“Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is disappointed that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed SB 1062, which would have allowed businesses to use their religious beliefs to justify discrimination against LGBT people. That’s because he believes that homosexuality is defined as “self-professed behavior,” which shouldn’t be protected under the law, as he explained to WHO TV in Des Moines:

KING: It’s clear in the civil rights section of the code that you can’t discriminate against people based upon — and I’m not sure I’ve got the list right — but race, creed, religion, color of skin — those kind of things. And there’s nothing mentioned in there on self-professed behavior. And that’s what they’re trying to perfect is special rights for self-professed behavior. And I think it’s difficult for us to define a law that would protect behavior.

King said he wasn’t sure if being gay is a choice — though he did suggest he thinks sexual orientation could be changed — but he expressed concern that people might claim to be gay just to trick anti-gay businesses into discriminating against them so that they can file suit:”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Zack Ford / Think Progress:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/03/03/3355891/steve-king-pretend-gay/