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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 06:49 AM
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Website compares community leader Wayne Besen to Adolph Hitler
A website by a right-wing preacher and self-professed 'ex-gay' DL Foster has posted a picture of the executive director of Truth Wins Out, Wayne Besen, that has been modified to make Besen appear like Adolph Hitler.

Foster's blog Perspectives In Motion, has a post dated June 10th in which Foster refers to Besen's new organization as "Wayne Besen's Final Solution." Later in the post, Foster points out that Besen is Jewish:

In the press conference, Besen (of Jewish descent) claimed that 'ex-gay' ministries could not be trusted or tolerated in our tolerant society. To back up those claims he presented evidence that 'ex-gay' leaders invariably go back to being gay. Richard Cohen, John Paulk, Michael Johnston and uhhhh those two guys who "fell in love" left their wives, got AIDS and lived happily ever after. Proof positive, he asserted that 'ex-gay' ministries were shameless snake oil salesmen.

This personifies the extremism that is characteristic of the 'ex-gay' movement, Mr. Besen told PageOneQ today. "They claim they are about love, yet regularly engage in character assassination and misinformation campaigns," he added. Besen responded to the image on the site, as well as it's title, "I am disturbed by the blatant anti-semitism of Rev. Foster. His writing and the use of a graphic image which is so painful to so many speaks loudly not only of Foster, but reflects poorly on the entire so-called 'ex-gay' community," said Besen.

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http://pageoneq.com/news/2006/besen_061206.html
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 08:47 AM
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1. Are we sure that photo has been doctored? Maybe he really does...
have an uneven mustache like that, in a color that does not exactly match his hair color.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 10:35 AM
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2. True ... maybe he's trying to be butch
:rofl:
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:54 PM
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3. this is my favorite
***Note to all the "outraged" gay activists parachuting onto this blog: Your nasty grams will be promptly deleted. And that's being charitable on my part.

nasty grams?

:rofl:
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