‘He Talks About the Homosexual Ruling, When They Can Be – Pretend to Be Married’
Roy Moore’s fast-talking campaign strategist Dean Young says gay people are just pretending to be married. He also used the word “homosexual” and gestured air quotes.
Young appeared on MSNBC’s “Meet the Press Daily” Friday, and answered Chuck Todd’s questions about why the twice-booted former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice had said the last time America was great was during the time slavery was legal.Â
“I think it was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery — they cared for one another,” Moore had said. “Our families were strong, our country had a direction.”
Defending the embattled GOP candidate who has credibly been accused of child sexual molestation and sexual assault, Young said Moore has talked about the Dred Scott decision, and then said:
“When he talks about the homosexual ruling, when they can be – pretend to be married – Judge Moore says it’s like the Dred Scott decision.”
As Young says “homosexual ruling” he raises his fingers and repeatedly makes air quotes.
Chuck Todd did not offer any push back, just said, “OK.”
To be clear, Young is defending Moore by comparing the case that determined same-sex couples have the right to marry with what most historians believe was the worst-decided case in U.S. Supreme Court history.
The segment is in the above video and starts just a few seconds past the 5:00 minute mark.
On Twitter, some who were watching expressed outrage.
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