Lady Theresa Thombs, Republican
candidate for the Texas State Board of Education, has likened gays to
murderers.
Thombs, who has previously raised
eyebrows by denouncing
“people from socialist higher education” who support the teaching
of evolution, shared a post on Facebook calling for “Straight
Pride.”
“These people believe Christians
should not seek public office and we are ignorant for standing up for
what we believe in,” she added in the post.
(The Texas Freedom Network pointed
out in a separate post that almost all of the candidates vying
for the job are Christians.)
In
defending her post, Thombs insisted that she does not hate gay
people.
“We are not bigoted or hateful,”
she said in response to a commenter. “Jesus said to love the
sinner but hate the sin. God gives you free will to do what you
want. But murder is a sin, but even a murderer is loved and forgiven
if he asked to be. We both have the right to believe the way we
choose is all that I am saying.”