Americans for Twisting the Truth About Homosexuality

Ex-gay leader Peter LaBarbera, who runs the site American’s for Truth about Homosexuality, which is filled with anything but truth, and I dare say LaBarbera claiming to be “ex-gay”  is the biggest lie on the site, (but his cash cow) has once again attended a Gay Pride parade (this man is always going to Gay Pride parades).

As usual, he’s trying to make a point, so he begins put together a little YouTube video (view below) with the statement that 6 shootings took place in Chicago over the weekend.  He uses this information to criticize Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart by saying instead of being out “protecting citizens”, the sheriff had time to participate in the Chicago Pride parade.

OK, for one,  there very well may have been 6 shootings in Chicago.  Just in case you didn’t know, Chicago is a very large city with almost 3 million people.  Cook county has over 5 million.  So the number of shootings doesn’t shock me.  However, I’m not sure if Mr. Ex-Gay is just plain stupid, or really trying to demonstrate a lack of education, but either way, anyone with half a brain knows that in a county with over 5 million residents, it’s highly unlikely the sheriff would be the one who actually goes out to a crime scene.  I would also be curious to know if any of those shootings actually took place during the actual period that Sheriff Dart was in the parade…I haven’t found any evidence that supports that claim.  Lastly on this, I wonder if Mr. Ex-gay realizes that the Cook County Sheriff’s department isn’t always the ones who are called to respond to shootings, especially if they happen within Chicago proper.  That would fall into the jurisdiction of the Chicago Police Department, a separate law enforcement entity.  So, to answer your question Mr. Ex-gay, why yes, Sheriff Dart does has time, not to mention a duty and responsibility to show support at community events (even those dreaded gay ones that you somehow always seem to be in attendance of) as that is part of his job.

Then Mr. Ex-gay shows the group Bash Back, a relatively small, yet radical group of LGBT citizens who are tired of being bashed for being gay so they have adopted a non-mainstream way of demonstrating their anger and frustration.  The groups message basically is “if you mess with us, we’ll mess with you.”  Please note, I don’t condone violence, even for retaliatory reasons, nor do I have any affiliation with the group, but I do have an understanding of their frustrations.  Anyway, Mr. Ex-gay makes a point showing that Bash Back was marching 10 minutes behind Sheriff Dart with a sign that said “gay rights means fight cops”, and says something to the affect that the sheriff should be looking at who’s behind him.  Well, to someone who knows nothing about Gay Pride events, this may seem a bit ironic, but to anyone who knows about gay rights, and yes Mr. Ex-gay, you know too, the sign is referring to the Stonewall riots of of 1969, where LGBT patrons at a bar fought back against repeated police brutality, and thus started the modern day Gay Rights Movement.  Pretty easy for someone who is uneducated to take out of context, but to those who do know about Stonewall, pretty straight forward.  Yet, Mr. Ex-gay takes this and twists it into something that could be considered an “abomination”.

Well, Mr. Ex-gay.  Nice try on both accounts, and I’m sure your undereducated followers would be shocked by the lies that you’ve told and will fall victim to your misleading information.  But for the rest of us, and even yourself, we all know you’re a liar…and last I knew, lying went against the word of God…so be careful Mr. I used to have sex with men, one day, this too will produce bad karma in your life.

Just another Right Wing Nut, twisting the truth to make the LGBT community and our supporters look bad, and all for financial gain.