Democrats talk about faith
Democratic presidential hopefuls waded into theological waters while speaking at a forum on LGBTQ equality on October 10 in Salt Lake City, contrasting their liberal approaches to faith with those of religious perspectives that oppose same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights.
Nine candidates participated in the forum, which was organized by CNN and the LGBTQ rights advocacy group Human Rights Campaign. They fielded questions on a variety of topics, ranging from same-sex marriage to their thoughts on whether organizations and businesses should have the right to invoke religion as a reason to deny services or opportunities to LGBTQ people.
When Pete Buttigieg was asked to point to any verses in the Bible that support refusing services to LGBTQ people—a reference to so-called religious refusal laws that allow organizations and businesses to invoke religion as a reason to deny services—the openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, argued he was raised with a different kind of Christian faith.
