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It’s safe to say that no one has longer or more -pth ti to the gay muny than Williamson.

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THE GAY DIVI OVER MARIANNE WILLIAMSON

Among gay men, the mpy printial ndidate has a ntroversial history. * marianne williamson gay men *

Gay people knew about Marianne Williamson long before the natnal polil prs did.

Williamson set up shop a cy full of gay men and ma quick roads the entertament dtry; her msage of an all-lovg God offered a new home for gays who’d been rejected by their fai or fah tradns. When Williamson found a meal-livery nonprof servg AIDS patients and began leadg AIDS support groups, her populary among gay men grew.

MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, LONGTIME WACKO, IS NOW A DANGERO WACKOOLD TRICKSFOR S, WILLIAMSON SAID THAT MEDIC DON’T CURE DISEASE BUT POSIVE THKG DO. NOW SHE’S TAKG HER QUACKERY TO A NEW AND DANGERO LEVEL: THE ANTI-VAXXER NSPIRACY.JAY MICHAELSONUPDATED JUN. 23, 2019 2:46AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUN. 22, 2019 9:59PM EDT OPNSTEVEN FERDMANTO MOST OBSERVERS, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON’S QUIRKY PRINTIAL NDIDACY IS A FOOTNOTE. SHE’S NNG AT AROUND 1 PERCENT THE POLLS. FEW AMERINS KNOW WHO SHE IS, EVEN THOUGH SHE’S WRTEN A FEW BT-SELLERS AND HAS MANAGED TO QUALIFY FOR THE 20-PERSON DEMOCRATIC BATE SQUAD NEXT WEEK.BUT THAT MAY CHANGE THANKS TO WILLIAMSON’S ANTI-VAXXER STATEMENT LAST WEEK THAT POLICI REQUIRG CHILDREN TO GET LIFE-SAVG VACC IS “ORWELLIAN” AND “DRANIAN” AND THAT THE ISSUE IS “NO DIFFERENT THAN THE ABORTN BATE.”NOW SHE’S HEADLE NEWS—AT LEAST THE NTEXT OF THE NOX, MORONIC, FALSE, AND DANGERO ANTI-VAXXER NSPIRACY THEORY, WHICH NOW HAS A DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE BACKG . (DONALD TMP, OF URSE, HAS BACKED FOR YEARS.) WILLIAMSON SEEMED TO WALK BACK HER MENTS A TWEET LAST FRIDAY MORNG, SAYG, “I UNRSTAND THAT MANY VACC ARE IMPORTANT AND SAVE LIV,” AND, “I REGNIZE THAT THERE ARE EPIMICS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE STOPPED BY VACC.” BUT WILLIAMSON ALSO NOTED, “I ALSO UNRSTAND SOME OF THE SKEPTICISM THAT ABOUNDS TODAY ABOUT DGS WHICH ARE SHED TO MARKET BY BIG PHARMA.”IN FACT, IF YOU READ THE TWEET CLOSELY, AND IF YOU KNOW ABOUT WILLIAMSON’S 30-YEAR REER THE NEW AGE WORLD, TWO THGS BEE CLEAR: FIRST, SHE HASN’T BACKED DOWN AT ALL, AND SEND, SHE’S BEEN ANTI-SCIENCE, ANTI-MEDICE, AND ANTI-RATNALY FOR S.WILLIAMSON WAS AN ANTI-VAXXER BEFORE ANTI-VAXXERS WERE ANTI-VAXXERS.FIRST, NOTICE WHAT WILLIAMSON DIDN’T SAY HER APOLOGY TWEET. BY AFFIRMG THAT “MANY VACC ARE IMPORTANT,” SHE IMPLIED THAT SOME NVENTNAL ON ARE NOT—MOST IMPORTANTLY THE MMR (MEASL MUMPS BELLA) VACCE, WHICH HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE AND SAFE BY EVERY SGLE SCIENTIFILLY VALID STUDY EVER NDUCTED ABOUT , BUT WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE UNSAFE BY A SGLE NON-SPECIALIST WHOSE MEDIL LICENSE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REVOKED, WHO