Gay Rights Voted down in Holland, MI last night

By: American Decency Staff

By Bill Johnson Date: June 16,2011   HOLLAND, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – The Holland City Council has made a decision on a controversial issue that was a year in the making. The very heated meeting lasted well into the night, ending after midnight. In the end the city council shot down the proposal that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. More than 200 people packed the more than five hour long meeting with dozens standing at the podium to voice their opinions. … http://www.wwmt.com/articles/holland-1392216-council-city.html My account: Last night I took the opportunity to testify against the proposal before the Holland City Council.See: http://www.wwmt.com/ [go to Gay Rights Amendment Fails] After hearing from roughly 20 individuals, I noted that no one cited any concern about the life threatening, life destroying aspects of homosexuality.    I stated that my best friend in college (Michigan State University) had homosexuality tendencies (this in a day when homosexuality was not a topic of discussion). Later he became a practicing homosexual. He suffered greatly and died at the hands of AIDS in 2001. I continued with the account of another person who was a news reporter with a radio station in the greater Lansing area who later became a Christian and tried to warn people of the dangers of homosexuality. He shared that the common practice of homosexuals results in having hundreds and hundreds of sex partners over their years.   Dave Conklin also suffered and died of AIDS. I cited a third person, Michael Johnston, whom I met while the state director of American Family Association. Michael was an active homosexual in Washington DC for many years. His personal account was that he attended many funerals of former “loversâ€Â and that he didn’t know of any  who survived him. He also stated that he had hundreds of relationships and that unfaithfulness is part and parcel for the homosexual – all the while passing along varieties of destructive sexually transmitted diseases.      Johnston still survives thanks to the development of powerful medications that have given him and many others greater longevity. That doesn’t detract from the degradation and destructive, unhealthy nature of homosexuality. At last night’s Holland City Council meeting, the media reported 250 were in attendance. When I heard that the ordinance was defeated last evening, I was amazed.      The voice of distortion – the ACLU -, too, was present as well last night. Nonetheless, at least for now, the ordinance has been defeated. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. A question that I raised last night and raise again here why is homosexuality treated with kid gloves? Why do we ignore the plague of homosexuality? In 2009, LifeSiteNews.com reported on a government study which illustrated the affects of this plague. "An official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the CDC's estimate Monday that in the United States AIDS is fifty times more prevalent among men who have sex with men ('MSM') than the rest of the population.  Dr. Amy Lansky revealed this statistic during a plenary session at the 2009 HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta." …While merely an approximation, the CDC’s announcement confirms previous statistics and studies that indicate vastly disproportionate occurrence of sex-related diseases in homosexuals. According to a February 2007 study, for example, homosexual men with HIV are 90 times more likely to develop anal cancer than the rest of the population." Homosexuality is most importantly a moral issue, but it is a serious health issue as well.   The decision in Holland last night to not support such a dangerous, perverted lifestyle came down to a 5-4 vote.   Hats off to the Holland City Commission last evening for making the right decision – narrow as it was. ========================================================== Register for our summer event featuring Gary Bauer, Friday, July 29, at 7:00 pm https://secure4.afo.net/ada/registration.php?eventno=28 Your support is important to our ability to make a difference. Donate online at: https://secure4.afo.net/ada/donate.php American Decency Association is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. Box 202 Fremont, MI 49412 ph: 231-924-4050 www.americandecency.org http://www.twitter.com/billwjohnson

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