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North Dakota GOP Sorry for Platform Accusing LGBT People of ‘Recruiting’ Minors, ‘Infecting’ Society with Disease

July 23, 2020 by John Wright Leave a Comment

Gov. Doug Burgum

North Dakota Republican leaders are speaking out — after the fact — against a horrific anti-LGBT resolution that’s now part of the party’s 2020 platform.

The resolution opposes nondiscrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity, or “SOGI bills.” While it is mostly devoted to perpetuating the anti-transgender bathroom predator myth, the resolution also accuses LGBT people of “recruiting” minors and “infecting” society with disease.

“SOGI laws empower those practicing LGBT behaviors to assume positions of mentorships of minors often over objections of parents, influencing their emotions and thereby recruiting for their lifestyles,” the resolution states. “Many LGBT practices are unhealthy and dangerous, sometimes endangering or shortening life and sometimes infecting society at large.”

The North Dakota GOP is an embarrassment https://t.co/TtIzaiCbcx pic.twitter.com/kpChY6bQ5L

— Jared Gilmour (@jaredgilmour) July 22, 2020

Corby Kemmer, the executive director of the North Dakota GOP, apologized for the resolution, which was one of 53 packaged together that received an up-or-down vote by delegates on mail-in ballots, after the party scrapped its in-person convention due to the COVID-19 crisis.

“The intent of the delegates was to stand up for individual and religious liberties, and, unfortunately, this language falls woefully short of that goal,” Kemmer said, according to the Dickinson Press. “We regret any offense this may have caused, and we will be reconsidering this resolution at a future meeting to bring it more in line with what delegates were attempting to communicate.”

Republican Gov. Doug Burgum took to Facebook to denounce the resolution.

“As I’ve long said, all North Dakotans deserve to be treated equally and live free of discrimination. There’s no place for the hurtful and divisive rhetoric in the NDGOP resolutions,” Burgum wrote. “We can respect one another’s freedoms without disrespecting or discriminating against the LGBT members of our state and our party, whom we support.”

House Minority Leader Josh Boschee, an openly gay Democrat, told the Dickinson Press: “Statements like this by the majority party don’t help when it comes to workforce recruitment or retaining the students we educate for 12-16 years. We see a lot of people leave the state because of bigotry like that. … I thought the Republican Party had come further along than that. This party has a lot of work to do if they want to be a big tent party, regardless of how much power they have in elected office in North Dakota.”

More from Boschee and others via Twitter below.

NoDakotans like me are just trying to live our lives. We are your neighbors, your co-workers, your friends & your family. We are healthcare professionals fighting the impacts of a pandemic. We are teachers inspiring your kids to achieve all that they are capable of.

— Joshua Boschee (@JoshBoschee) July 23, 2020

Time to turn our anger into action folks. VOTE! Apply to Vote By Mail right now (https://t.co/Bre4kQfCOG) and share with all your friends and family. Many legislative racers are determined with 100 or so votes.

— Joshua Boschee (@JoshBoschee) July 23, 2020

There is no way for the @ndgop to defend any of this nonsense as business related . . . it is shameful, harmful, bad for business and bad for North Dakota. Our LGBTQ+ neighbors deserve so much better #ndpol https://t.co/bmwpwxPlzO

— Kylie Oversen (@KylieOversen) July 23, 2020

This is abhorrent & disgusting & the NDGOP should be beyond ashamed of themselves. I think it's important to point out the fact that they say LGBTQ "practices" are threats to public health that are "endangering & infecting society" Um. Guys. https://t.co/Q4n6mrwS6T

— Libby Schneider (@libbyschneider) July 22, 2020

Today the North Dakota GOP chose hate rather than love. I struggle to find the right words as I compose this post. This is simply wrong. I stand with all our LGBTQ+ North Dakotans and promise to continue the fight for equality.#notNDlegendary #loveislove https://t.co/iEyzhg30pS

— Zachary Tomczik (@zacharytomczik) July 23, 2020

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