MTED LIBERATE D, AND WHOSE PLETELY VALID STUDY WAS RETRACTED BY THE JOURNAL THAT PUBLISHED .SEND, WILLIAMSON BLAMED “BIG PHARMA,” NFLATG VACC APPROVED BY (ONCE AGA) EVERY REPUTABLE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDIL ANIZATN ON THE PLA WH PURDUE PHARMA’S LATT OPIATE. THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE ANTI-VAXX NSPIRACY PLAYBOOK.THIRD, WILLIAMSON DIDN’T DISCLAIM HER LUDICRO ABORTN ANALOGY. THIS, ONCE AGA, IS PURE LEFT-WG ANTI-VAXX NSPIRACY NONSENSE: THAT JT AS WE SHOULD RPECT A WOMAN’S CHOICE TO HAVE AN ABORTN, SO WE SHOULD RPECT PARENTS’ CHOICE NOT TO VACCATE THEIR KIDS.THAT IS BULLSH ON SO MANY LEVELS THAT ’S HARD TO FD A SHOVEL BIG ENOUGH TO DIG THROUGH . FOR ONE THG, NO ONE ELSE GETS SICK BEE A WOMAN HAS, OR DO NOT HAVE, AN ABORTN. WHEREAS AROUND 400 PEOPLE ED TO DIE EACH YEAR OM MEASL, WHICH N NOW BE PREVENTED WH A SIMPLE SHOT, AND S HAVE NOW BEEN REPORTED 20 STAT DUE TO ANTI-VAXX SANY.  MOREOVER, THERE’S NO HERD IMMUNY FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRE. THAT REALLY IS AN DIVIDUAL CISN. BUT NON-VACCATN IS A MUNAL THREAT, BEE ONCE IMMUNY RAT DROP BELOW A CERTA LEVEL, ’S IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. THAT’S WHY EVEN STAT THAT ALLOW PARENTS TO ENDANGER THEIR OWN KIDS’ LIV BY NOT GETTG THEM THEIR SHOTS KEEP THOSE KIDS OUT OF PUBLIC SPAC. IN FACT, THE REAL ANALOGY SHOULD BE TO GUN NTROL, NOT ABORTN. SHOULD SOCIETY ALLOW STUPID, RECKLS, AND EASILY-PERSUAD-BY-NONSENSE PEOPLE TO RRY LETHAL WEAPONS OUR SCHOOLS? NO; NOT WHEN THEY ARE AR-15S. AND NOT WHEN UNVACCATED KIDS N SPREAD THE DISEASE TO VULNERABLE CLASSMAT. AND ’S NOT JT ONE TWEET. ON THE VIEW, WILLIAMSON SAID, “I DO NOT TST THE PROPAGANDA ON EHER SI,” EQUATG THOANDS OF HOURS OF SCIENTIFIC REARCH WH NSPIRACY THEORI HATCHED BY IGNORAM. IN A STATEMENT TO THE DAILY BEAST, SHE SAID THAT “PUBLIC SAFETY MT BE REFULLY BALANCED WH THE RIGHT OF DIVIDUALS TO MAKE THEIR OWN CISNS,” YET AGA MISNSTG THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK OF UNVACCATED CIZENS.THE MA POT IS: NONE OF THIS IS NEW FOR WILLIAMSON. FOR 30 YEARS, SHE’S BEEN PEDDLG DANGERO, ANTI-SCIENTIFIC GARBAGE: SPECIFILLY, THE WARMED-OVER “NEW THOUGHT” TEACHG THAT YOU N MANIFT YOUR OWN REALY BY THKG TO BE SO.YOU PROBABLY HAVE AN ANNOYG SPIRUAL IEND WHO’S TO THIS CRAP: “THE LAW OF ATTRACTN,” “THE SECRET,” “THE TEACHGS OF ABRAHAM,” “THE POWER OF POSIVE THKG.” IT’S ALL THE SAME LN, SIGNED TO GIVE PEOPLE THE ILLN OF NTROL OVER THE MSY, UNNTROLLABLE, AND OFTEN MISERABLE REALI OF HUMAN EXISTENCE.  USUALLY, ’S JT IRRATG AND SILLY, LIKE ASTROLOGY. SOMETIM ’S OFFENSIVE; DID THE PEOPLE THE WORLD TRA CENTER ON 9/11 ATTRACT THE PLAN WH THEIR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS? IS YOUR FLT THAT YOU’VE GOT NCER? BUT WILLIAMSON’S SE—LIKE THOSE OF HER FORMER FELLOW TRAVELER LOUISE HAY, AS WELL AS THE KABBALAH CENTRE, SCIENTOLOGY, AND SIAR NS—’S OCSNALLY BEEN ADLY.  “THE AIDS VIS IS NOT MORE POWERFUL THAN GOD,” WILLIAMSON TOLD A GROUP OF HIV POSIVE DISCIPL, ACRDG TO A 1992 LOS ANGEL TIM EXPOSE, WRTEN WHEN WILLIAMSON WAS STILL THE EARLY DAYS OF HER FAME.  