Religious leaders held a press conference Friday, July 24 at the Washington Plaza Hotel, to respond to attacks against Gay people in the name of religion. They are part of a coordinated strategy to lobby political leaders and stop progress toward equal rights. They are attempts to reshape the nation into a narrow fundamentalist image, and our public officials are falling prey to this manipulation. We refuse to be erased from the religious landscape of this country. This week, Mayoral candidates of the city of Springdale, Arkansas appeared before the local Christian coalition and attempted to outdo one another in homophobic statements.
Homosexuals are perverts.
This is a Christian nation. To put up with perversion like that, you're willing to put up with anything. I will do everything I can to keep them out of Springdale, including enforcing the sodomy law. The National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum joined in the chorus of protest against the religious right's newest attack on the Gay community, and ad campaign urging Gays and Lesbian to accept Jesus Christ who will miraculously cure them into happy heterosexuality. This is just the right's latest outrageous attempt to split the Black community along Gay and straight lines.