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Northern Ireland Church leader calls Boyzone's message of gay equality 'deadly'
"The message of the Boyzone video is yet another subtle effort of the homosexual propaganda machine"
The minister of Dromore Reformed Presbyterian Church has accused pop group Boyzone of spreading a "deadly message" by including a same-sex love interest in their latest video.
'Better' shows Stephen Gately - who came out in 1999 - getting up close and not that particularly saucy with another man, alongside his bandmates who are shown doing the same with women. This, according to the Reverend David McCullough, is heinous.
Choosing the bigot's cliché du jour, McCollough cites that apparently ubiquitous "homosexual propaganda machine" as doing its dirty work.
Writing in the Dromore Leader, he warned of the homosexualy lobby getting its mitts on the youth of today and corrupting their young minds.
"The latest Boyzone video that accompanies their newly-released single Better is far from good."
"The romantic words and touching melody are accompanied by a video that features two young men staring into one another's eyes, holding hands, caressing one another's faces and at one point one man nuzzling his nose against the other man's cheek.
"The video was the united decision of the group in support of band member Stephen Gately who 'came out' in 1999.
"The message of the Boyzone video is yet another subtle effort of the homosexual propaganda machine. This video, that will be watched by millions, is sending out a deadly message to young people.
"It is stating that homosexuality is simply another norm. The video very cleverly interweaves softly lighted, black and white images of heterosexual couples with a homosexual couple.
"The message is plain and the often repeated drum beating of the homosexual lobby that says that homosexuality is a normal lifestyle.
"The message from the God, who has made us, is very different."
Read a fruitier version of this story here, or the original rant here.
