At Thursday's "LGBTQ Equality" town hall on CNN, presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke called for religious institutions that oppose same-sex marriage to lose tax-exempt status.



"There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone ... that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us," he said.







CNN, DON LEMON: Congressman, I want to ask you a question. This is from your LGBTQ plan, and here's what you write. This is a quote. Freedom of religion is a fundamental right but it should not be used to discriminate. Do you think religious institutions, like colleges, churches, charities, should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?



BETO O'ROURKE: Yes.



(APPLAUSE)



There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone or any institution, any organization in America that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us. And so as president, we're going to make that a priority and we are going to stop those who are infringing upon the human rights of our fellow Americans.