Sanders: Trump OK With Businesses Hanging Antigay Signs

The Trump/Pence assault on the civil liberties of LGBT Americans continues.  Its one of the few areas where Trump is keeping his campaign promises to Christofascist leaders  that he would erode the rights of gays and others that are targets of hatred by the "godly folk."  As noted in a prior post, yesterday the Trump/Pence Justice Department actually argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that anti-gay discrimination is acceptable and legal.   It is the first time that the Justice Department has ever argued in support of discrimination against citizens.  Making matters even more clear that Trump bears animus to the LGBT community, his press secretary, herself a daughter of an anti-gay extremist, said that Trump would support businesses hanging "gays not served" signs on their doors.  One has to wonder when the Christofascists will begin arguing that they can act similarly towards blacks, Hispanics and non-Christians. I hope that my "friends" who voted for Trump/Pence realize that they will never be forgiven for what they have done.  The Advocate looks at this disturbing development:

President Trump's press secretary said her boss would have no problem with businesses hanging antigay signs that explicitly state they don't serve LGBT customers.

Hours after oral arguments concluded in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case — where a Colorado baker argued to the Supreme Court that his religion allows him to refuse service to gay people — Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was confronted on legalized discrmination during today's White House press briefing.

"The lawyer for the solicitor general's office for the administration said today in the Supreme Court if it would be legal, possible for a baker to put a sign in his window saying we don't bake cakes for gay weddings," The New York Times's Michael Shear asked. "Does the president agree that that would be ok?"

"The president certainly supports religious liberty and that's something he talked about during the campaign and has upheld since taking office," Sanders replied.

When pressed on whether that included support for signs that deny service to gay people, Sanders responded: "I believe that would include that."