{"id":506279,"date":"2014-02-05T00:57:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T00:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/jeff-johnston\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:52","slug":"jeff-johnston","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/jeff-johnston\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Johnston"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Wrote<\/a> column supporting widely debunked, dangerous conversion therapy: \u201cMale homosexuality is much like other sexual sins or temptations people struggle with, in that God works with us as individuals; there is no \u201cformula\u201d for the change process, nor is there typically \u201cinstant freedom\u201d (although that has happened, for some). Not surprisingly, each person\u2019s path to liberty will be different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said<\/a> of a trans character on a sitcom: \u201cKids aren\u2019t equipped to sort out that kind of falsehood from the real truth…. And in this case this is especially sad because this is a child, this is a little girl who is trapped in a false identity and for whatever reason, she has rejected her girlhood and believes she\u2019s a boy or wants to be a boy, and her family and now the producers of the show are affirming this little girl in a false identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said of homosexuality<\/a>: \u201cSame-sex lusts, fantasies and sexual activity violate God\u2019s male-female design in a unique way. Instead of normalizing brokenness, calling homosexuality \u2018good,\u2019 and identifying people by their sexual attractions, those who follow Jesus are called to bring redemption, grace and transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Said<\/a> same-sex unions are \u201cunreality\u201d: \u201cA society that attempts to erase male and female or to create new categories to stand next to male and female is living in unreality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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