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Scott Lively Pushes Claim that Obama Was Once Married to a Man

Jerome Corsi worked his way up the ranks in Republican circles by swiftboating John Kerry(link is external), pushing birther conspiracies with Sheriff Joe Arpaio(link is external) and writing books such as Where’s The Birth Certificate(link is external) and Where’s The Real Birth Certificate(link is external). Lately though, he has been peddling the conspiracy that Obama had a same-sex relationship with his Pakistani roommate, and was even married to him(link is external):

This conspiracy is(link is external) nothing(link is external) new(link is external) on the far right, and so it was no surprise to see that Scott Lively, the Religious Right hero(link is external) for his work as an anti-gay activist in Uganda(link is external) in trying to criminalize homosexuality(link is external), is pushing the claim himself:

Much like birtherism, which started out on the fringe but has since became a mainstream idea within the GOP(link is external), maybe it is only a matter of time before more and more conservative activists demand Obama “prove” he isn’t gay.