The sheer idiocy of the GOP on gays is reaching epic proportions. http://t.co/OIxxSrIpMg

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) March 28, 2015

“…”They (slave owners) weren’t terrible rotten horrible people,” Shepherd reportedly said. Shepherd added that they were simply people who made bad choices, before clarifying that “that’s how I see gay people.”