As storm Ian approach, Cuba’s thori are foced on a referendum on gay marriage and other fay rights on Sunday. No large evacuatn plans have been announced as the eye of the storm is expected to h a low-populated area.
Contents:
- GAY PEOPLE TO BLAME FOR HURRINE HARVEY, SAY EVANGELIL CHRISTIAN LEARS
- IT'S ALL OUR FLT! 10 DISASTERS THE GAYS SUPPOSEDLY CSED
- GOD AND NATURAL DISASTERS: IT'S THE GAYS' FLT?
- PAT ROBERTSON WARNS: GOD WILL SEND HURRIN TO ALL 50 STAT IF ‘GAYS KEEP GETTG MARRIED’
- 7 NATURAL DISASTERS EVANGELILS HAVE BLAMED ON GAY PEOPLE"GOD DON’T LET HIMSELF BE MOCKED."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRASEPTEMBER 8, 2017/2:52 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}LT. ZACHARY WT/ARMY NATNAL GUARDHOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 27: IN THIS HANDOUT PROVID BY THE ARMY NATNAL GUARD, A TEXAS NATNAL GUARDSMAN RRI A RINT OM HER FLOOD HOME FOLLOWG HURRINE HARVEY AUGT 27, 2017 HOTON, TEXAS. HARVEY, WHICH MA LANDFALL NORTH OF CORP CHRISTI LATE FRIDAY EVENG, IS EXPECTED TO DUMP UPWARDS TO 40 CH OF RA AREAS OF TEXAS OVER THE NEXT UPLE OF DAYS. (PHOTO BY LT. ZACHARY WT/ARMY NATNAL GUARD VIA GETTY IMAG)BY ADAM SALANDRASEPTEMBER 8, 2017 / 2:52 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"7 NATURAL DISASTERS EVANGELILS HAVE BLAMED ON GAY PEOPLE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-08T18:52:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-08T18:52:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"RELIGN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY NSERVATIV REFE TO BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, SO WHEN NATURAL DISASTERS STRIKE, WHO DO THEY BLAME? GAY PEOPLE, OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH THE VASTATG HURRIN CURRENTLY RAVAGG THE UNTRY, THE "BLAME THE GAYS" TROPE IS BACK AND STRONGER THAN EVER. BELOW, WE HIGHLIGHT SEVEN NATURAL DISASTERS THAT EVANGELILS CLARED WERE GOD'S WRATH AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HURRINE SANDYDEBBIE EGAN-CH/NY DAILY NEWS VIA GETTY IMAGBREEZY POT SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE SUCH AS THE 100 HOE THAT WERE BURNT TO THE GROUND AFTER BEG H BY HURRINE SANDY. QUEENS, NY (PHOTO BY: DEBBIE EGAN-CH/NY DAILY NEWS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SANDY RAVAGED THE EASTERN SEABOARD 2012, BRISH PREACHER JOHN MCTERNAN SAID WE HAD BARACK OBAMA'S ENDORSEMENT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TO BLAME. HE ALSO CLAIMED BOTH OBAMA AND OPPONENT MT ROMNEY "ARE PRO-HOMOSEXUAL AND ARE BEHD THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA" AND THAT "AMERI IS UNR POLIL JUDGMENT AND THE CHURCH DO NOT KNOW !"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI JAPANATH PERAWONGMETHA/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CDY JABS, -FOUNR OF THE GENERALS INTERNATNAL MISTRY, CLARED THAT THE VASTATG EARTHQUAKE AND SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI THAT KILLED MORE THAN 16,000 PEOPLE JAPAN WAS DUE TO THE REPEAL OF "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW A ERNMENT ACTN THE U.S. IS TIED TO SEISMIC ACTIVY JAPAN, WE DON'T KNOW. BUT JABS ALSO SAID ALLOWG GAYS THE ARY ED MASS BIRD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HURRINE JOAQURICHARD ELLIS/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FAY REARCH COUNCIL HONCHO TONY PERKS HAS OFTEN LLED NATURAL DISASTERS A SIGN OF GOD'S WRATH AGAST HOMOSEXUALS. HE PPOTED THE VASTATN THAT OCCURRED HAIWAII AFTER HURRINE