By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer

The pick for the next Secretary of State and who is currently the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director and well known hawkish foreign policy advocate Mike Pompeo, was grilled on Thursday during his appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his Secretary of State confirmation hearing over his past controversial comments on Gay marriage and other minority groups.

President Trump’s pick for the next secretary of state, was an out spoken opponent to same-sex marriage and had said several disturbing comments on right wing media.

When asked today by Senators in the hearing including Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Pompeo double-downed on his statement. “I continue to hold that view,” said Pompeo. But true to most anti-LGBT politicians who are eager for power and will say anything in order to achieve it told Sen. Booker that he maintains that his personal views on same-sex marriage have not and will not obstruct him from being able to treat all people with respect regardless of their sexual orientation or religion.

“I believe it’s the case we have married gay couples at the CIA.” said Pompeo. “You should know I treated them with the exact same set of rights. “My respect for every individual, regardless of the sexual orientation is the same.” said Pompeo.

Pompeo caught the media spotlight over his heated questioning with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who grilled the CIA director about his statements back when Pompeo as a former congressman and who had once publicly suggested that gay sex was a ‘perversion’.

When Sen. Booker pressed him on a yes or no answer, Pompeo refused to give a direct answer and instead reiterated that he would treat everyone equally.

At this time even with a Republican majority on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pompeo has a rough time to get confirmed as the next Secretary of State. In fact GOP Libertarian Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), went on record opposing Pompeo for the position. We will continue to follow this story and bring you the final vote of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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