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AFA: Will Phillips as Pride Marshal Is Child Abuse


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The antigay American Family Association is slamming Fayetteville, Ark., mayor Lioneld Jordan for the decision to honor 10-year-old gay rights activist Will Phillips as a gay pride parade grand marshal this Saturday. AFA president Tim Wildmon called the move a “form of child abuse.”

According to the Fayetteville Flyer, Mayor Jordan has said the Northwest Arkansas Gay Pride Parade will proceed as planned, despite more than 300 e-mails received Wednesday afternoon by opponents, most of them from outside town, prodded into action by AFA.

“Most of the messages included identical body copy which came pre-loaded in an online action form set up by the American Family Association,” reported the Flyer. “Nearly all of them began with the statement, ‘I am shocked to learn that the city of Fayetteville is issuing a proclamation in support of the homosexual activist group, Northwest Arkansas Pride.’”

The AFA issued a press release Wednesday criticizing the mayor for hosting Phillips, who rose to prominence last year when he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance until LGBT people have full equality.

“It’s shameful that adults would abuse a brain-washed child in this way,” said AFA president Wildmon. “He’s obviously just parroting the nonsense he’s been told by manipulative adults.For gay activists to trot out this child and make him the poster child for promoting unnatural sexual expression is a form of child abuse.”

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Leesa
    Date posted: 6/30/2010 1:46:17 PM
    Hometown: Elkin

    Comment:

    Well I am here to tell you that 10 year olds have a mind of their own!!! They have the capability to look at the world we live in and see what is wrong with it and make up their own mind about it. Anyone who thinks that a 10 year old can't do this, has turned a blind eye to what their 10 year old does on a daily basis or has never been around children. Children are not as ignorant as these people believe.

  • Name: Anon-e-moose
    Date posted: 6/29/2010 10:19:22 AM
    Hometown: Hull

    Comment:

    “He’s obviously just parroting the nonsense he’s been told by manipulative adults." Two Words: "Jesus Camp" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Camp

  • Name: Warren
    Date posted: 6/29/2010 9:04:32 AM
    Hometown: London

    Comment:

    Who hasn't cringed when they see kids carrying those WBC banners? I'd be pretty certain that they really believe in what they're doing too. Some of them are probably pretty articulate about it. Children should not to be used as political pawns or gimicks - don't stoop to Fred Phelp's level.

  • Name: Nick
    Date posted: 6/29/2010 1:17:17 AM
    Hometown: Lawton

    Comment:

    Remember, kids, it's only brainwashing if people other than Christians do it.

  • Name: OttoMad77
    Date posted: 6/24/2010 3:34:21 PM
    Hometown: PDX

    Comment:

    I was lucky enough to attend the Pride festival in Columbus, Ohio last week and the highlight of the weekend was watching a couple of little girls, maybe ages 5 to 7, tipping the drag queens who were performing in the park and the kids LOVED it--not only that but the queens were making such a fuss over them--it was perhaps the coolest thing I have ever seen. These AFA maggots know nothing--all they understand is hatred and I hope it eats them up like cancer.

  • Name: OttoMad77
    Date posted: 6/24/2010 3:27:16 PM
    Hometown: PDX

    Comment:

    Instilling hatred in hetero children and confusion/self-loathing in queer children is abusive so FUCK AFA and their gutter religion.

  • Name: Josh
    Date posted: 6/24/2010 2:44:37 PM
    Hometown: Indiana

    Comment:

    BWAHAHA "Look what daer doin' to arrrr child-wren, Billy Bob! Them gayz and gayz enablers be branewashing and abusing 'em by letting them walk or ride a float!!! It be SO worse than those red marks I put on billy jrs rear last week with your! Call the Mae-yor! Call to Poe-lease!! Call dah AFA! QUICK!" http://eatlesbians.net/

  • Name: Davya
    Date posted: 6/24/2010 2:16:05 PM
    Hometown: Wynnewood, PA

    Comment:

    "unnatural sexual expression in the form of child abuse" aka, "unnatural cerebral interpretation of consensual romantic and sexual activity with an association of children, 'protected' greatly by the 'holy' priesthood".

  • Name: Kaz
    Date posted: 6/24/2010 1:47:14 PM
    Hometown: England

    Comment:

    Whilst I've only seen a couple of clips of this little boy, he is intelligent and articulate and I've no doubt that he truly wants to join in with the parade as Grand Marshal. If he didn't want to do it, he wouldn't, as he has proved with saying the pledge of allegiance!

  • Name: d
    Date posted: 6/24/2010 12:44:05 PM
    Hometown: raleigh

    Comment:

    This little boy is a hero! As a gay kid I endured hatred from my private Baptist School connected to our Church. I was sent to Missionary Camp where I was terrorized, traumatized, beaten, exorcised, starved and screamed at mercilessly. I never did anything wrong ever. Never lied, was never disrespectful, never skipped school or church, never spoke against the dogma. All of this abuse on a very young child because I was perceived to be girly. One camp missionary from Vietnam took me aside long enough for me to blow him. Then he rejoined joined the other Christians. This is what Fundamentalism does to the thinking mind. My parents ignored my pleas. It took YEARS of therapy to get my self esteem and my life back. TALIBANGELICALS WOULD RATHER SEE YOU DEAD THAN GAY! NEVER FORGET IT! I love Christ, his sacrifices, his love and compassion, his wisdom....but TALIBANGELICALS ARE FRIGHTENING MUTATIONS!



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