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The Church of Scientology is rpondg to claims that the relign is anti-gay, an allegatn ma by “Crash” director Pl Haggis, who is publicly nouncg the church’s practic.

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WHEN I CAME OUT AS GAY, THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY HUIATED ME

List of Allegedly Gay Scientologists, loosely ranked by fame and populary. The Church of Scientology founr L. Ron Hubbard wrote that homosexualy is an ... * scientology gay *

In her new memoir, Perfectly Clear, LeClair, a mother of four, says the Church targeted and huiated her for beg gay when she me out, ultimately leadg to her fectn.

Ron Hubbard, the founr of Scientology, who said that homosexuals are the lowt of the low.

Comg om Oklahoma I didn’t know anybody who was gay, so I thought to myself, “Oh my God, I n’t tell anyone about this. "I uld be homosexual — and not part of the Church — or I uld be a heterosexual Scientologist.

ALLEGEDLY GAY SCIENTOLOGISTS

Ron Hubbard’s book on reachg a state of “Clear” or eedom om emotns not available to the nsc md], he says homosexuals should be taken out of society. ” I felt I was beg given a choice: I uld be homosexual — and not part of the Church — or I uld be a heterosexual Scientologist.

I thought to myself, “Why would they say this about homosexuals, what are they tryg to keep me om? ” I was summoned to the Celebry Centre, where an ethics officer told me the man had wrten a report claimg I was havg appropriate homosexual relatns public.

By 2011, I had stopped all munitn wh the Church and ceased makg my fectn, four female Scientologists have e out to me as gay.

BEG GAY SCIENTOLOGY: HOW MICHELLE LECLAIR GOT OUT

I'm not aware of anyone who is openly livg as gay the than that, I haven’t heard om anyone else si the Church.

Ron Hubbard wrote that homosexualy is an illns his 1950 book Diaics: The Morn Science of Mental Health.

SPOKMAN: SCIENTOLOGISTS AREN’T ANTI-GAY

It is also believed that Scientologists arrange fake marriag orr to ver-up is the most famo allegedly gay Scientologist& Tom Cise tops this list. The outspoken Scientologist and A-list actor has been mored to be gay sce the 1980s.

Cise has always nied gay mors and he has went as far as sug news publitns, magaz, and dividuals who have asserted that he is secretly gay.

Scientologist John Travolta has had gay mors surroundg him sce Saturday Night Fever (1977).

SCIENTOLOGY’S HOMOPHOBIA: EVEN THE CHURCH’S TOKEN GAY GUY WAS DISGTED

Travolta was also sued by a former pilot, who claims that he was volved a homosexual relatnship wh the Pulp Fictn do you thk that so many Scientologists are mored to be gay? The actor has always nied gay mors, and he has gone as far as sug news publitns, magaz, and dividual people who have said he is gay. Age: 61Birthplace: USA, New York, SyraceLra Prepon is mored to be gay bee of her hky voice and, at tim, mascule meanor.

She plays lbian Alex Vse on "Orange is the New Black, " but is mored that she is leavg the show due to prsure om the Church of Scientology, of which she is a member, to distance herself om anythg that promot homosexualy.

(Source 1, 2)Age: 77Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California, USAPhoto: flickr / CC0Scientologist John Travolta has had gay mors surroundg him sce the days of Saturday Night Fever.

HAS SCIENTOLOGY FALLY CHANGED ITS TUNE ON GAYS?

The mors beme even lour 2011, when a cise ship worker acced Travolta of sexually harassg 69Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey, USAPhoto: er upload imageRicky Mart was surround by gay mors throughout his reer, and few were surprised when he me out 2010. Mart was volved Scientology the early 2000s, and he allegedly was given therapy to attempt to rid him of his homosexualy. It was the late ’80s and, progrsive a state as California is, homosexualy was not broadly discsed.

In Hubbard’s imaged emotnal sle — the “charter of human evaluatn” — homosexualy plac you among the sickly and long to foc on this bgraphy?

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