Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Politico Playbook reports:
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg swept into Iowa on Tuesday, drawing some of the biggest crowds of the 2020 race so far in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. He faced anti-gay hecklers at two events, including in Des Moines where a man in the crowd shouted ‘remember Sodom and Gomorrah!’ just after Buttigieg talked about marrying his husband, Chasten, who attended the event.
The man kept shouting but the crowd chants of ‘Pete! Pete!’ drowned him out. Buttigieg calmly looked on as security escorted away the individual. “The good news is, the condition of my soul is in the hands of God, but the Iowa caucuses are up to you,” Buttigieg said to laughter and cheers.
In all, three hecklers over two Iowa events were taken away and each time Buttigieg unflinchingly carried on after cracking a joke or commenting on freedom of expression. A campaign aide said it was the first time the mayor faced such security incidents since touring nationally.
The heckler is nutjob anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, who has vowed to stalk “depraved agent of evil” Buttigieg at all his Iowa campaign stops.
VIDEO: man at @PeteButtigieg Iowa rally shouted down by crowd and hauled off after he disrupts mayor’s remarks shouting “remember Sodom and Gomorrah.” pic.twitter.com/nhIttnRncM
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) April 17, 2019
Randall Terry, a religious activist and protester, came here with another protester to speak out against Buttigieg, because he “glorifies and normalizes a sinful behavior.” He drove from Memphis & plans to protest at Pete Buttigieg’s events tomorrow as well. pic.twitter.com/U69zdvoUV9
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) April 17, 2019
Today in Iowa, @PeteButtigieg was interrupted three times by hecklers. Turns out, it was an organized effort by out-of-state, attention seeker Randall Terry. Buttigieg’s response is notable: “The condition of my soul is in the hands of God, but the Iowa caucuses are up to you.”
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) April 17, 2019
The protester’s name is Randall Terry, an anti-gay protester from Memphis, TN. I asked him if his views might be a little outdated, he told me that the Bible is never outdated. I asked him about touching leather in the bible, he said that part is outdated, but not the gay stuff. pic.twitter.com/Vy6E5cwqq1
— Marcus DiPaola (@marcusdipaola) April 17, 2019
WATCH:
Here’s the moment an anti-gay heckler interrupted Pete Buttigieg.
His response: “The condition of my soul is in the hands of God, but the Iowa caucuses are up to you.” pic.twitter.com/oLfhnzL3PS
— Joshua Short (@JoshuaShortWNDU) April 17, 2019