Trump judicial nominee admits he delivered sermon saying disabled people shouldn't get married [View all]

Source: The Independent

Trump judicial nominee admits he delivered sermon saying disabled people shouldn’t get married

The toughest line of questioning during the Senate hearing for nominee Justin R. Olson came from Trump’s own party

Rhian Lubin in New York
Friday 19 December 2025 01:36 GMT

A judicial nominee of President Donald Trump admitted that he delivered a sermon in which he said that marriage was not intended for disabled people.

Justin R. Olson, a nominee to the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, was grilled Wednesday during a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

And the toughest line of questioning came from Trump’s own party.

Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana quizzed Olson about a sermon he delivered in 2015 when he was an ordained elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nominee-justin-olson-disability-marriage-b2887366.html

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