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The Philosopher

(895 posts)
Wed Feb 15, 2012, 10:50 AM Feb 2012

LaBarbera, Wooden reminisce about when anti-LGBT violence was ‘normal’

from LGBTQ Nation

On last week’s edition of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality Radio Hour, a self-described “former homosexual” called for the arrest of author Dan Savage for his campaign to end suicide among LGBT youth, and today host Peter LaBarbera and guest Patrick Wooden reminisced about when violence against gay and transgender people was considered “normal.”

Wooden, a North Carolina pastor and anti-gay activist with who has claimed that older gay men have to wear diapers after a lifetime of shoving a variety of objects and animals up their anuses, started the program by criticizing NAACP president Ben Jealous for addressing the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change conference.

In his speech, Jealous described how his childhood best friend whom he considered a brother was bullied not only because he is black but also because of his “preference for wigs, dresses and make-up.” Pastor Wooden said that the family should have “whooped” him and “taught the child how to dress,” saying that his “heart breaks” for the NAACP’s stance on LGBT rights.

Later in the interview, Wooden and LaBarbera both claimed that it was “normal” for men to violently react to a gay man they perceived to be flirting with them and LaBarbera even said he fears that it would be considered a “hate crime” for a man to punch a transgender woman using the woman’s restroom.



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LaBarbera, Wooden reminisce about when anti-LGBT violence was ‘normal’ (Original Post) The Philosopher Feb 2012 OP
Thanks for clearing it up.... izquierdista Feb 2012 #1
This is why our History needs to be taught in schools also. William769 Feb 2012 #2
 

izquierdista

(11,689 posts)
1. Thanks for clearing it up....
Wed Feb 15, 2012, 11:01 AM
Feb 2012

I always wondered about David Vitter's diaper fetish when it hit the news stand. Must have been all those little alligators they have running around Louisiana.

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