Texas Judge Failed To Disclose Anti-LGBTQ Interviews

CNN reports:

The federal district judge who first suspended the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the so-called abortion pill mifepristone failed to disclose during his Senate confirmation process two interviews on Christian talk radio where he discussed social issues such as contraception and gay rights.

In undisclosed radio interviews, Matthew Kacsmaryk referred to being gay as “a lifestyle” and expressed concerns that new norms for “people who experience same-sex attraction” would lead to clashes with religious institutions, calling it the latest in a change in sexual norms that began with “no-fault divorce” and “permissive policies on contraception.”

Kacsmaryk, a Trump-appointed federal district judge, made the unreported comments in two appearances in 2014 on Chosen Generation, a radio show that offers “a biblical constitutional worldview.” At the time, Kacsmaryk was deputy general counsel at First Liberty Institute.

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In one of the interviews, Kacsmaryk agreed with a comparison of same-sex marriage to terrorism. The First Liberty Institute is an anti-LGBTQ hate group similar to the Alliance Defending Freedom. Last week it was revealed that Kascmaryk hid his authorship of an anti-abortion article before his Senate confirmation hearing.