JOAQU 2015 AS AN EXAMPLE, SAYG WAS PUNISHMENT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRONILLY, PERKS' LOUISIANA HOME WAS STROYED BY A FLOOD 2016. DRAW YOUR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOUTH AIN WILDFIRRODGER BOSCH/AFP/GETTY IMAGFIREFIGHTERS BATTLE A BH FIRE ON SIGNAL HILL, ON THE SI OF THE CENTRAL CY, ON JANUARY 13, 2017, CAPE TOWN. WILDFIR HAVE RAVAGED THE WTERN CAPE PROVCE FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, SOMETIM WH SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOTNS AT THE SAME TIME. HOM, FARMS, AND OTHER STCTUR HAVE BEEN BURNT DURG THE LAST TWO WEEKS. / AFP / RODGER BOSCH (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ RODGER BOSCH/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOUTH AIN PARAMEDIC BOSSIE BOSHOFF WAS SPEND EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER SAYG THE WILDFIR THAT VASTATED LARGE PARTS OF SOUTH AI—AND FORCED 10,000 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOM—WERE GOD'S PUNISHMENT FOR SAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“CAN YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN [THE TOWN OF] KNYSNA WAS MA UP PK AND 12 HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG TOOK PLACE ON ONE DAY?” HE WROTE ON FACEBOOK. "IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE ELECTN OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH WHEN THEY APPROVED GAY HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE. IT WAS ALL OVER THE NEWSPAPERS. IT DARED GOD. THEY MTN’T CRY NOW ABOUT THE FIRE. GOD DON’T LET HIMSELF BE MOCKED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2016 ITALIAN EARTHQUAKETIZIANA FABI/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - A PICTURE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 4, 2016 SHOWS STCTN THE VILLAGE OF AMATRICE THAT WAS RATTLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE ON AUGT 24, CLAIMG NEARLY 300 LIV. / AFP / TIZIANA FABI (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ TIZIANA FABI/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, A PRIT BLAMED A ADLY EARTHQUAKE CENTRAL ITALY ON THE ERNMENT PASSG CIVIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FATHER GVANNI CAVALLI SAID WAS "OFFENSE TO THE FAY AND THE DIGNY OF MARRIAGE" AND THAT THE 6.6-MAGNU TREMORS WERE "DIVE PUNISHMENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKEMARTY MELVILLE/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE TO STATE HIGHWAY 1 IS SEEN SOUTH OF KAIKOURA ON NOVEMBER 16, 2016. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRIAN TAMAKI OF AUCKLAND'S DTY CHURCH BLAMED GAY PEOPLE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS OF EVERY KD A 2016 FACEBOOK POST. WHEN NEW ZEALAND WAS H WH A 7.8 QUAKE THE NEXT DAY, HE DOUBLED-DOWN ON HIS WORDS: "AS PREDICTED DURG YTERDAY MORNG'S SERVICE, THE RECENT NATURAL DISASTERS ARE A SIGN THAT 'NATURE WAS NEVER CREATED TO RRY THE BONDAGE OF OUR IQUY.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HURRINE HARVEYMARK RALSTON/AFP/GETTY IMAG)TOPSHOT - A LI ABANDONED AFTER HEAVY DAMAGE WHEN HURRINE HARVEY H ROCKPORT, TEXAS ON AUGT 26, 2017. HURRINE HARVEY SLAMMED TO THE TEXAS AST LATE FRIDAY, UNLEASHG TORRENTS OF RA AND PACKG POWERFUL WDS, THE FIRST MAJOR STORM TO H THE US MALAND 12 YEARS. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ MARK RALSTON/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PASTOR KEV SWANSON WASTED NO TIME CLARG THAT THE VASTATN HARVEY WREAKED TEXAS WAS DUE TO HOTON ELECTG AN OUT LBIAN, ANNISE PARKER, AS MAYOR. (THE FACT THAT PARKER HAD ALREADY LEFT OFFICE LAST YEAR DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO BLAMED HARVEY ON TEXAS' FAILURE TO PASS A BATHROOM BILL, SAYG "J SENDS THE MSAGE HOME, UNLS AMERINS REPENT, UNLS HOTON WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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- FET GLOBAL WARMG, HURRINE SANDY WAS CSED BY THE GAYS
