A Republican candidate for Congress offered up his analysis of human sexuality and gender on Tuesday, in a group interview with South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel editorial board, alongside two other Republicans running to represent House District 20 in Broward County.

“You never see a giraffe, a male giraffe, that mate(s) with a giraffe,” Rod Joseph said. “Myself right now saying, ‘I am a giraffe,’ that doesn’t mean it’s true.”

Everyone is “born straight,” he offered.

The unusual assertion was made in answer to a question about U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) declaration at the beginning of Pride Month, “Homosexuality has no place in America.”

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    10 days ago

    I wish I could just start a country and allow politicians to rule it but whenever one of them says anything about sexuality or immigrants it’s just straight to the guillotine.

    Well maybe we can just start doing that regardless of whether or not we start a new country first.

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      9 days ago

      I’d approve of that. Everyone who wants to mess with personal relationships or push fear of new arrivals deserves as much.