Herman Cain Believes Being Gay Is A Sin And A Choice

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GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain told CBS News' Hotsheet on Wednesday that he believes being gay is a sin and a choice.

Cain briefly talked about gay rights during a nearly 20-minute long interview.

“I believe homosexuality is a sin because I'm a Bible-believing Christian,” he said. “I believe it's a sin.”

“But I know that some people make that choice. That's their choice,” he added.

“So you believe it's a choice?” the interviewer asked.

“I believe it is a choice,” Cain responded.

Cain's remarks come two days after the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza said he would hire an openly gay staffer to work in his administration as Bob Vander Plaats, the president of the anti-gay marriage group The Family Leader, stood by his side.

The 65-year-old business man was asked in Iowa if he'd be opposed to hiring a qualified openly gay staffer for a White House post.

“Nope, not at all,” he answered. “I wouldn't have a problem with that at all.”

“I just want people who – I want qualified. I want them to basically believe in the Constitution of the United States, so, yep, I don't have a problem with appointing an openly gay person. Because they're not going to try to put sharia law in our laws,” he added. (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.)

Cain has previously said he would be uncomfortable appointing a Muslim to his administration if elected president.

Ignoring the pains of your fellow man.

We've had too many of those in our government.

The "Godfather" of Bigotry with extra cheese on top!

This guy is WAY past shithouse rat nuts.

Clearly, this is guy not a friend to GLBT community.

Mr. Cain clearly proves that.

to give just enough cover to anti-gay candidates and policies to allow those in the LGBT community who are fiscal conservatives to vote for GOP candidates.

Log Cabins have evolved to be a little better than that, but not much.

gays my hair stands up

When an anti-gay Republican gets characterized as being closeted/self-loathing, it perpetuates stigma and bigotry against the LGBT community, while taking away any responsibility from the Republican that made such outrageous statements.

Please be a bit more sensitive before making such accusations.