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Contents:
- PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVORS ANIZE EX-GAY 'FREEDOM MARCH' ORLANDO
- WHAT IS THE FREEDOM MARCH FOR 'EX-GAY' PEOPLE IN WASHGTON D.C?
- “EX-GAYS” HELD A “EEDOM MARCH” WASHGTON DC & TURN OUT WASN’T ALL THAT GREAT
- EX-GAY 'FREEDOM MARCH' IS COMG TO ORLANDO, AND TWO PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVORS ARE INVOLVED
- FOUNR OF ‘EX-GAY’ FREEDOM MARCH JEFEY MCCALL ADMS TO SLEEPG WH MEN
- JULIE RODGERS SHAR STORY OF SURVIVG ‘EX-GAY’ MISTRI NEW BOOK AND NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- ‘EX-GAY’ ACTIVISTS BRGG ‘FREEDOM MARCH’ BACK TO DC
- NATNAL MARCH FOR EX-GAYS GAG MOMENTUM
- ‘EX-GAY’ FREEDOM MARCH SPEAKERS PROCLAIM LOVE AND DECLARE WAR
- ‘EX-GAY’ ACTIVISTS BRGG ‘FREEDOM MARCH’ BACK TO DC
- EX-GAY ‘FREEDOM MARCH’ ORGANIZER: TMP’S JEHU ANOTG OPENS DOOR FOR ‘TRAPPED’ LGBTQ EUNUCHS TO DEFEAT JEZEBEL
PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVORS ANIZE EX-GAY 'FREEDOM MARCH' ORLANDO
"By the way they 'dance' you n tell right away they were never tly gay to beg wh." * freedom march ex gay *
A group of men and women who claim they were formerly gay held a sparsely attend rally the ont of the Washgton Monument Washgton, D.
Over the Changed Movement group anized the "Freedom to March" event, which they ed to advote for (what they ll) ex-gay rights, agast the Equaly Act, and support of what the religly aligned group said was their right to the unselg of their own choosg, an apparent reference to nversn therapy. Once there, members shared their ttimonials, where they claimed they prayed the gay away or had left behd their LGBTQ+ inti for a straight of the event showed an elevated stage blastg mic while a few followers and passersby danced.
WHAT IS THE FREEDOM MARCH FOR 'EX-GAY' PEOPLE IN WASHGTON D.C?
The "march" was part of a "tour" by a group of "former" gays through the natn's pol, lobbyg for nversn therapy and agast LGBTQ rights. * freedom march ex gay *
They range om "prayg the gay away" to torture.
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Angel Colon and Luis Javier Ruiz survived the 2016 mass shootg at the gay nightclub Pulse Orlando, Florida, where 49 patrons died. Now the two men, who no longer intify as gay, are anizg a “Freedom March” that enurag atten to embrace J and overe their homosexualy and transgenr rally is schled for Sept. While neher he nor Ruiz still intify as gay, he said the anizatn’s goal is not to change people’s sexual orientatn and genr inty agast their will.
“EX-GAYS” HELD A “EEDOM MARCH” WASHGTON DC & TURN OUT WASN’T ALL THAT GREAT
Angel Colon and Luis Javier Ruiz, both of whom survived the 2016 mass shootg at Pulse, a gay nightclub, will be attendg the rally, which celebrat "eedom om homosexual/transgenr liftyl * freedom march ex gay *
“We’re tryg to equip church, even if they’re not gay-affirmg church, wh the rourc they need and teach them not to judge the LGBTQ muny, ” Colon explaed.
EX-GAY 'FREEDOM MARCH' IS COMG TO ORLANDO, AND TWO PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVORS ARE INVOLVED
"Ex-gay" lear Jefey McCall, who preach that LGBT+ people n be "changed", has admted that he has still been sleepg wh men. * freedom march ex gay *
“We’re tryg to share our stori through mistry and share the ttimoni of people who’ve e out of the homosexual liftyle. ”A makhift memorial outsi the Pulse nightclub on July 11, 2016, a month after the mass shootg Orlando, Raoux / AP fileDpe the men’s sistence otherwise, not everyone views the Freedom March as an opportuny to une the church and LGBTQ people, wh some om Orlando’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny exprsg outrage that a cy still mourng would be the se of such an event.
”Both Ruiz and Colon grew up relig muni and alt wh the church’s suggtn to “pray the gay away. “We stand wh the gay muny, and our ma msage is about fallg love wh J, but if an LGBTQ person wanted to talk to a pastor or unselor, that’s a whole different story. Now, the two men intify as “children of God” vers straight or gay.
FOUNR OF ‘EX-GAY’ FREEDOM MARCH JEFEY MCCALL ADMS TO SLEEPG WH MEN
* freedom march ex gay *
“My life was all over the place, and I never blamed on beg gay.
The founr of the "ex-gay" group Freedom March, Jefey McCall, has recently admted to hookg up wh several men sce last year.