FOR YEARS, WILLIAMSON, HAY, AND OTHERS TOLD GAY MEN THAT THEY ULD CURE THEMSELV IF ONLY THEY WOULD PROPERLY VISUALIZE THEMSELV GETTG WELL. NOT JT GAY MEN, OF URSE; PEOPLE WH NCER AND OTHER TERMAL ILLNS, PEOPLE STGGLG WH OBY, PEOPLE WH CHRONIC HEALTH NDNS—TO ALL OF THE, WILLIAMSON AND HER ILK SAID THAT THEY HAD THE POWER TO HEAL THEMSELV, SCIENCE BE DAMNED.THE RULTS WERE PREDICTABLE. SOME PEOPLE WENT OFF THEIR MEDITN, SCE TAKG MEDICE SHOWED YOU DIDN’T REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU ULD CURE YOURSELF, AND IF YOU LACK PERFECT FAH, ’S NOT GOG TO WORK. SOME EVEN DIED.TO BE SURE, WILLIAMSON ALSO WELED GAY MEN AT A TIME WHEN SOME THE AMERIN MASTREAM WANTED TO QUARANTE . SHE FOUND CHARI SERVG PEOPLE WH AIDS (ALTHOUGH HER WELL-KNOWN TENNCY TO BE “AN EGOMANIAC NTROL EAK,” THE WORDS OF ONE FORMER FOLLOWER, WRECKED SOME OF THEM AS WELL—WILLIAMSON HAS LLED HERSELF “A BCH FOR GOD”). DAVID GEFFEN, DAVID HOCKNEY, AND OTHER A-LIST GAY CELEBRI HAVE ALL BEEN SUPPORTERS.IT’S ALSO TE THAT WILLIAMSON HAS SAID SOME VERY SMART THGS ON THE MPAIGN TRAIL. SHE RAISED THE SUBJECT OF REPARATNS FOR SLAVERY BEFORE ANY OTHER PRINTIAL NDIDATE. SHE HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN ON ISSU OF REPRODUCTIVE JTICE AND FEMISM. SHE HAS LKED PROGRSIVE (EVEN RADIL) ENOMIC POLICY WH MORAL VALU BETTER THAN ANY PRINTIAL NDIDATE MEMORY. “SHE’S ENDANGERG PEOPLE’S LIV, JT LIKE SHE DID THE 90S.” NOR IS THE PROBLEM THAT WILLIAMSON IS A SPIRUAL TEACHER. FULL DISCLOSURE: I AM A SPIRUAL TEACHER. I’VE TGHT MEDATN PROFSNALLY FOR 15 YEARS. (CONGRSMAN TIM RYAN, ANOTHER SEND-TIER DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE, IS ALSO A PRACTNER.) I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT SER NTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE N BE TRANSFORMATIVE BOTH FOR DIVIDUALS AND FOR VULNERABLE MUNI. MDFULNS, PARTICULAR, HAS HAD SCIENTIFILLY VALIDATED IMPACTS ON PRISON POPULATNS, ON VETERANS SUFFERG OM PTSD, ON SURVIVORS OF DOMTIC VLENCE, AND ON SCHOOLKIDS AT-RISK MUNI. THE PROBLEM ISN’T THAT MARIANNE WILLIAMSON TEACH SPIRUALY. THE PROBLEM IS SHE’S GIVG SPIRUALY A BAD NAME.  SHE VALIDAT EVERY LAZY CRIQUE OF SPIRUALY BY PEOPLE WHO DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY’RE TALKG ABOUT: THAT ’S SELFISH, LUD, AND DUMB. HER NIGRATN OF SCIENCE IS THE EXACT OPPOSE OF MDFULNS AND OTHER SCIENTIFILLY VALIDATED FORMS OF NTEMPLATIVE FNS. AND TO THE EXTENT SHE KEEPS PREACHG THIS “BOTH SIS” GARBAGE ON VACC, APPARENTLY WHOUT DOG EVEN BASIC REARCH TO THE SCIENCE OF VACCATN, SHE’S UNRMG ALL OF HER POTENTIALLY TRENCHANT POTS ON THE LKAGE BETWEEN PERSONAL AND POLIL, BETWEEN SPIRUALY AND SOCIAL JTICE, BETWEEN THE KD OF PEOPLE WE ARE BEG AMERI AND THE KD OF POLICS WE ARE CREATG. IT’S A CRYG SHAME.BUT ’S ALSO WORSE THAN THAT. SHE’S ENDANGERG PEOPLE’S LIV, JT AS SHE DID THE 1990S. THIS ISN’T A NEW TRICK FOR MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, BUT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A LOT MORE ADLY. JAY MICHAELSON

