A California pastor who claims he is "not a bigot" ejected gay activists from his church rally to kick-off a signature drive to repeal California's LGBT history bill. Watch the report WHEN YOU JUMP ...
The drama unfolded Wednesday at the Southern Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. The congregation gathered to "pray for the repeal" of the Fair Education Act, also known as SB 48.
"This is not about us hating anyone or being homophobic or guilty of bigotry," pastor Xavier Thompson told KTLA. "The fact of the matter is that we believe that we cannot sexualize history."
Groups who support the new law showed up the meeting to voice their perspective. ... Just prior to the start of the meeting, a trio of SB 48 supporters, including a local rabbi, were asked to leave.
"We just wanted to know if we could come, listen, observe and hear their side, because we want to come to the table on some common ground," said Milton Davis, of the Jordan/Rustin Coalition. "They said that they did not want us on the property at all, period. They told us they were asking us to leave, but they told us they would be willing to remove us if they needed physically," Davis told KTLA.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 48 on July 14. The bill requires California public schools to add LGBT history to its curricula. The bill has been slammed by conservatives and many churches, who have started a signature drive to repeal the bill.
The signature circulation deadline is October 12, 2011. About a half-million signatures are needed. Equality California Executive Director Roland Palencia has acknowledged the referendum will "probably" make the ballot and fighting it will be an uphill battle.
KTLA reported on the drama at Southern MBC. Watch the fiasco—including a church queen ejecting the activists and shirtless men dancing at gay pride to illustrate "the homosexual agenda"—WHEN YOU JUMP ...
How does one sexualize history in the first place? I'm going to continue to refer to these types of folks as charlatans. Do they think our lives revolve around just only kinky anal sex? Of course not, that's them projecting their twisted perceptions into reality.
I'm beyond getting sick and tired of playing nice and trying to find "common ground" with these charlatans. My livelihood, my existence, and my rights should not be determined by religious groups, conservative or liberal, or their beliefs. This country has got to strike harder against this type of crap.
Yes, Mr. Thompson, you're a bigot. You may not condemn violence or outright malicious behavior towards us, but your a bigot nevertheless. Using polite language and showing courtesy and civility really doesn't man a damn thing. Why is that in these types of situations there aren't any Black Gay men or other LGBT colors or so-called "Church queens" in these religious institutions that just outright stand up, assert themselves and let them know that they will no longer continue to tolerate the disrespect, the animosity, the blame, and shame they continue to pour on them every freaking Sunday and, in a neatly fashion, all MARCH out of church leaving them with no choir to sing? Or at least them know that when they scrutinizing them, they're scrutinizing people WITHIN their own communities. To be gay and a minority is to be a different entity all together.
Am I deluded? Am I too much of optimist? Am I am expecting unrealistic expectations. This the Prop 8 drama all over again.
Posted by: Kevin P. | 02 September 2011 at 12:26
"...we cannot sexualize history"
Who taught him that phrase? He didn't think it up on his own.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 02 September 2011 at 13:08
its the usual strawman. no one wants to have children taught the sexual intamacies of Cesar Chavez, and of course thats not what this law is about at all. But the media will assist and raise this strawman and the haters will win in november at the ballot box. its simply shameful.
Posted by: robert | 03 September 2011 at 08:55
3 comments? LOLz! Should it come as a surprise by now? What if these were about a celebrity?
Posted by: Kevin P. | 03 September 2011 at 15:16
This is so messed up. What's worse is that they probably have a real of chance of getting the law repealed if they get enough signatures. SMH.
Posted by: Kevin | 03 September 2011 at 19:39
WOW!! Cannot sexualize history? Really? The VIRGIN Mary, Mary Magdalene, a former prostitute, the woman who was about to be stoned for adultery, etc., etc. yeah, sexuality IS a part of our history as the hate these liars are trying to hide. The ignorant hispanic who mentioned MLK & Chavez forgot that MLK had Bayard Rusitn for a right hand man, but history has shown that homophobes tried to write that out of the books (so I guess he wouldn't know that,either).
Posted by: CC | 09 September 2011 at 18:47