Jimmy Carter: Americans Will Be Ready to Elect a Gay President 'In The Near Future'
Former President Jimmy Carter says the U.S. would be willing to elect a gay president “in the near future.”
Carter made his remarks on the Big Think website, which describes itself as a “global forum connecting people and ideas”. The site offers over 1,000 interviews with experts in a variety of fields.
In a video on the website Carter is responding to a graphic with the question; “Is the country ready for a gay president?”
Carter says, “I would say that the answer is yes. I don’t know about next election, but I think in the near future. Because step by step we have realized that this issue of homosexuality has the same adverse and progressive elements as when we dealt with the race issue 50 years ago."
“So I would say that the country’s getting acclimated to a president who might be female, who might obviously now be black, and who might be as well a gay person. Yes, I would say the answer’s yes,” Carter adds.
In an Aug. 31, 2010 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter leaves the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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