Why the Republicans Chose Mike Johnson
He’s been made House Speaker because he’s serving their goals
In 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court was deciding whether to decriminalize gay sex in Lawrence v. Texas, the Alliance Defending Freedom (then the Alliance Defense Fund) submitted an amicus brief arguing that Texas should be allowed to keep it criminalized.
Mike Johnson, then the ADF spokesperson, wrote that argument.
Twenty years later, he has been chosen as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Johnson also wrote for the Shreveport, Louisiana Times, where in 2004 he said that tolerating gay people would lead to tolerating pedophiles and to allowing someone to “marry his pet.” That same year, he referred to gay people as living an “‘inherently unnatural” lifestyle that could take down “the entire democratic system.” The following year, he wrote: “Your race, creed, and sex are what you are, while homosexuality and cross-dressing are things you do…we don’t give special protections for every person’s bizarre choices.” (These sources were recapped by CNN.)
These days, together with the Family Policy Alliance, Heritage Foundation, Family Research Council and others, the Alliance Defending Freedom backs a coalition called the Promise to America’s Children. This coalition opposes…
