Michael S. Bogren (Screen Capture)

(CNSNews.com) - President Donald Trump has nominated to a federal judgeship a lawyer who argued in court against a Catholic farmer who would not allow same-sex weddings to take place on his farm because same-sex marriage violates his Catholic beliefs.

Michael S. Bogren, the lawyer in question, represented the City of East Lansing, Mich., against the farmer, Steve Tennes.

In a document presented in court, Bogren equated a Catholic refusing to allow a same-sex wedding on his farm to a KKK member refusing to allow an interracial wedding.

When Bogren appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 22, Sen. Josh Hawley (R.-Mo.) pinned him down on the question of whether he stood by his argument that a “Catholic family’s pointing to the teachings of their church is equivalent to a KKK member invoking Christianity.”

Bogren finally said that he did stand by his comparison.

Here is at transcript of part of Hawley’s and Bogren’s exchange: