CNN reports:
Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, voiced support for revisiting Supreme Court decisions that struck down restrictions on the use of contraception, barred bans on gay sex and legalized same sex marriages, according to a CNN review of his prior public statements. On a conservative talk radio show the day the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June 2022, Johnson underscored Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion that the high court should reconsider those other landmark rulings.
“There’s been some really bad law made,” he said. “They’ve made a mess of our jurisprudence in this country for the last several decades. And maybe some of that needs to be cleaned up.” From endorsing hard labor prison sentences for abortion providers to supporting the criminalization of gay sex, his staunchly conservative rhetoric is rooted in an era of “biblical morality,” that he says was washed away with the counterculture in the 1960s.
Read the full article. As has been widely reported, while working for the anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, in 2003 Johnson filed a Supreme Court brief arguing that homosexuality should be criminalized. The above-cited remarks came during his appearance on shitbag Todd Starnes’ show.
I just published a lengthy profile of Mike Johnson for CNN. It includes:
Johnson voicing support for revisiting the rulings legalizing contraception, gay sex, and same-sex marriage.
Arguing anti-discrimination laws don’t protect a “behavior” like homosexuality.
Supporting bans…
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) November 21, 2023
