Montana Rep. Dave Hagstrom, a
Republican, has denied calling non-procreative sex 'deviate' during a
House debate on a bill to repeal the state's unconstitutional sodomy
law.
“Sex that doesn't produce people is
deviate,” Hagstrom is seen saying during the debate in video
captured by news station KXLH-TV. “That doesn't mean that it's a
problem. It just means it's not doing its primary purpose. So I'm
just speaking to the bill and I encourage people to vote red.”
(Related: Montana
House approves bill decriminalizing gay sex.)
“I haven't seen the tape [of my
remarks], but it should show I said sex is for procreation and sex is
for pleasure,” Hagstrom told Raw
Story. “That's what I said. I don't know if that's what
the video says I said. … Of course sex has two purposes.”
“If you cut out the second half of
the sentence, it doesn't make any sense at all. Somebody called me
and screamed at me on the phone saying, 'You've only had sex four
times?' – because I have four children. I said, 'No, I've had sex
more times than that.' He said, 'Well, you said that the only
purpose of sex is to procreate.' I said, 'Well, that's not what I
said. I can't help that.'”
Hagstrom went on to say that he doesn't
believe gay sex is criminal.
“[T]he Supreme Court has ruled it
unconstitutional, so it's a moot point,” Hagstrom said.
“Obviously, it's not criminal. Not in the least bit is it
criminal. But that's a moot point. Nobody's ever been tried and
convicted under that. It's been killed by our Supreme Court.”