Fumo Says He Was Exaggerating

Okay, so Fumo. Yes, Tuesday he said that Pennsylvania state lawmakers would enact slavery if they had the chance to. (In case you never went to school or are just a moron, slavery is forbidden by an amendment to the Constitution, but whatever.)

Now he’s distancing himself from those comments, saying he was “only exaggerating to make a point.”

“If a majority would vote to approve slavery - as was done once in this country - that wouldn’t make it right,” he said. “I wanted people at the hearing to face the fact that denying human rights to any group, including homosexuals, at any point in our history, including in 2008, is wrong.” The governor said he would veto any slavery bill, anyway. No word if Fumo thinks slavery has enough support to override the veto.

Fox 29 had the bishop who got into the exchange with Fumo; senior pastor Gilbert Coleman was there to testify against gay marriage. He’s surprisingly calm about the whole thing. I guess when you spend all your time hating gays it’s pretty easy to be calm otherwise. Redlasso clip after the jump.

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