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A Christian street preacher is charging
that the homosexual community in Chicago is guilty of
hypocrisy because he was refused permission to march
in a June 24 "gay" pride parade. "I see
this as nothing but hypocrisy," said Ruben Israel,
who has been at the Chicago event for seven previous
years, protesting the homosexual lifestyle choice from
the sidewalks. This year he sought permission to participate,
and was refused. He followed up with a statement making
the accusation.
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Is this
not the same group that demands everyone accept
them for who they are?
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Is this
not the same group that cries discrimination, if
not recognized?
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Is this
not the same people that will not accept us for
who we are?
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Is this
not the same people that demand tolerance?
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Is this
not the same group that wishes to walk in Macy's
parade and [be] allowed in the 'Boy Scouts?"
Israel asked.
Spokesman Richard Pfeiffer for the Chicago
homosexual group confirmed to WND that Israel had been
rejected. "We, the gay folk, have the right to
exclude them from the parade," Pfeiffer said, adding
a U.S. Supreme Court decision gives his group the right
to edit the opinions of groups that participate in a
sponsored parade.
James Elsman, a lawyer working with
Israel, said he wasn't so sure the Chicago homosexual
group was correct in that interpretation, especially
since Israel has been "participating" in the
parade with his protests for a number of years already.
"I have advised Mr. Israel to sue Chicago Pride,"
he said. "It is my professional opinion that Christian
ministers cannot be barred from the Chicago Gay Parade
by the organizers." "The gays preach 'diversity
& inclusion,' and they give unequal protection of
the laws to Christians. These preachers want diversity
and inclusion, which the gays do not," the lawyer
said.
Israel told WND he got the wording for
his expression of concern from documentation homosexual
groups have used in the past to advocate for their demands
of endorsement. "We are a group that has a different
sexual preference and being that this parade is filled
with diversity, we considered ourselves welcomed,"
he said. "And we were wrong." Israel said
when the "gay" community is in a "leadership"
position, "they become dictators and force acceptance
of their agenda. I wish to expose this hypocrisy as
a double standard for we also love a man, too, and His
name is Jesus Christ."
Israel told WND that he is just following
the standards for making demands for acceptance set
up by the "gay" organizations. "Most
Christians go to church on Sunday and all they know
is the four walls of the church. The real world if these
people ever take over will be more of a dictatorship.
Freedom of speech no longer exists. Freedom of religion
no longer exists," he said. He said the rule of
law would be: "You've offended me. I want to shut
you down."
An earlier San Francisco Chronicle reporter
noted while covering the participation by children with
homosexual parents in an Easter Egg hunt in Washington
that a Christian couple said their beliefs led them
to believe children should be raised by a mother and
a father. Then the reporter noted in the next paragraph
that "gay and lesbian families said they hope to
change those attitudes."
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