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Gay marriage bigot Sam Olens to become Kennesaw State president
http://www.projectq.us/atlanta/gay_marriage_bigot_sam_olens_to_become_ksu_presidentAttorney General Sam Olens – the man who waged legal battles against gay marriage and transgender students in Georgia – is about to be named the new president of Kennesaw State University....
Olens has fought LGBT equality since his statewide election in 2010. He argued that gay marriage is not a "fundamental right" and refused to relent even as the U.S. Supreme Court slowly nicked away at gay marriage prohibitions in several states.
"The right to marry is, of course, a fundamental right. But that right has never previously been understood as extending to same-sex couples," Olens wrote in a 2014 brief in a federal lawsuit challenging Georgia's gay marriage ban.
He also mocked LGBT people in 2014, arguing that gay Georgians can legally marry – to opposite sex partners.
Olens has fought LGBT equality since his statewide election in 2010. He argued that gay marriage is not a "fundamental right" and refused to relent even as the U.S. Supreme Court slowly nicked away at gay marriage prohibitions in several states.
"The right to marry is, of course, a fundamental right. But that right has never previously been understood as extending to same-sex couples," Olens wrote in a 2014 brief in a federal lawsuit challenging Georgia's gay marriage ban.
He also mocked LGBT people in 2014, arguing that gay Georgians can legally marry – to opposite sex partners.
Those of you paying close attention will have noted that Kennesaw State is also Newt's hangout.
