Background
Agema was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 11, 1949, in an American family of Dutch origin.
Agema was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 11, 1949, in an American family of Dutch origin.
He received a Bachelor of Arts from Calvin College in 1971 and an Master of Business Administration from Central Michigan University in 1975.
Agema, formerly a commercial pilot for American Airlines, is a Vietnam Era veteran. He currently resides in Grandville, Michigan. He served as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War era, but never served overseas during the conflict.
In 1978, he joined the Air National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
Agema then worked for American Airlines and later as a business consultant. Agema is a pro-life Republican, who is actively vocal in his opposition to same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Agema served three terms (the constitutional limit) in the Michigan House of Representatives, from 2007 to 2013, representing parts of the Grand Rapids area. He was elected at the 2012 Michigan Republican State Convention to the Republican National Committee, defeating incumbent Saul Anuzis.
Political controversies
Agema was rebuked by Radio Network Controller chairman Reince Priebus, who drew a distinction between Republican policies on gay rights and the language used in Agema"s post, adding "all human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect."
Later that year, Agema was condemned by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder after saying that homosexuals were in favor of healthcare reform because "they"re dying between 30 and 44 years old."
On December 31, 2014, Agema posted the text of an article written by COl.
West that ran in the white supremacist magazine American Renaissance, which included sentences such as "lacks are different by almost any measure to all other people. They cannot reason as well. They cannot communicate as well.
They cannot control their impulses as well.
They are a threat to all who cross their paths, black and non-black alike." Radio Network Controller Chairman Reince Priebus subsequently called on him to resign his Radio Network Controller position. Electoral history.
Quotations: "Everyone Should Know These Statistics On Homosexuals".
Presently a member of the Republican National Committee and the chairman of the Top Gun Republican political action committee, he is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives. In 2013, he faced calls to resign from the Republican National Committee by only 11 members of Chairman Priebus"s executive committee after he posted extracts from an article entitled "Everyone Should Know These Statistics On Homosexuals" which said that homosexuals lived a "filthy lifestyle", were responsible for 50 percent of United States. murders and that many are pedophiles.