{"id":506213,"date":"2012-03-06T20:57:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T20:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/tim-wildmon\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:55","slug":"tim-wildmon","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/tim-wildmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Wildmon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Insisted<\/a>: \u201cHomosexuality is not something the president should celebrate. It\u2019s unnatural, unhealthy and immoral behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Wrote a column<\/a> longing for the days when homosexuality \u201cwas generally considered abnormal,\u201d insisting that. \u201cThe Scripture says this behavior is unnatural, immoral, and unhealthy. Christian or not, everyone pretty much knows this, even if they are afraid to say so publicly. God made male for female sexually. As for the transgendered, they have serious issues that cause them profound confusion. It\u2019s really tragic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said Christians can\u2019t concede<\/a> \u201cthat homosexuality is something that is healthy and good and normal for people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Referred to<\/a> a transgender woman as \u201ca sexually confused man dressed as a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Launched a boycott<\/a> of Target because of the retailer\u2019s transgender restroom accommodations: \u201cTarget\u2019s harmful policy poses a danger to women and children. We think many customers will agree.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said<\/a> President Obama should tell gay people to \u201cstop doing what you\u2019re doing\u201d: \u201c\u2018You know one of the real ironies of this proclamation is the president here cites the need for more funding for HIV\/AIDS,\u201d Wildmon says. \u201cBut, unlike Michelle Obama, who advocates that children stay off the sodas, he doesn\u2019t advocate behavior change. When it comes to homosexual behavior effecting your health, why doesn\u2019t he say, \u2018Stop doing what you\u2019re doing and you won\u2019t get AIDS?\u2019\u201c<\/p>\n

\u2014Said he can easily spot gay men because they \u201cwalk like a girl, a lot of \u2019em.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014Said LGBTQ groups are \u201cvile in many ways.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014Said it\u2019s a fact<\/a> that gays are \u201cimmoral\u201d and \u201cunnatural\u201d; uses this to deny President Obama\u2019s faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Insisted gay people must \u201crepent\u201d<\/a>: \u201cOur president is promoting the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered and queer agenda like there is no tomorrow. God says homosexuality is immoral, unnatural and unhealthy and should be repented of, not embraced and celebrated as a valid \u2018alternative lifestyle.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Attacked NFL player Michael Sam\u2019s onscreen kiss with his boyfriend as \u201cgross,\u201d \u201cimmoral, unhealthy and unnatural\u201d<\/a>: \u201cIt was gross. But then I\u2019m an old-school prude who doesn\u2019t believe men should be having sex with other men, so that is the reaction you would expect from people like me. I believe that kind of behavior is immoral, unhealthy and unnatural. If people want to live this lifestyle, that is their choice, but this idea of forcing people who disagree with it to applaud or else be shouted down, fined by the government or lose your job has gotten way out of hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Supported idea that gays make people want to throw up<\/a> (at 4:05 mark): \u201cHe said, \u2018it makes me want to throw up, the idea of two grooms\u2019 \u2014well that\u2019s the way a lot of people feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Referring to President Obama\u2019s Father\u2019s Day recognition of gay parents, wrote: \u201cHere we have the leader of our nation and the Democrat [sic<\/em>] Party celebrating sexual behavior which is contrary to nature and pushing a household structure that we know is harmful to children<\/a> … Our President is so committed to normalizing homosexual conduct that he is putting the twisted sexual desires of adults ahead of the needs of children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said: \u201cIf President Obama, Congressional Democrats, and homosexual activists get their wish, your son or daughter may be forced to share military showers and barracks with active and open homosexuals who may very well view them with sexual interest.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said of<\/a> young equality activist Will Phillips decision to speak at a Pride parade: \u201cIt\u2019s shameful that adults would abuse a brain-washed child in this way. He\u2019s obviously just parroting the nonsense he\u2019s been told by manipulative adults. For gay activists to trot out this child and make him the poster child for promoting unnatural sexual expression is a form of child abuse.\u201d [*Note: Phillips is incorrectly identified as \u2018Will Marshall\u2019<\/em>]<\/p>\n

\u2014Claimed<\/a>: \u201cThere is nothing about homosexual conduct to be proud of, and much to be ashamed of.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said the day the Supreme Court overturned DOMA was \u201ca tragic day for kids who will wind up in same-sex households.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said of nondiscrimination laws that prevent businesses from discriminating<\/a>: \u201cThis sounds like Stalinist Russia or China under Mao, where those who thought for themselves were forced under government coercion into re-education camps. This is not the America that was given to us by our Founders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Compared a vendor serving gay customers to a vendor serving known hate groups; calls LGBTQ activists \u201cthe Gay Gestapo\u201d for suggesting otherwise<\/a>: \u201cThis does beg the question about freedom of religion, freedom of association and what the government can compel its citizens to do. Should the government punish the Jewish photographer because he refuses to take pictures for a gathering of Skinheads? Should the government levy fines against an African-American printer who refuses to print posters for a Ku Klux Klan rally? Should a homosexual painter be forced to paint signs for the infamous Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka that reads \u201cGod Hates Fags!\u201d The answer is no to all of these. The government should not compel an individual to engage in a business transaction that violates their conscience. The \u201cGay Gestapo\u201d (of which not all gays and lesbians are a part) is now pushing well beyond \u201clive and let live\u201d territory into using the law to punitively enforce their political and social agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":506214,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138636,138635,138637],"class_list":{"0":"post-506213","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-anti-transgender","9":"hashtag-commentator","10":"hashtag-religion"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t