Radical Christians & Charlotte Pride
by Matt | March 29th, 2006 |A news article and video from News 14 Carolina (Charlotte, NC) covers the recent news that Charlotte Pride has been cancelled for this May. As I posted yesterday, a group of radical, anti-gay Christians have taken the credit for the cancellation.
Click here to see the article and the video (video only works in IE).
The most shocking part of all this is what the Reverend Flip Benham, the leader of these radicals, had to say to the news crew:
“For the past five years, Charlotte Pride has been parading its sin, like Sodom, right here in this public park,” said Flip Benham, the leader of the group. “When Christianity comes out in the streets, homosexuality has to return to the closet. And I pray that it will return to the grave from which it came.”
While Charlotte Pride organizers say Benham had nothing to do with the cancellation of the event, he continues to see it as a victory:
“This park is going to be free from homosexual sodomy taking place right here in the purview of everyone who comes by,” he said. “It isn’t going to happen this year. But believe me, it’ll come back next year and we’re going to have to deal with this issue again and again and again.”
I have to wonder… what is his obsession with homosexuality?
Matt, 22, is an LGBT journalist, activist and youth advocate currently living and working in Charlotte, N.C. A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Matt attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is still continuing to pursue his bachelors degree. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14.
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