A Minnesota pastor has apologized after sparking the ire of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates by implying that support for same-sex marriage is akin to Nazi Germany.
CBS Minnesota reports that Rev. Brad Brandon asked residents at at least three recent rallies: "How many of you are familiar with what happened in World War II under Adolf Hitler?"
As video footage of one rally attests, Brandon then went on to compare Hitler's anti-Semitic actions to what he believes is happening to Christians who oppose marriage equality now. "What I'm simply saying is that Adolf Hitler took away two fundamental rights from a group of people in order to suppress them," he says in the clip, evidently part of a 40-minute Power Point presentation intended to sway voters to support the marriage amendment. "Those two fundamental rights are the same rights that are being taken away from the Christian community."
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