But not all the gay social-media affectn for Williamson is tongue--cheek: “There are maybe three ndidat on stage whose rhetoric make me feel patrtic and y one of them is Marianne Williamson, ” one fan tweeted. In a tweet that went viral durg last Tuday’s bate, Stephen Guy-Bray, a 59-year-old English profsor at the Universy of Brish Columbia, wrote, “Seeg young gays make [Williamson] to some kd of mp in fills me wh fury & spair. I asked whether might be te that, even if Williamson never told people they were unworthy of love or ed their own illns, some gay men terpreted her words that way and suffered psychologil or emotnal harm as a rult.

Schaefer, the gay son of a Lutheran mister, me om an “ultra-nservative” town, and says Williamson was one of “the only on tellg gay people they were loved. ” He rells readg a lot of verage of Williamson gay media durg the AIDS crisis. The mpy, meme-driven gay love for Williamson and the ser, sendg-her-a-check-before-the-next-filg-adle gay love for Williamson are not mutually exclive.

MARIANNE WILLIAMSON HAS A LONG, COMPLITED RELATNSHIP WH THE LGBTQ COMMUNYWILLIAMSON IS PRAISED FOR HER EARLY HIV/AIDS ACTIVISM, AND CRICIZED FOR HER NTROVERSIAL NEW AGE BELIEFS ON {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 JEFF TAYLORJULY 31, 2019/5:31 {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:3522PX;WIDTH:5232PX;}JT SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGSIOUX CITY, IOWA - JULY 19: DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL HOPEFUL SELF-HELP THOR MARIANNE WILLIAMSON SPEAKS DURG THE AARP AND THE D MO REGISTER IOWA PRINTIAL CANDIDATE FOM ON JULY 19, 2019 SUX CY, IOWA. TWENTY MOCRATIC PRINTIAL HOPEFULS ARE PARTICIPATG THE AARP AND D MO REGISTER NDIDATE FOMS THAT WILL FEATURE FOUR NDIDAT PER FOM THAT ARE BEG TO BE HELD CI ACROSS IOWA OVER FIVE DAYS. 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SHE RECENTLY IMPLIED VICE PRINT MIKE PENCE MIGHT BE GAY, WHICH DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WELL FOR ANOTHER STRAIGHT "ALLY" PATTI LUPONE, WHO HAS FACED CHARG OF HOMOPHOBIA AS A RULT OF TELLG SEN. LDSEY GRAHAM TO "E OUT."JT SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGDETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 30: DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE MARIANNE WILLIAMSON TALKS TO THE MEDIA THE SP ROOM AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL DEBATE AT THE FOX THEATRE JULY 30, 2019 DETRO, MICHIGAN. 20 DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDAT WERE SPL TO TWO GROUPS OF 10 TO TAKE PART THE BATE SPONSORED BY CNN HELD OVER TWO NIGHTS AT DETRO’S FOX THEATRE. (PHOTO BY JT SULLIVAN/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;}WH THE SPOTLIGHT THE GLARE, AND HER BELIEFS AROUND HEALTH AND HEALG ARE KEY AMONG CRICISMS BY HER {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;}WILLIAMSON HAS BEEN PHG NEW AGE, LAW-OF-ATTRACTN TYPE BELIEFS FOR YEARS, WHICH IS THE NCEPT THAT YOU N CREATE YOUR OWN REALY BY YOUR THOUGHTS AND WISH. DURG THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC, SHE ATTRACTED A LARGE GROUP OF VOTE EAGER TO HEAR HER SIMPLISTIC AND OPTIMISTIC {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;}SHE CREATED, ALONGSI IEND AND FELLOW SELF-HELP AND SELF-HEALER LLEAGUE LOUISE HAY, THE LOS ANGEL CENTER FOR LIVG, WHERE SHE WOULD GIVE TALKS TO TERMALLY-ILL PEOPLE, OR AS SHE LLED THEM, THOSE SUFFERG OM "LIFE-CHALLENGG ILLNS."RICHARD PERRY/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGAMERIN SPIRUAL TEACHER MARIANNE WILLIAMSON AND LEBANE-BORN AMERIN FILM DIRECTOR ALEK KHISHIAN ATTEND AN AIDS CHARY PARTY AT THE LOS ANGEL CENTER FOR LIVG. 