Amanda Chase on Civil Rights

	Amanda Chase on Civil Rights

I believe in equal treatment and not special treatment

There are members of the Democratic party who have advanced legislation that elevates one particular group above another, saying that we treat them differently than another group. I don't care what color skin you are, that is wrong. No matter what the color of skin is. We are Virginians. We should treat everyone equally and the legislation that has been put forward by members of the Black Caucus elevate one group over another. And I believe in equal treatment and not special treatment. Source: Virginia Mercury on 2021 Virginia Governor race , Dec 11, 2020

Removal of Confederate icons is destroying white history

Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase declares, "This isn't about destroying Confederate history, it's about destroying WHITE HISTORY... the history of America. These liberals and socialists seek to paint us as racists when it's them who are racist." Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press on 2021 Virginia Governor race , Jun 26, 2020

Called homosexuality "sexual dysphoria"

Chase brought Sean Maguire of The Family Foundation onto her show to discuss "what we call sexual dysphoria." That's a coded way of saying gay people aren't actually gay, they're just confused. It's language that hasn't "been used to describe LGBTQ people for decades," Lucas Acosta of the Human Rights Campaign said in an interview, adding that terms like sexual dysphoria just "goes to show me that you don't think of me as human." Source: VaDogwood.com on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race , Oct 21, 2019

Transgender people are confused about which bathroom to use

[On transgender bathrooms]: "And they're confused," Chase said of transgender people. "They don't know which bathroom to use. They don't know what gender they are. When God said, in the beginning, he created male and female, that's two." Source: VaDogwood.com on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race , Oct 21, 2019

Concerned the ERA treats women identically to men

[On the Equal Rights Amendment]: "It's concerning to me that the ERA treats women identically to men, not equally to men," Chase said, "lending to it the current fad of gender fluidity." Source: VaDogwood.com on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race , Oct 21, 2019

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