{"id":506347,"date":"2013-08-23T19:39:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T19:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/james-meeks\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:53","slug":"james-meeks","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/james-meeks\/","title":{"rendered":"James Meeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Says God is against homosexuality<\/a>: \u201cMen should not be marrying men, and women should not be marrying women…. God does not support homosexuality, and neither do I.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014His church operated a \u201cHalloween Fright Night\u201d that portrayed gay men as going to hell<\/a>: \u201cA fenced-in cell housed a few denizens of \u2018hell,\u2019 including a pedophile trolling the Internet for a young victim, a meditating Buddhist, and two mincing young men wearing body glitter who were supposed to be homosexuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014While considering a run for governor, told his congregation<\/a>: \u201cIf I do run and there are two people in the race who both are not standing for morality, if I don\u2019t have every white Christian vote in the state of Illinois, I will stand on top of the Sears Tower and call every one of ya\u2019ll racist.\u201d <\/p>\n

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