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SOME PEOPLE WENT OFF THEIR MEDITN, SCE TAKG MEDICE SHOWED YOU DIDN’T REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU ULD CURE YOURSELF, AND IF YOU LACK PERFECT FAH, ’S NOT GOG TO WORK. 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BEE IF YOU ONLY HAVE THE FLU, THEN, HECK, JT FIVE A FEW IF YOU HAVE AIDS, THEN, Y, TRY TO FIVE EVERYBODY!"{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;}JT LAST MONTH, WILLIAMSON HAD HAD TO WALK BACK REMARKS SHE MA LLG MANDATORY VACC "ORWELLIAN."{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;}SHE ALSO IS NOT FAVOR OF MEDIRE FOR ALL, WHICH MANY LIVG WH HIV ULD BENEF OM, ALTHOUGH SHE ADMTED TO THE YOUNG TURKS' CENK UYGUR AFTER LAST NIGHT'S BATE THAT SHE IS G AROUND A B ON THAT ISSUE.JT SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGDETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 30: DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE MARIANNE WILLIAMSON SPEAKS DURG THE DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL DEBATE AT THE FOX THEATRE JULY 30, 2019 DETRO, MICHIGAN. 20 DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDAT WERE SPL TO TWO GROUPS OF 10 TO TAKE PART THE BATE SPONSORED BY CNN HELD OVER TWO NIGHTS AT DETRO’S FOX THEATRE. (PHOTO BY JT SULLIVAN/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;}ON THE OTHER SI OF THE ARGUMENT STANDS HER HIV/AIDS ACTIVISM, WHICH ME AT A TIME WHEN MANY WERE AAID TO EVEN BE THE SAME ROOM AS SOMEONE WHO WAS HIV-POSIVE, LET ALONE SOMEONE DYG OM AIDS PLITNS. SHE FOUND PROJECT ANGEL FOOD 1989 TO LIVER FOOD AND PROVI OTHER SERVIC, LIKE HOSPICE RE, TO THOSE WH TERMAL ILLNS. AGA, LIKE WH THE LOS ANGEL CENTER FOR LIVG, OF WHICH THE PROGRAM WAS AN EXTENSN, MOST OF THOSE THE ANIZATN SERVED WERE SUFFERG OM HIV/{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;}WILLIAMSON HAS BEEN QUICK TO POT THIS OUT, AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON MEDIUM, WRTEN BY HER IEND DAVID KSLER, TLED "WHEN EVERYONE ELSE STEPPED BACK, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON STEPPED FORWARD," HAS ALSO BEEN REPUBLISHED ON HER 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;}SHE ALSO ADDRSED THE NTROVERSY LATE LAST MONTH ON TWTER, PHG BACK AGAST SUGGTNS SHE ENURAGED PEOPLE NOT TO TAKE NECSARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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;}WILLIAMSON ALSO NIED THE ACCATN AN TERVIEW WH VANY FAIR, SAYG OF HER MENTS QUOTED THE LA TIM PIECE:{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;}WHATEVER NTEXT THAT WAS , I NEVER TOLD ANYONE NOT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. I SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS DRIVG PEOPLE TO THE DOCTOR. WHEN A CLERGYPERSON, A FAH LEAR, PRAYS WH SOMEONE, OR LEADS THEM A GUID MEDATN—THIS IS NOT REPUDIATN OF MEDICE. BODY, MD, AND SPIR. IN TODAY’S WORLD, THE ONLOGIST IS LIABLE TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO SUGGT THAT YOU GET YOURSELF OVER TO ONE OF THOSE SPIRUAL SUPPORT GROUPS, BEE SER SPIRUAL PRACTICE HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BOOST THE FUNCTNG OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. AND BY THE WAY, WHEN I WAS WORKG WH AIDS PATIENTS, A LOT OF THAT WAS AT A TIME WHEN THERE WAS NO MEDICE {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;}THIS ENTIRE IA OF ME AS ANTI-MEDICE AND ANTI-SCIENCE ULD NOT BE FURTHER OM THE TTH. I’M A JEWISH WOMAN. YOU ULD READ MY LAST BLOG, “I’M A MORN WOMAN. OF URSE I GO TO THE DOCTOR...”