A Federal Judge Nominee Said Disabled People Shouldn’t Be Wed. In Fact, Many Can’t.
The Birch Bayh federal courthouse in Indianapolis, home to Indiana's Southern District.Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty
On Wednesday, Justin Olson, a judicial nominee for the federal bench in the Southern District of Indiana, admitted that in a 2015 sermon, he had said marriage should not be for “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”© Mother Jones





















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