A video of Utah Republican Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox has gone viral, after he apologized to the LGBT community for his own homophobia during a vigil in Salt Lake City on Monday.
Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox: “I went to a small rural high school. There were some kids in my class that were different than me, and sometimes I wasn’t kind to them. I didn’t know it at the time, but I know now that they were gay. I regret not treating them with the kindness, dignity and respect, the love that they deserved. For that, I sincerely and humbly apologize. … And I’m speaking out to the straight community: How did you feel when you heard that 49 people had been gunned down by a self-proclaimed terrorist? That’s the easy question. Here’s the hard one. Did that feeling change when you found out that the shooting was in a gay bar at 2 a.m. in the morning? If that feeling changed, then we’re doing something wrong.”