At a speech at Grand Rapids Community College earlier this week, former President Jimmy Carter spoke about the relationship between human rights, religion, and the LGBT community.
Said Carter:
I never knew of any word or action of Jesus Christ that discriminated against anybody 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 rich or whether they live in a foreign country or whether they live in our country. So I think discrimination against anyone and deprive 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…
To hear Carter's full response on the issue of LGBT rights, check out the video AFTER THE JUMP…
Previously, "Jimmy Carter: 'Jesus Never Said A Word About Homosexuality'" [tlrd]