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- DID GAY SEX CSE HURRINE HARVEY OR WAS CLIMATE CHANGE? SOME ON THE RIGHT BLAME LGBT AMERINS (NO SERLY)
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- A GREAT GAY AND LBIAN BAR - HURRINE GRILL & WGS
GAY PEOPLE TO BLAME FOR HURRINE HARVEY, SAY EVANGELIL CHRISTIAN LEARS
Pat Robertson says the South Carola floodg is to be blamed on gay marriage, and that more stat will flood soon too. * gay hurricane *
Mister Kev Swanson, who holds notorly homophobic views, said Hoton had sned by havg a "very, very aggrsively pro-homosexual mayor. But her ments were met wh a punchy eback om Annise Parker, a former mayor of Hoton who was one of the first across the US to hold a posn of power and be openly gay.
In 1998, he specifilly suggted that God might send hurrin and a hellfire of lightng bolts to Florida to stroy Disneyworld retaliatn for sponsorg a “Gay Days” weekend.
IT'S ALL OUR FLT! 10 DISASTERS THE GAYS SUPPOSEDLY CSED
The gays have been g the ter to get laid sce AOL lnched chat rooms to Friendster, but wh Craigslist and Manhunt g their formulas, what is a homo wh a hard-on to do now? What's next for easily-available ass? * gay hurricane *
After 9/11, he joed Jerry Falwell attributg the terrorist attacks on New York and Washgton DC to God’s wrath aimed at “pagans, abortnists, gays, lbians, [and] the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn. In what is almost surely a shoe- for an Ig Nobel Prize, a study by Aidan Bissell-Sirs tted the hypoth that “higher gayns higher storm damag” and that “higher godls lower storm damag.
”1 Usg data om the Amerin Communy Survey and the Natnal Climatic Data Center, he found no statistilly signifint rrelatn between gay marriage and per pa storm damage by US state.
GOD AND NATURAL DISASTERS: IT'S THE GAYS' FLT?
* gay hurricane *
It appears that, His wisdom, God has let same-sex upl off the hook and stead directed His stormy anger towards relig servicepersons for their failure to stop gay marriage.
PAT ROBERTSON WARNS: GOD WILL SEND HURRIN TO ALL 50 STAT IF ‘GAYS KEEP GETTG MARRIED’
GARY RICHARDS, Queerg Katra: Gay Disurs of the Disaster New Orleans, Journal of Amerin Studi, Vol. 44, No. 3, Hurrine Katra: Five Years After (Augt 2010), pp. 519-534 * gay hurricane *
2 The thors found that more tense hurrin were signifintly more likely stat wh more Republin voters, wh no signifint differenc when parg stat that passed legislatn legalizg or banng gay marriage. “Our rults suggt no dive punishment for votg Democrat or approvg gay marriage… eher God has longstandg wrath agast the southern US stat or they jt happen to fall the path of hurrin. Taken at face value, the data imply a statistilly signifint pattern of dive retributn agast Republins and the banng of gay marriage.
Of urse, scientific explanatns n exist wh relig explanatns, but breachg the boundari of Ocm’s Razor search of dive mechanics pav a slippery slope to ee-wheelg claims that f the data, like Bissell-Sirs’ facet theory that God is punishg relig people for not stoppg gay marriage.
