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Ichingcarpenter

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 09:26 AM Aug 2012

American Family Association: Kidnap children to save them from gay parents

The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer has sunk to a new, disturbing low with his anti-gay statements. In two separate tweets last night, he called for an “Underground Railroad to deliver innocent children from same-sex households.” In one tweet he was referring to the sad story of Lisa Miller, who, after declaring herself ex-gay, kidnapped her daughter away to Central America to prevent her former partner from having any custody. (She is still being tracked by federal agents as a fugitive of the law.)

In the other tweet, Fischer referred to the testimony of a individual named Robert Oscar Lopez, who blames all of his social problems on being raised by his mom and her lesbian partner. Here’s a sampling:
Inside, however, I was confused. When your home life is so drastically different from everyone around you, in a fundamental way striking at basic physical relations, you grow up weird. I have no mental health disorders or biological conditions. I just grew up in a house so unusual that I was destined to exist as a social outcast.[...]

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/08/08/655951/bryan-fischer-children-of-same-sex-couples-must-be-saved-through-underground-railroad-kidnapping/

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American Family Association: Kidnap children to save them from gay parents (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 OP
Horrifying. JohnnyLib2 Aug 2012 #1
Somebody report that to the FBI. If that's not a crime, it should be. Advocating kidnapping? Scuba Aug 2012 #2
More hate speech from the right. Big surprise. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #3
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