Herman Cain: Thinks you Can Wash Away the Gay…
Herman Cain panders to the socially conservative religious zealots who now run the GOP with anti-gay sentiment. Here he seems to think that unlike being born black which doesn’t wash away, that you can wash away the gay…
GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain told CNN last night that homosexuality is a choice and his stance against abortion should not be a “directive” to the nation.
The comments by Cain, who is essentially tied with Mitt Romney at the top of recent national polls for the GOP nod, could get further scrutiny in early states such as Iowa and South Carolina where social conservatives play a key role in picking a nominee.
“Although people don’t agree with me, I happen to think that it is a personal choice,” Cain said about homosexuality in the Wednesday night interview.
When CNN host Piers Morgan said he believed Cain’s comments were akin to a gay person telling the candidate that he chose to be black, Cain responded: “You know that’s not true. I was born black,” adding his race “doesn’t wash off.”
