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President Carter Make Powerful Speech on Gay Rights

Summary: Former United States President Jimmy Carter made some powerful comments about gay rights and his thoughts as a devout Christian.

Former President Jimmy Carter is a devout Christian, but that did not stop him from discussing his views on gay rights. He also discusses how people of all backgrounds should be protected under the United States Constitution.

We have embedded the video of his comments in this post for you to watch.

The transcript of President Carter’s remarks is as follows:

“I never knew of any word or action of Jesus Christ that discriminated against anyone because of who they were.

And the sexual orientation of a person is just like the color of their skin or whether they’re poor or evil… or poor or rich, or whether they live in a foreign country or our country. So I think discrimination against anyone and depriving them of actual equal rights in the United States is a violation of the basic principles of the Constitution that all of us revere in this country. So, no discrimination against anyone is the best treat. Everyone equal in the eyes of God, everyone equal in the eyes of our constitution, and also equal in the eyes of the laws that our congressmen pass. So we ought to have that attitude about other people, in the eyes of God they’re just as good as we are. Thank you.”

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Jim Vassallo: Jim is a freelance writer based out of the suburbs of Philadelphia in New Jersey. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and minor in Journalism from Rowan University in 2008. While in school he was the Assistant Sports Director at WGLS for two years and the Sports Director for one year. He also covered the football, baseball, softball and both basketball teams for the school newspaper 'The Whit.' Jim lives in New Jersey with his wife Nicole, son Tony and dog Phoebe.

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