AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee for a federal judgeship in Texas — and the No. 2 in the state attorney general’s office — previously described transgender children as evidence of “Satan’s plan” and suggested that gay marriage could lead to polygamy and bestiality.
First Texas Assistant Attorney General Jeff Mateer’s comments came during a 2015 speech . They were first reported Wednesday by CNN .
Mateer was discussing a Colorado lawsuit involving a transgender girl and said “it just really shows you how Satan’s plan is working.”
He also criticized same-sex marriage, asking ,”Why not one man and three women” and saying such unions could lead to “people marrying their pets.”
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Mateer has been nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, but still needs U.S. Senate confirmation.