March 4th, 2015
Homosexuality is a choice, just look at the prisons, Republican neurosurgeon Ben Carson said
on CNN.
Hensley recently authored a study that he said is one of the first to examine a shift in sexual orientation in prisons. He and his co-author questioned 142 prisoners at a maximum-security facility in the South about their sexual orientation. They found that of the sample, 24 men changed sexual orientation while incarcerated.
These results do not conclusively support Carson’s point, Hensley said. The sample size is too small to make any sweeping conclusions
Ben Carson apologizes for gay prison comments
Added on March 5, 2015, 11:08 a.m.
After we published this fact-check, Carson sent an email to reporters apologizing for his comments. According to Time, he said, "I do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation," he said. "I regret that my words to express that concept were hurtful and divisive. For that I apologize unreservedly to all that were offended."
"I’m a doctor trained in multiple fields of medicine, who was blessed to work at perhaps the finest institution of medical knowledge in the world. Some of our brightest minds have looked at this debate, and up until this point there have been no definitive studies that people are born into a specific sexuality," he said. "We do know, however, that we are always born male and female. And I know that we are all made in God’s image, which means we are all deserving of respect and dignity."
He also said he supports same-sex rights, including the right to marry, though he personally does not support same-sex marriage.
On his radio show, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Carson about the comments.
"First of all, it was a 25-minute interview. They chopped—and you see what part they emphasized," Carson replied, according to National Journal. "We talked about some really important things. None of that was brought out. But I did learn something very important: for certain networks, never do a pre-taped interview. Always do it live."
His other strategy: never talk about gay rights again.
"I simply have decided I'm not going to really talk about that issue anymore because every time I'm gaining momentum, the political press says, 'Let's talk about gay rights.' And I'm just not going to fall for that anymore," he said.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/mar/04/ben-carson/ben-carson-many-prisoners-go-straight-come-out-gay/#atfhead
NJ: You sound irritated with the media in general.
CRUZ: Reporters have political agendas. The press doesn’t treat any Republican fairly. Most mainstream-media reporters are partisan Democrats who have an ideologically driven agenda to protect Barack Obama, to further liberal policies, and to caricature and attack conservatives. That is the simple reality of politics.
NJ: Hasn’t the mainstream media been harsh on Hillary Clinton during this campaign? There have been regular front-page stories on the nation’s biggest newspapers about her email controversy.
CRUZ: No, they haven’t been harsh on Hillary. If Hillary was a Republican, you would have had six months ago an "Indictment Watch" ticking on the evening news each night. Hillary went months with no reporters asking her a question. Hillary roped the reporters literally, and they went along with that. When one reporter had an opportunity to ask her a question, after months, they asked her, "What flavor of ice cream do you like?" No, they are not hard on Hillary Clinton. When she is facing an FBI investigation into possible criminal conduct, even the most partisan journalist is obliged to write something. But it is only the egregiousness of her conduct that is forcing any question to be raised about her. If any Republican had done what Hillary Clinton did as secretary of State—accepted millions of dollars from foreign countries into their charitable foundation and also into their personal bank account for their spouse’s speaking fees—the front page of The New York Times would have covered it every day for three months straight.
NJ: Do you think the press has covered your campaign fairly?
CRUZ: The mainstream media are not fair and impartial observers. They are not umpires. They are partisan players with an agenda. Any Republican who doesn’t understand that and isn’t prepared to deal with that is going to get eaten alive.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/58636/ted-cruz-tea-party-george-w-bush-worst-part-running-president
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