7 NATURAL DISASTERS EVANGELILS HAVE BLAMED ON GAY PEOPLE"GOD DON’T LET HIMSELF BE MOCKED."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRASEPTEMBER 8, 2017/2:52 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}LT. ZACHARY WT/ARMY NATNAL GUARDHOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 27: IN THIS HANDOUT PROVID BY THE ARMY NATNAL GUARD, A TEXAS NATNAL GUARDSMAN RRI A RINT OM HER FLOOD HOME FOLLOWG HURRINE HARVEY AUGT 27, 2017 HOTON, TEXAS. HARVEY, WHICH MA LANDFALL NORTH OF CORP CHRISTI LATE FRIDAY EVENG, IS EXPECTED TO DUMP UPWARDS TO 40 CH OF RA AREAS OF TEXAS OVER THE NEXT UPLE OF DAYS. (PHOTO BY LT. ZACHARY WT/ARMY NATNAL GUARD VIA GETTY IMAG)BY ADAM SALANDRASEPTEMBER 8, 2017 / 2:52 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"7 NATURAL DISASTERS EVANGELILS HAVE BLAMED ON GAY PEOPLE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-08T18:52:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-08T18:52:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"RELIGN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY NSERVATIV REFE TO BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, SO WHEN NATURAL DISASTERS STRIKE, WHO DO THEY BLAME? GAY PEOPLE, OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH THE VASTATG HURRIN CURRENTLY RAVAGG THE UNTRY, THE "BLAME THE GAYS" TROPE IS BACK AND STRONGER THAN EVER. BELOW, WE HIGHLIGHT SEVEN NATURAL DISASTERS THAT EVANGELILS CLARED WERE GOD'S WRATH AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HURRINE SANDYDEBBIE EGAN-CH/NY DAILY NEWS VIA GETTY IMAGBREEZY POT SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE SUCH AS THE 100 HOE THAT WERE BURNT TO THE GROUND AFTER BEG H BY HURRINE SANDY. QUEENS, NY (PHOTO BY: DEBBIE EGAN-CH/NY DAILY NEWS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SANDY RAVAGED THE EASTERN SEABOARD 2012, BRISH PREACHER JOHN MCTERNAN SAID WE HAD BARACK OBAMA'S ENDORSEMENT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TO BLAME. HE ALSO CLAIMED BOTH OBAMA AND OPPONENT MT ROMNEY "ARE PRO-HOMOSEXUAL AND ARE BEHD THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA" AND THAT "AMERI IS UNR POLIL JUDGMENT AND THE CHURCH DO NOT KNOW !"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI JAPANATH PERAWONGMETHA/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CDY JABS, -FOUNR OF THE GENERALS INTERNATNAL MISTRY, CLARED THAT THE VASTATG EARTHQUAKE AND SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI THAT KILLED MORE THAN 16,000 PEOPLE JAPAN WAS DUE TO THE REPEAL OF "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW A ERNMENT ACTN THE U.S. IS TIED TO SEISMIC ACTIVY JAPAN, WE DON'T KNOW. BUT JABS ALSO SAID ALLOWG GAYS THE ARY ED MASS BIRD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HURRINE JOAQURICHARD ELLIS/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FAY REARCH COUNCIL HONCHO TONY PERKS HAS OFTEN LLED NATURAL DISASTERS A SIGN OF GOD'S WRATH AGAST HOMOSEXUALS. HE PPOTED THE VASTATN THAT OCCURRED HAIWAII AFTER HURRINE JOAQU 2015 AS AN EXAMPLE, SAYG WAS PUNISHMENT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRONILLY, PERKS' LOUISIANA HOME WAS STROYED BY A FLOOD 2016. DRAW YOUR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOUTH AIN WILDFIRRODGER BOSCH/AFP/GETTY IMAGFIREFIGHTERS BATTLE A BH FIRE ON SIGNAL HILL, ON THE SI OF THE CENTRAL CY, ON JANUARY 13, 2017, CAPE TOWN. WILDFIR HAVE RAVAGED THE WTERN CAPE PROVCE FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, SOMETIM WH SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOTNS AT THE SAME TIME. HOM, FARMS, AND OTHER STCTUR HAVE BEEN BURNT DURG THE LAST TWO WEEKS. / AFP / RODGER BOSCH (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ RODGER BOSCH/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOUTH AIN PARAMEDIC BOSSIE BOSHOFF WAS SPEND EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER SAYG THE WILDFIR THAT VASTATED LARGE PARTS OF SOUTH AI—AND FORCED 10,000 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOM—WERE GOD'S PUNISHMENT FOR SAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“CAN YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN [THE TOWN OF] KNYSNA WAS MA UP PK AND 12 HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG TOOK PLACE ON ONE DAY?” HE WROTE ON FACEBOOK. "IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE ELECTN OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH WHEN THEY APPROVED GAY HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE. IT WAS ALL OVER THE NEWSPAPERS. IT DARED GOD. THEY MTN’T CRY NOW ABOUT THE FIRE. GOD DON’T LET HIMSELF BE MOCKED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2016 ITALIAN EARTHQUAKETIZIANA FABI/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - A PICTURE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 4, 2016 SHOWS STCTN THE VILLAGE OF AMATRICE THAT WAS RATTLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE ON AUGT 24, CLAIMG NEARLY 300 LIV. / AFP / TIZIANA FABI (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ TIZIANA FABI/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, A PRIT BLAMED A ADLY EARTHQUAKE CENTRAL ITALY ON THE ERNMENT PASSG CIVIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FATHER GVANNI CAVALLI SAID WAS "OFFENSE TO THE FAY AND THE DIGNY OF MARRIAGE" AND THAT THE 6.6-MAGNU TREMORS WERE "DIVE PUNISHMENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKEMARTY MELVILLE/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE TO STATE HIGHWAY 1 IS SEEN SOUTH OF KAIKOURA ON NOVEMBER 16, 2016. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRIAN TAMAKI OF AUCKLAND'S DTY CHURCH BLAMED GAY PEOPLE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS OF EVERY KD A 2016 FACEBOOK POST. WHEN NEW ZEALAND WAS H WH A 7.8 QUAKE THE NEXT DAY, HE DOUBLED-DOWN ON HIS WORDS: "AS PREDICTED DURG YTERDAY MORNG'S SERVICE, THE RECENT NATURAL DISASTERS ARE A SIGN THAT 'NATURE WAS NEVER CREATED TO RRY THE BONDAGE OF OUR IQUY.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HURRINE HARVEYMARK RALSTON/AFP/GETTY IMAG)TOPSHOT - A LI ABANDONED AFTER HEAVY DAMAGE WHEN HURRINE HARVEY H ROCKPORT, TEXAS ON AUGT 26, 2017. HURRINE HARVEY SLAMMED TO THE TEXAS AST LATE FRIDAY, UNLEASHG TORRENTS OF RA AND PACKG POWERFUL WDS, THE FIRST MAJOR STORM TO H THE US MALAND 12 YEARS. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ MARK RALSTON/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PASTOR KEV SWANSON WASTED NO TIME CLARG THAT THE VASTATN HARVEY WREAKED TEXAS WAS DUE TO HOTON ELECTG AN OUT LBIAN, ANNISE PARKER, AS MAYOR. (THE FACT THAT PARKER HAD ALREADY LEFT OFFICE LAST YEAR DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO BLAMED HARVEY ON TEXAS' FAILURE TO PASS A BATHROOM BILL, SAYG "J SENDS THE MSAGE HOME, UNLS AMERINS REPENT, UNLS HOTON WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
He has said gay pri ed Hurrine Katra and that God sent Hler to create Israel. Haley put him center stage. * gay hurricane *
7 magnu earthquake Los Angel County's San Fernando Valley, which ed about $25 billn damage and 72 aths, uld be attributed to God's displeasure wh gays and lbians, pro-choice activists, and "perversy, " he said acrdg to a 1994 Advote report. Hurrine Bonnie, 1998Pat Robertson tried to pre-emptively blame gay revelers at Disney World's Gay Days Weekend for beg the e of the pendg storm. "September 11, 2001Followg the life-changg terrorist attack, Jerry Falwell said, "I really believe that the pagans and the abortnists, and the femists, and the gays and the lbians who are actively tryg to make that an alternative liftyle, the ACLU, People for the Amerin Way, all of them who have tried to secularized Ameri.