JULIE RODGERS SHAR STORY OF SURVIVG ‘EX-GAY’ MISTRI NEW BOOK AND NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
They purport that turng to J Christ will make LGBTQ+ straight or has claimed to have prevly intified as gay and as a trans woman before renouncg beg LGBTQ+, acrdg to Metro a Facebook post last month McCall wrote:Today I am gog to share an extremely personal story. "It seems that the real msage of the Freedom March is that p amounts of closeted gay sex is okay, as you feel bad about and pray after each enunter. A survivor of the Pulse nightclub shootg Orlando is among hundreds of self-scribed "ex-gay" people who are set to scend on Washgton D.
"McCall, who formerly intified as transgenr, is aware that the march—and ed the "ex-gay" movement self—is ntroversial.
"We are not tryg to do any nversn therapy, we are tryg to do the Holy Spir… when we make mistak we nfs and we jt do what the scripture says, " he the speakers is Ruiz, who says he found J and is no longer gay.
‘EX-GAY’ ACTIVISTS BRGG ‘FREEDOM MARCH’ BACK TO DC
"But LGBT groups say the ia that LGBT people n be "fixed" is harmful, and a march proclaimg as such is attemptg to suggt there is somethg wrong wh beg gay. The Changed movement, a group of “ex-gay” advot that claimed to have left behd their LGBTQ inti, embarked on Washgton D. One of the ma events of the tour was what was lled a “eedom march” yterday to celebrate their ex-gay inti and show support for anti-LGBTQ , as they’re lobbyg Congrs to stop their efforts to pass the Equaly Act or other pro-LGBTQ legislatn.
Related: Milo claims that dogs stopped barkg at him as a sign om God once he beme “ex-gay”. The Changed group nsists of men and women who have clared themselv “ex-gay” or “OnceGay. The group also oppos efforts to make so-lled nversn therapy illegal, and many believe the psychologilly damagg psdoscientific technique n actually ‘change’ people om gay to straight, as many of them have ‘succsfully’ received .
After today’s “march, ” the “tour” will nclu wh a two-day Speak Out trag event for other “ex-gay” people at the price of $35, which is “aimed at equippg and activatg CHANGED to raise their voic and change culture! While the group claims relig people shouldn’t get “special” protectns om the ernment eher, the “ex-gay” lobbyists want a number of their “rights” protected that claims current pro-LGBTQ legislatn will remove. In 2019, two signifint “ex-gay” lears me out of the closet.
NATNAL MARCH FOR EX-GAYS GAG MOMENTUM
The first is David Mathon, a Latter Day Sats therapist who helped wre the stctn handbook for the “ex-gay” program Journey to Manhood. Addnally, a third nversn unselor, Norman Goldwasser was ught g the screen name “hotnhairy72” on Manhunt and Gay Bear Natn.
Not many onle were receptive to the “ex-gay” movement arrivg Washgton. Lol this is hilar, what a huge huge turnout at the “ex-gay” Freedom March DC. Lol serly, there’s no such thg as “ex-gay”, once a gay always a gay!
Looks pretty gay to me.. Hmmm, don't appear to be any "ex-gays".
‘EX-GAY’ FREEDOM MARCH SPEAKERS PROCLAIM LOVE AND DECLARE WAR
A rally anized by a group urgg LGBT people to reject their inti and accept J is g to Orlando, Florida, the se of a 2016 mass shootg at a gay nightclub that left 49 people ad and dozens more survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre are reportedly volved wh the "Freedom March, " slated for September event is one of many such ralli put on across Ameri by the Freedom March anizatn, which celebrat "eedom om homosexual/transgenr liftyl by the grace and power of J Christ, " acrdg to s webse.
‘EX-GAY’ ACTIVISTS BRGG ‘FREEDOM MARCH’ BACK TO DC
Pl, Orlando rally will take place at Lake Eloa Park, about 10 mut away om the Pulse nightclub, which has bee somethg of a memorial to anti-gay vlence and Ameri's mass shootg epimic.
"I don't want to tell everyone 's a 'gay-to-straight' thg bee God is not llg me to that, " he told NBC News at the time.
In the send-adlit shootg the Uned Stat, 49 people were killed at the Pulse Nightclub, a gay bar Orlando, Florida. Speakg to Christian blogger Julie Roys last week on her podst The Roys Report, Colon said the Pulse shootg was a talyst for his cisn to no longer intify as gay. Ruiz says they found the mistry after receivg backlash for intifyg as ex-homosexuals.
EX-GAY ‘FREEDOM MARCH’ ORGANIZER: TMP’S JEHU ANOTG OPENS DOOR FOR ‘TRAPPED’ LGBTQ EUNUCHS TO DEFEAT JEZEBEL
"This article has been updated to remove the reference to gay nversn therapy. Fearls Inty and Freedom March do not believe gay nversn therapy. “Ex-gay” lear Jefey McCall who preach that J n provi “eedom om homosexual and transgenr liftyl” has admted that he has still been sleepg wh men.
He scrib himself as both a former “homosexual” and a former transgenr woman.