Sources
Documentation on specific statements made about Donald Trump
"Should I turn a blind eye to Trump's incredibly public promotion of fornication, adultery, hateful rhetoric, sodomy, abortion, and mockery of God? A man who says he has never needed to ask God's forgiveness for anything?"
Fornication
Adultery
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"Beautiful, famous, successful, married - I've had them all, secretly, the world's biggest names..." - Trump (from The Art of the Comeback)
Washington Post (January 2016)
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"I was out four or five nights a week, usually with a different woman each time, and I was enjoying myself immensely." - Trump
Washington Post (August 2015)
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"I even thought, briefly, about approaching Ivana with the idea of an 'open marriage.'" = Trump
Washington Post (August 2015)
Hateful Rhetoric
Sodomy
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Is Donald Trump 2016's most LGBT-friendly Republican?
MSNBC (August 2015)
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"How Donald Trump Courted Gay Voters at the Convention"
Time (July 2016)
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Donald Trump Embraces Gays in Historic Shout-Out at Republican National Convention
The Wrap (July 2016)
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Trump Reaches Out to LGBT Community in RNC Speech
The Daily Beast (July 2016)
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Trump makes history with LGBT inclusion in acceptance speech
Washington Blade (July 2016)
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Trump Throws Conservatives Under the Bus on LGBT Issues
National Review (July 2016)
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Trump's "continued and unabashed and unprecedented outreach to the LGBT community"
Politico (July 2016)
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[Trump] supports other LGBT rights and has publicly declared himself a "real friend" to the community
Washington Post (August 2016)
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"I have no doubt that Donald Trump would be better [than Hillary] for LGBT Americans," Barron said in an interview with CNN.
CNN (July 2016)
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"Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs." - Trump (Twitter)
CNN (July 2016)
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"the most gay-friendly Republican nominee for president ever," - Gregory T. Angelo (Log Cabin Republican President)
CNN (July 2016)
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"Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs." - Trump
Trump's Twitter account (June 2016)
Abortion
Mockery of God
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"Why do I have to repent, why do I have to ask for forgiveness if [I'm] not making mistakes?" - Trump
Huffington Post (July 2016)
CNN
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"When I go to church and when I drink my little wine and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of forgiveness. I do that as often as I can because I feel cleansed." - Trump
Huffington Post (July 2016)
CNN
Never Needs to Ask God's Forgiveness
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"...said he's never sought forgiveness for his sins."
CNN (July 2015)
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"I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that..." - Trump
CNN (July 2015)