Earthquake, 2011A tremor up the East Coast undoubtedly rocked the typilly solid regn, but that didn't stop antigay notabl om shakg thgs up. Archnservative Orthodox rabbi Yehuda Lev, after blamg Hai's stctive 2010 earthquake on the island natn's high HIV/AIDS rat, add that the earthquake origatg Virgia last year was ed by gay urse, Pat Robertson add that he believed that dividuals "who act kd of gay" were behd the earthqe. Hurrine Katra, Augt 2005Shortly followg the massive stctn of hurrin Katra and Ra on the Gulf Coast, Repent Ameri director Michael Marvage issued a statement blamg the massive disaster on New Orleans's annual gay party, Southern Dence.
A year later, Megachurch Pastor John Haggee of San Anton, Texas, said "God ed Hurrine Katra to wipe out New Orleans bee had a gay pri para the week before and was filled wh sexual s.
FEAR THE ALMIGHTY WRATH: FIVE NATURAL DISASTERS "ED" BY GAYS
Hundreds of leaked chat msag showed Gov. Rirdo Rosselló and his alli sultg women, gay people and even mockg victims of Hurrine Maria. * gay hurricane *
Pam Olsen, the founr of the Florida Prayer Network, believed that marriage equaly and ordatn of gay prits uld lead to floods, fir, and tornado. Leer, referrg to lower Manhattan as "one of the natnal centers of homosexualy, " argued that "the Great Flood the time of Noah was... " Leer gave as evince to prove his assertns the appearance of a "double rabow" above the cy after the storm, together wh a high ti durg the full, most notably some nservative Christian lears, have long held lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people rponsible for g many of the greatt natural disasters of morn tim.
FET GLOBAL WARMG, HURRINE SANDY WAS CSED BY THE GAYS
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay. * gay hurricane *
For example, May 1978 Ana Bryant, Florida orange juice spokwoman and chief anizer of the so-lled "Save Our Children" mpaign to overturn an LGBT-rights ordance Da County, lled homosexuals "human garbage" and blamed their supposedly sful behavr for a drought that was afflictg California. 8, 1978, the first openly gay man elected to that posn, and six months followg Bryant's claim, ra poured om the heavens blamed the torrential wds, ra and vastatg floods of Hurrine Katra on LGBT people.
AFTER CRAIGSLIST AND MANHUNT, HERE IS WHERE GAYS WILL GET THEIR CLICKS
The newspaper rried the story our lol area that was not rried natnally that there was to be a homosexual para there on the Monday that the Katra me.... In 1998, after cy officials Orlando, Fla., voted to fly rabow flags high atop cy lampposts durg Disney World's annual Gay Days events, Robertson issued a stern warng to the cy:I would warn Orlando that you're right the way of some ser hurrin, and I don't thk I'd be wavg those flags God's face if I were you....
13, 2001, Falwell, wh an air of righteons, proclaimed on Roberson's 700 Club on the Christian Broadstg Network:I really believe that the pagans, and the abortnists, and the femists, and the gays and the lbians who are actively tryg to make that an alternative liftyle, the ACLU, People for the Amerin Way, all of them who have tried to secularize Ameri, I pot the fger their face and say, "You helped this happen!
Before this, however, when AIDS was perceived by many as a disease of gay and bisexual men, Pat Buchanan, who served as Reagan's Chief of Communitns between 1985 and 1987, had referred to AIDS as nature's "awful retributn" and said that did not serve a thorough and passnate rponse.
DID GAY SEX CSE HURRINE HARVEY OR WAS CLIMATE CHANGE? SOME ON THE RIGHT BLAME LGBT AMERINS (NO SERLY)
Wrg 1983, Buchanan claimed, "The poor homosexuals -- they have clared war upon nature, and now nature is extractg an awful retributn.
