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Related: About this forumState lawmaker refers to LGBTQ people as having "deviant sexuality" during hearing
A New Hampshire representative referred to LGBTQ people as having a deviant sexuality on Monday, derailing debate on a bill sought out by LGBTQ rights groups.
Speaking on a bill that would prohibit an alleged perpetrator from using a victims sexuality and gender identity as a defense to manslaughter, Rep. Dick Marston, a Manchester Republican, used the phrase while voicing opposition to the measure.
Were all the same breed. Were all the same people. If you kill somebody you should be charged for murder, and you should be tried on it, and theres no way in heck that you're going to be able to say Well because he or she was some deviant sexuality that Im not, Marston began, before being silenced by the chairman of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.
The chairman, Rep. Daryl Abbas, a Salem Republican, immediately rebuked Marston, banging his gavel loudly to drown him out.
Read more: https://www.concordmonitor.com/New-Hampshire-House-representative-calls-LGBTQ-people-sexual-deviants-bill-hearing-banning-gay-panic-defense-39180181
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