being between a man and a woman,” Gohmert said.
Even as public acceptance for same-sex marriage grows and federal courts strike down state laws prohibiting such unions, Gohmert claims liberals are stifling a viewpoint held by a majority of Americans.
“It is amazing that, in the name of liberality — in the name of being tolerant — this fascist intolerance has arisen,” Gohmert said.
He said liberals are using a tactic once employed by Nazis in Germany.
“First, they would call people haters and evil and would build up disdain for those people who held those opinions or religious views or religious heritages,” Gohmert said. “Then next came: ‘Those people are so evil and hateful, so let’s bring every book that they have written or has to do with them, and let’s start burning the books because we can’t tolerate their intolerance.’”