LGBT attack 'is hate speech'

Tue, Sep 2nd 2014, 12:24 PM

 

HUMAN rights activist Erin Greene yesterday branded prominent pastor Dr Myles Munroe’s recent verbal attack on the LGBT community as a “hate speech” that may incite violence against law-abiding citizens who are gay or transgender.
Ms Greene told The Tribune yesterday that the Bahamas Faith Ministries International leader and author had, with his fierce condemnation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, created an environment where Bahamians no longer feel safe. She said the LGBT community faces risks of harm or even death from those who view the group as unnatural and an abomination...

HUMAN rights activist Erin Greene yesterday branded prominent pastor Dr Myles Munroe’s recent verbal attack on the LGBT community as a “hate speech” that may incite violence against law-abiding citizens who are gay or transgender.

Ms Greene told The Tribune yesterday that the Bahamas Faith Ministries International leader and author had, with his fierce condemnation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, created an environment where Bahamians no longer feel safe. She said the LGBT community faces risks of harm or even death from those who view the group as unnatural and an abomination...

 

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