Rightwing candidate says being gay is unconstitutional because “homosexuals cannot procreate”

John Carlo denouncing King & King
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John Carlo – who is running for school board in Clark County, Nevada – was caught on video making some bizarre claims about the Constitution and LGBTQ people.

“I believe in the Constitution,” he says in a video of him speaking at a church that is being shared online. “I believe in our — our — the way our founding fathers believed in this country: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

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He held up a copy of King & King, a children’s book about a prince whose mother tries to make him find a princess to marry, but then he falls in love with another prince.

Carlo implied that this book will turn kids gay.

“That means that homosexuals cannot procreate. This goes against our Constitution and this goes against what parents want in the school district, and this is only one book out of thousands.”

Carlo made a few mistakes: the expression “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is from the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution; gay people can have children; no legal document in the U.S. – including the Constitution – requires anyone to procreate.

But Carlo’s argument is similar to one used by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) earlier this year in a non-binding opinion that stated…

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