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The candidates spoke at labor forum at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but the weekend turned to a different tune as two mass shootings rocked the nation.īooker visited Fowler's church Saturday night, after a 21-year-old gunman opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas – initially killing 20 with that number rising to 22 in the days following – and said he would 'bring the fight' to the NRA. Over the weekend several 2020 hopefuls made their way to Las Vegas to pitch their visions on labor, economic security and education. If you mess up in one area, that's enough to send you to hell - so any sin is pretty bad for me,' he said when asked if he believes homosexuality and child molestation are comparable sins. 'Any sin, if you break the law in one area, you've broken it in all areas. 'Homosexuality, adultery, fornication, those are all sexual sins addressed in scripture,' he told Bay Area News Group. The leader of Las Vegas' Victory Missionary Baptist Church reiterated that perspective, indicating his views had not changed since 2013, in an interview Sunday night. 'At our church, we don't believe that there's any one sin that's greater than anything else,' he said during the interview at the time. In a 2013 radio interview, Fowler said being gay was just as much a sin as being a child molester, cheating on your taxes or having sex before marriage.
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Senators Kamala Harris (upper left), Cory Booker (upper right) and Bernie Sanders (lower center) all aligned themselves recently with Las Vegas-based anti-gay rights Reverend Robert Fowler Sr., even though they are all staunch supporters of LGBTQ rights 'At our church, we don't believe that there's any one sin that's greater than anything else,' Fowler (pictured) said, adding that homosexuality is just as much a sin as being a child molester or cheating on your taxes In 2016, Hillary Clinton narrowly won Nevada with 47.9 per cent of the vote compared to Donald Trump's 45.5 per cent.Īligning themselves with a pastor who preaching being gay is a sin, could lose them some of that support. Although it's not clear if any of the candidates, who are all ardent supporters of LGBTQ rights, were aware of Fowler's comments on homosexuality, his position on it is no secret.ĭemocrats on the 2020 primary trail are continuously vying for support in battleground states and areas with a more moderate population.