{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;}IN THAT BLOG POST SHE WR:{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;}I’M A MORN WOMAN, AND OF URSE I GO TO THE DOCTOR. OF URSE I TAKE PHARMACTILS WHEN THEY’RE LLED FOR, AND I AM AS GRATEFUL AS ANYONE FOR THE ADVANC OF MORN {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;}I DO NOT JUDGE PHARMACTILS, AND I DO NOT JUDGE ANYONE WHO THEM - CLUDG FOR {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;}WHAT I DO CRICIZE - AND I NNOT UNRSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULDN’T - IS PREDATORY PRACTIC ON THE PART OF BIG PHARMACTIL {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;}"MARIANNE IS AN EASY TARGET, BEE SHE EMBODI SO MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOUCHY-FEELY VIBE THAT IS RIPE FOR RIDICULE," HIV/AIDS ACTIVIST AND WRER MARK S. KG, WHO MATAS THE BLOG MY FABULO DISEASE, TELLS {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;}"HER BATE PERFORMANC HAVE MA HER A CURSY WHO HAS SOMETIM H THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, SUCH AS HER SPEECH ABOUT REPARATNS. AS A FORMER WT HOLLYWOOD GAY—HER CENTER WAS TWO BLOCKS OM MY NDO—I WILL ADM THAT HER FLIGHTY STREAM OF NSCNS N MAKE ME CRGE. BUT THERE'S SOMETHG HER LEGACY THAT I WILL NOT ALLOW TO BE FOTTEN: SHE STARTED LIVERG MEALS TO PEOPLE DYG OF AIDS, LARGELY GAY MEN, AND SHE DID EARLY THE CRISIS WHEN OTHERS WERE TURNG THEIR BACKS," HE REFLECTS.RICHARD PERRY/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGAMERIN SPIRUAL TEACHER MARIANNE WILLIAMSON AND ACTRS JUDH LIGHT ATTEND AN AIDS CHARY PARTY AT THE LOS ANGEL CENTER FOR LIVG. (PHOTO BY RICHARD PERRY/SYGMA 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;}WILLIAMSON WH JUDH {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;}"SHE ULD HAVE HAD A PERFECTLY FE REER AS A SPIRUAL GU, WHICH SHE HAS, WHOUT HELPG THE LIK OF . SHE DID ANYWAY. I NEVER HEARD HER SAY A WORD ABOUT GOG OFF HIV MEDS, ALTHOUGH SHE HAS STRSED THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVG OURSELV 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;}"IT WAS BLOODY WAR, AND MARIANNE PULLED UP HER SLEEV AND GOT TO WORK ON OUR BEHALF. SHE SHOULD ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND HONORED FOR THAT. WHILE HER CURRENT POLIL MOMENT MAY BE FLEETG AND EASY TO SATIRIZE, I WON'T NY MARIANNE WILLIAMSON HER DUE WHEN TO HER VOTN TO OUR DARKT HOUR. I WISH WE HAD HAD A HUNDRED MORE LIKE HER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}HEALTHHIV/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Donald Guffey, a 31-year-old wh a ep Southern drawl who liv wtern North Carola, was ordaed a nservative Pentestal Christian nomatn before rejectg his fah muny last year to e out as gay. Seeg some of his fellow gays ll Williamson an anti-vaxxer or anti-science—characterizatns that Guffey vehemently rebuts—has ma Guffey feel a b alienated, but he says he knows plenty of people, pecially the progrsive Christian muny, who support her. “And Pete Buttigieg, the gay sat, the goln boy?

He’s jt gay tokenism for the stat quo.

As an alternative to the moralizg, anti-gay shamg and blamg that people wh AIDS faced the ’80s and ’90s, the ll to heal onelf by lovg onelf offered, for some gay men, a longed-for shift mdset, even if the implied flt still lay wh. This is part of the reason why some gay men who remember Williamson’s teachgs the ’80s and ’90s are disturbed to see young queer people, many of whom have no knowledge of Williamson’s AIDS-related work, embracg her personal-over-polil paradigm, even fun.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* MARIANNE WILLIAMSON GAY MEN

Marianne Williamson is a ntroversial AIDS-crisis figure for gay men..

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