LGBT Activists Demand Christian DA Candidate Withdraw From Race
An Allegheny County district attorney candidate's views on homosexuality and affiliation with a Wilkinsburg church has prompted calls for him to drop out of the race from members of the region's LGBTQ community.
The outrage over alleged statements made by Democrat Turahn Jenkins — in which he called being homosexual or transgender a sin in a meeting with activists — culminated in a pointed statement by the LGBT-friendly Stonewall Steel City Democrats on Sunday night requesting his departure from the race.
"We are deeply disturbed by the beliefs of Turahn Jenkins, recently announced candidate for D.A., and equally so by his direct verbal confirmation of those beliefs to an assembled group of leaders from the LGBTQ+ community," the statement read....
