Minnesota is full of nuts aren’t they? St. Paul City Council member Kassim Busuri is a Democrat and homophobic, at least based his posts on Facebook. In the past, Democrats, no matter what their religion have been able to get away with anti-gay cracks on social media. The one people who would see any heat for such comments would be conservative Christians. But Kassim Busuri is in hot water now, which is shocking. Busuri is from Uganda. Of course the national media wouldn’t cover this story. If Busuri was a Christian Republican they’d be all over it.
| Kassim Busuri – Muslim St. Paul City Council told to resign over anti-gay Facebook posts |
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Gay advocates from Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party are presenting a resolution Sunday at the party’s convention in St. Paul asking for Kassim Busuri to resign. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports Busuri was appointed to represent Ward 6 in January.
Busuri says his Muslim faith does not support homosexuality and that criticizing his previous posts amounts to Islamophobia. He says he will represent all his constituents regardless of sexual orientation but won’t recant his past statements.
The posts came to light Wednesday after Busuri was the only council member not to support a resolution recognizing June as Pride Month.
In one 2014 post, Busuri said he was “going back to Uganda” after the country approved a law criminalizing homosexuality.