Far-right Christian conservative Mike Johnson of Louisiana became speaker of the House on October 25.
Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay U.S. Secretary of Transportation, admits that it is difficult having Mike Johnson, a far-right Christian conservative, as speaker of the House.Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, was voted in as speaker on October 25 after the GOP struggled for three weeks to elect a replacement for Representative Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, who was ousted on October 3.
'Conversion therapy is a discredited practice that aims at changing the sexual orientation of members of the LGBTQ+ community to make them heterosexual through religious and counseling methods.'I also genuinely love all people, regardless of their lifestyle choices,' Johnson said on Fox News after becoming speaker.Buttigieg said Friday on CNN News Central that his lifestyle is that of a typical American family.
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