22, 2008, the pontiff likened savg humany om homosexual and genr-variant behavrs to savg the rart om stctn: "[The Church] should also protect man om the stctn of himself. In his important new book Coverg, Yale Law School profsor Kenji Yosho the prism of his experience as a gay Asian Amerin and his trag as a legal scholar to exame the subtle ways that women and ethnic, religuo and sexual mori are often forced to promise their civil rights, their inty and their digny orr to blend to the first glance, verg appears ls sid than other societal mands ma of mori.
MAYBE NOM WAS RIGHT: A STORM IS COMG. A BIG GAY HURRINE, IN FACT
Coverg is more subtle, as often volv simply tryg to "tone down" unsirable or stigmatized my own evolutn as a gay man, I have been through each of the stag Yosho scrib his book.
GAYT PLAC IN UTAH FOR 2020
I sought to nvert myself away om homosexualy, gog so far as to nvert to a relign that held the promise that I didn't have to be gay if I didn't want to be. Once I was fally able to accept that I was gay and that wasn't wrong for me to be gay, I quickly cid that I had no sire to ver my inty. But I would rather have people know I was gay unnecsarily than let them assume that I was mand that I ver, however, remas a nstant, particularly circl where acceptance of homosexualy is tenuo.
LDS thori have taken a page om the Catholic playbook clarg that to feel homosexual attractn is not sful, but actg on of urse is. In other words, 's okay to be gay as long one don't ever actually do any of the thgs that fe one as gay--namely, have an timate relatnship wh someone of the same sex.
The verg mand of homosexuals Mormon culture is further played out when homosexual Mormons themselv rpond to the verg mand by downplayg the signifince of their orientatn, dismissg as an annoyg fact that no way f them or how they will live their liv. Jt bee they are gay don't mean that n't live their liv jt as any other Mormon might, hopg for marriage and fay or quietly soldierg on celibacy, pendg on the is not unique to the LDS experience, of urse. Such mands that gays "keep to themselv" are monplace other relig tradtns, the workplace, and on the athletic field (see John Amaechi).
EVEN AS STORM IAN APPROACH, CUBA FOC ON NTROVERSIAL REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE
And there are reverse verg mands imposed by the gay muny as well--we passnately ask all homosexuals to e out, to live life as openly and fiantly as they n, and to reject any suggtn that to do so is anyway problematic.
Rick Joyner claimed his most recent sermon that Hurrine Katra revealed God’s grace bee the adly storm stopped a gay pri para Key Wt and the gay ‘Southern Dence Day’ New Orleans, a view Joyner says he shared on the phone wh a U. Katra h New Orleans the day before they were supposed to have that Day of Dence, Katra that same stormed h Key Wt on the same day they were gonna have their gay pri para. ”Flood hom are shown near Lake Hoton followg Hurrine Harvey on Augt 30, 2017 Hoton, McNamee / Getty ImagHoton officials did not orr a mandatory evacuatn before the storm that unleashed tastrophic floodg on the untry’s fourth largt cy, which advot say has bee a refuge for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) youth fleeg unacceptg hom throughout the South.
HURRINE IAN WASH AWAY HOME OF FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW -SPONSOR: REPORT
“They were llg me nam and stuff, and they didn’t want to be around me ‘e I was gay, ” she said, notg her harassers did not differentiate between beg transgenr and gay. VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA — Televangelist Pat Robertson has an omo warng for Ameri: Stop lettg the gays get married, or else God will flood all fifty stat.
RELATED: Pat Robertson Wonrs If Hurrine Harvey Csed By Awkward Boner Durg “Magic Mike” Viewg“I know for a fact that God was so angry about the Supreme Court’s gay marriage cisn, that he liberately waed for almost a uple years and then created Hurrine Harvey as a warng to the rt of , ” Robertson said gravely. ” However, Robertson said that while might be too late for the Gulf, the rt of the stat uld save ller asked Robertson why God choos a nservative areas like the Gulf, stead of California or Massachetts to punish for gay marriage. He also claimed both Obama and opponent Mt Romney "are pro-homosexual and are behd the homosexual agenda" and that "Ameri is unr polil judgment and the church do not know !
