Category: Homophobia
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Godless and godly: a tale of two cities named Norwich

UNTIL 2011, Norwich in Norfolk proudly held the title of the least religious city in England, and today it boast the 3rd-highest number of LGBT+ people outside London. But Norwich in Ontario presents a very different picture. And it’s not pretty! Here municipal matters are deeply influenced by The Netherlands Reformed Congregation (NRC), and it…
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Orthodox Jewish man stages protests outside a synagogue who ousted him for being gay

WHEN Brian Mandel, 53. and his husband moved from New York to Florida in 2018, they later discovered a home-based synagogue—Kehillas Hollywood Hills—close to their home, and joined the small congregation in 2021. But their relationship with the shul soon turned sour after some members some members of the congregation began expressing “discomfort” with the…
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Utah lawmaker sponsored a bill to keep ‘porn’ out of classrooms. He reacts with anger over Bible ban request.

UTAH’S law HB0374—sponsored by Republican State Representative Kenneth Robert Ivory, above, and passed last year—prohibits materials that include “pornographic or indecent” content. One parent much to Ivory’s chagrin, seized on the law last December to demand the removal of the Bible from classrooms, saying, “get this PORN out of our schools!” Calling the Bible the…
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Calgary pastor faces fresh charges after protesting a new drag show bylaw

DEREK Reimer, who was forcibly ejected from Seton Calgary public library after screaming abuse at parents and children attending a drag queen story event earlier this month, is back behind bars. After his first arrest, the lunatic was released after he agreed to bail conditions that prevent him having any contact with members of the…
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Pastor floored and arrested for aggressively protesting a drag queen story event

AFTER languishing in a Calgary jail cell for a week, pastor Derek Reimer, of Mission7 street ministry, agreed to bail conditions that prevent him having any contact with members of the LGBT+ community. One far-right Christian site—LifeSiteNews— reported that he agreed to the conditions in order to receive medical treatment for an unspecified “health condition.”…
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‘Call me a Nazi’, says pastor who vows to rid Texas of all ‘immoral’ books

IN 2014, blowhard Baptist preacher Rick Scarborough, above, said God would be justified to nuke America for having gay ambassadors. A year later the self-declared “Christocrat” vowed to set himself on fire if same-sex marriage was legalised – and he urged like-minded pastors to shoot themselves if such a horror were ever to befall the…
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God is hate. Elderly woman threatened with hell for painting steps of a church in rainbow colours.

PITT Street Uniting Church in Syney, Australia, has been at the forefront of the fight for LGBT+ equality since the 1980s. So it certainly would have had no quarrel with a woman—part of a small group—who decided to paint its stairs in rainbow colours to coincide with World Pride currently being held in the city.…
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Christian lawmaker tables a bill to protect religious hatemongers from being branded bigots

FLORIDA’S Repubican State Representative Alex Andrade, above, a buddy of Florida’s unhinged Governor Ron (“Don’t Say Gay”) DeSantis, wants to make it easier for zealots to sue media outlets and individuals who brand them bigots. Acting on a suggestion from DeSantis—notorious for hate speech and actions aimed at members of LGBT+ communities—Andrade this week introduced…



