A Christian student group at a Toronto university is in damage control after word of an anti-gay event they had planned this week spread across campus.
Earlier this week, Campus for Christ advertised on their website and e-mail list that a "Prayer for the Homosexual Community at York" would take place this Thursday. When LGBT students became aware of this event, they called for a counter-protest on campus at the same time.
In response, the Christian group cancelled their event and issued this clarification over e-mail:
You'd almost believe their "clarification" if it weren't for the magic of a browser cache, which reveals the actual intentions of their initial event callout quite plainly:
Even though the Campus for Christ event has been cancelled, queer students are still planning an anti-homophobia action. Check out the Facebook event here.
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Religious = mentally disabled.
Praying so that we may find Jesus. What a crock.
How sad....People who think that they mean well and are truly convinced that they are doing the "right thing."
Our hard hard work is never done - we can't let the ball drop!
For anyone reading this article who thinks that all Christians are homophobic and crazy, I'd like to mention that one of the groups who lodged a complaint against this event was a Christian group at York. I'm proudly part of the Student Christian Movement that is inclusive and grounded in progressive social justice issues.