Brian McNaught - Debates Anita Bryant Ministries - John Hasen "ex-gay" Part 3/4

Brian McNaught Interview on "To The Point" a TV show in Miami, FL in 1970's. The interview is with Brian McNaught and John Hansen (Director of Ex-Gay Seminars - Anita Bryant Ministries). The program was host by Shirley Peters and Shirley Spellerberg.

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Education

Tags:

• ex-gay
• Anita Bryant
• the Bible
• homosexuality
• LGBT

[pantomime1000]

Gustavo Gutierez of Peru repented of his errors and in his old age became a Dominican friar and lived in a convent. Did you know that? Your obduracy, Brian, has blinded your perception. Please see the light. Speak for yourself! Do not speak for the Holy Roman Catholic Church. John Hansen is more Catholic in outlook. Shame on you, renouncing your faith just because you are not willing to renounce your being queer!

[bmcnaught]

@pantomime1000 Obduracy means "hard-hearted," anonymous "Pantomime." Given all of the messages you're leaving for me tonight in which you say I disgust you, and then you call me "queer" suggests that you are the hard-hearted person, despite your claims that you are a follower of Jesus. Are you sure that you have read the life of Christ?

[rejoin]

what became of john hansen? is he actually still an ex gay?

[bmcnaught]

@rejoin I don't know what became of John. I hope he found happiness in his life in whatever form it took.

[Kharisma1980]

Brian,

Thanks for being a liberation theologian. Though I think I would rather choose the Bible against tradition (the Bible tends to be more liberating), tradition, reason, Bible, and experience (if experience can even be a separate category) are all important. Starting with experience cannot be all bad - after all, we affirm the Incarnation of Christ! We always start with experience, and we always want our lives to be transparent to the Spirit. Thank you for your dignity and passion. - Rob

[bmcnaught]

@Kharisma1980 Thanks Rob for your great feedback. If our spirituality doesn't reflect our experiences then it can't guides us to self-actualization, can it.

[markiemarku69]

Catholics and christians suck! Follow your own laws before enforcing them on others...

[rudeboiii92570]

People are to intence... relax, doesn't matter what happened then. What matters is what's happening now

[isakechaos]

@pantomime1000 Anita Bryants life is in SHAMBLES because of her anti gay position, Her husband ending up divorcing her, she was dropped as spokesperson for the orange juice company she worked with, she STOPPED singing. She failed and was driven out of the public eye and became a hermit and she deserved it. She cant help anyone because she cant help herself

[myladyschild]

John Hason makes more sense

[RodTalon00]

John Hansen is EVIL... but there's no info about him today... what happened to him?

[MIKECNW]

Wonder what was with the fade out?

[pantomime1000]

Brian, man up! Correct your disorder. Meet beautiful women and you can find one who will make you a real man that you should. Look at John Hanson. You should imitate him! Go to Anita Bryant and after meeting her and hearing her sing I'm sure you will man up. Follow God's design. Read the Bible. With your hardness of heart, your obduracy has already put you out of the fold of the Holy Mother the Church.

[Hrugnir]

Wow. I don't know if things have changed immensely in the collective knowledge of Fundamentalists in the US, but I've never heard someone claim that "we have the first copy of every book of the Bible" before... That's just not true, lol. The earliest fragment (P52) is still about 20-30 years from the original Gospel, and that's still only parts of it.

I admire your patience, McNaught...