"New Zealand EarthquakeBrian Tamaki of Auckland's Dty Church blamed gay people for natural disasters of every kd a 2016 Facebook post. This time, 's self-appoted biblil scholar John McTernan of Defend and Proclaim the Fah mistri Pennsylvania, who ma the nnectn between gays and Sandy, wrg this week the hurrine is “a huge bucket of vom Ameri’s face durg the electn, ” forcg to choose between “a pro-homosexual Mormon along wh a pro-abortn/homosexual, Mlim Brotherhood promoter, Hard Left Fascist. In 2006, Megachurch Pastor John Haggee of San Anton, Texas, said “God ed Hurrine Katra to wipe out New Orleans bee had a gay pri para the week before and was filled wh sexual s.
GAY PEOPLE TO BLAME FOR HURRINE HARVEY, SAYS US PASTOR
All this is sync wh a 2, 000-year-old teachg the Talmud that the practice of homosexualy is a spirual e of earthquak, ” Rabbi Lev wrote the next month. ” Of urse, McTernan meant God ed Isaac’s cyclonic chops agast New Orleans bee was hostg Southern Dence, a ftival givg gays om all around the natn their own opportuny to pe on Bourbon Street.
In April that year, msianic mouthpiece Cdy Jabs of the Generals Internatnal mistry of Red Oak, Texas, noted the obv nnectn between an unbearable tastrophe the Pacific and “don’t ask, don’t tell, ” the feral policy that Jabs says allows the “openg up our ary to open homosexualy. The gays have been g the ter to get laid sce AOL lnched chat rooms to Friendster, but wh Craigslist and Manhunt g their formulas, what is a homo wh a hard-on to do now? LGBTQ Amerins have ed the untry billns of dollars stctural damage, killed dozens of people, and displaced thoands more om their hom, acrdg to the evangelil figur who believe gay people ed Hurrine Harvey.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Dpe overwhelmg evince that adverse weather and climate change had a hand to play the storm that has vastated parts of Texas, numero voic emerged that suggted the biblil proportns of the flood were, well, lerally those cryg "science be damned" and wavg their pchforks the general directn of the LGBT muny over the past week were mister Kev Swanson, who believ the Bible preach ath to gays, and the siarly lightful rad host Rick Wil, who thks Ebola would be a handy way to wipe out the LGBT muny. "And everyone's favore right-wg mentator Ann Coulter also suggted she'd be more willg to believe gay people ed the floodg than—gasp—buy to the ia of climate change.
A GREAT GAY AND LBIAN BAR - HURRINE GRILL & WGS
It might also expla why even Republin polis are begng to e around, or at least place much ls emphasis on where they stand on gay rights, bee placg themselv the “anti” tegory is bad for vot. New Orleans has tons of gay and gay-iendly bars all over town, but the most famo are on the French Quarter’s “Lavenr Le, ” a stretch of St. In a telest terview wh televangelist Reverend Jerry Falwell (also a bigot) on his ntroversial talk show The 700 Club, part of the Christian Broadstg Network, Robertson and Falwell so lovgly pot the fger at gays for 9/11.
In a March 2010 US Senate Armed Servic Commtee hearg, General Sheehan pompoly stated that the Dutch battaln was unable to hold back Serb forc bee of the Dutch Army's policy to allow homosexuals to openly serve the ary. Yep, low morale, lack of strength, poor learship and murro tennci n all be tacked on to beg around, near or the close proximy of homosexuals. Along wh blamg the Jews, he blamed homosexuals for the enomic problems Germany after World War I, along wh masculizg a natn wh "generate behavr" and "rptg" public moraly.
Blamg homosexuals (among a group of other mori Germany/The World at the time, of urse) directly led to one of the worst wars and events human history. As seen the Prop 8 bate, the ia that children n bee gay merely by beg tght about same-sex marriage, or even that beg gay is okay, is well-believed by some, but mostly fundamentalists and ignorant/paranoid people who know no better than to follow the word of what they hear on TV.