{"id":72480,"date":"2018-08-28T16:26:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-trump-administration-dined-in-the-white-house-with-an-anti-lgbtq-activist-who-said-marriage-equality-was-the-creation-of-satan\/"},"modified":"2018-08-28T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:26:17","slug":"the-trump-administration-dined-in-the-white-house-with-an-anti-lgbtq-activist-who-said-marriage-equality-was-the-creation-of-satan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-trump-administration-dined-in-the-white-house-with-an-anti-lgbtq-activist-who-said-marriage-equality-was-the-creation-of-satan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trump Administration dined in the White House with an anti-LGBTQ activist who said marriage equality was the \u2018creation of Satan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump Administration dined in the White House with an anti-LGBTQ activist who said marriage equality was the \u2018creation of Satan\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

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GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, released the following research to draw attention to the anti-LGBTQ record of the guests Trump hosted last night and call<\/a> on media to put the event into proper context by reporting on the anti-LGBTQ records of the public figures who attended the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast night President Trump, Vice President Pence, and others in the Administration surrounded themselves with anti-LGBTQ activists who have equated marriage equality with genocide, likened being gay<\/a> to some of the most reprehensible behaviors, and suggested that transgender people should be shot in public restrooms,\u201d said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cThe President and Administration\u2019s practice of bringing fringe groups united around hatred towards LGBTQ Americans through the White House gates cannot go unnoticed and must be called out and checked.<\/p>\n

President Trump and Vice President Pence, along with Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and other Administration officials, warmly hosted and posed for pictures with FOX News regular Robert Jeffress, who preaches<\/a> that gay<\/a> people are \u201cengaged in the most detestable, unclean, abominable acts you can imagine,\u201d and Tony Perkins, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council, who has called<\/a> gay<\/a> people \u201cintolerant\u201d, \u201chateful,\u201d and \u201cvile.\u201d\u00a0 Also in attendance was Jim Garlow who has said same-sex<\/a> marriage is the “creation of Satan.”<\/p>\n

Last night GLAAD shared photos of Trump Administration officials posing with the anti-LGBTQ activists and shared their anti-LGBTQ records in real time via Twitter.<\/p>\n

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.@tperkins<\/a> (in the picture below) is the head of an organization that supports the harmful practice of conversion therapy. t.co\/PN3lgwodJt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GLAAD (@glaad) August 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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.@Franklin_Graham<\/a> is speaking at the White House tonight. Franklin Graham has a long, well documented anti-LGBTQ history: t.co\/F4zkGq6vAP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mebuKMaqBW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GLAAD (@glaad) August 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jim Garlow is at the White House tonight. He has said that Satan is behind marriage equality: t.co\/DIf85QxviC<\/a>t.co\/kRNOyochff<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GLAAD (@glaad) August 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Read more about the anti-LGBTQ views and remarks of event attendees below.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Anti-LGBTQ Records and Statements from Trump\u2019s Evangelical Dinner Attendees<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Jeffress, prominent member of Trump\u2019s advisory council:<\/em>
Preaches that<\/a><\/strong> gay<\/a> people are \u201cengaged in the most detestable, unclean, abominable acts you can imagine\u201d and that homosexuality is<\/a> \u201cas immoral\u201d as bestiality, incest, and pedophilia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony Perkins, president of SPLC-designated hate group Family Research Council:<\/em>
Says about gay people<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cThey are intolerant. They are hateful. They are vile. They are spiteful”…”pawns” of the “enemy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Franklin Graham:<\/em>
Graham, who spoke at the dinner<\/strong>, says<\/a> he loves gay<\/a> people “enough to care to warn them that if they want to continue living like this, it’s the flames of hell for you.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Dobson:<\/em>
Dobson, who received a shout-out from President Trump<\/strong> during the event, claims that marriage equality is<\/a> \u201cthe fall of Western civilization\u201d and has even longed for the days when<\/a> a husband would have shot a transgender person in a bathroom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ronnie Floyd:<\/em>
Believes<\/a><\/strong> that \u201cSatan has taken his tool of homosexuality, a gross and evil sin<\/strong>, and done a con job on the American culture, making it seem like all is okay when you are gay<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jim Garlow:<\/em>
Said<\/a><\/strong> same-sex<\/a> marriage is the creation of Satan,<\/strong> and compares children of same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a> to children who lost their parents on 9\/11<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alveda King:<\/em>
Equates<\/a><\/strong> marriage equality with genocide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Michele Bachmann, former congresswoman:<\/em>
Claims<\/a><\/strong> homosexuality is \u201cpart of Satan.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greg Laurie:<\/em>
Insists<\/a><\/strong> that gay<\/a> people should not be who they are<\/strong> \u201cany more than a person who is tempted to steal, lie, lust, or murder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Darrell Scott:<\/em>
Said<\/a><\/strong> his church believes the Bible is “anti-homosexuality.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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