Pastor Chen Yu-chuan (陳宇全):
"The annual gay parade was first held in 2003 with only 500 people, but the number of participants grew to 18,000 last year. Don't you think that's horrible?”
“The gay parade last year was the biggest in Asia and may become the biggest in the world in the future. Would you want to see the downfall of Taiwan?”
Pastor Peter Chu (朱植森):
"Sexual relations between two men or two women was against human nature and could bring disaster. We're worried that God may bring destruction upon Taiwan and everyone who lives here, just as he did to Sodom and Gomorrah,”
A woman surnamed Lin (林):
"gay marriages would only create “incomplete families” that would give their children “twisted values.” “Suppose that two women get married and raise a child together — who should be called mother?"
A gay rights activist Wang Hao-chung (王灝中):
“We don't think that the Bible prohibits homosexuality, it's just a matter of how you interpret it,” “Jesus teaches us to love and not to judge. It's unfortunate that church organizations are so eager to judge gays and hold activities that will only fuel hatred,”
Pastor Peter Chu (朱植森): (The activists then sent a copy of their statement to Chu, who debated with the activists as he accepted the statement.)
“The church does not promote hatred and does not hate gays. We welcome them with our arms wide open.”
“We welcome gays, just as we would welcome murderers, rapists and robbers in the church.”
“We have nothing against gays; we just hope they would correct their incorrect sexual behavior,”
A Young Man taking part in the anti-gay parade:
“Gays are just not human.”Priceless. Just goes to show. No matter how tolerant and liberal we think we are, there will always be a market for intolerance, suspicion, fear and superstition. For the life of me I just can't imagine how these 'Christians' logically arrive at the conclusion that another person's private sexuality will somehow invoke the wrath of God following which he/she/it will verily smite the Taiwanese with all his/her/its fury and anger. Maybe it goes something like this:
"A typhoon is an act of God. Typhoon Morakot was unusually severe in its effects. Taiwan must have been punished because the Taiwanese made god unhappy. A falling birth rate results from greater homosexuality which is a lifestyle choice not a biological fact. Homosexuals are causing our schools to close, women to marry foreigners or not get married and debasing our military and making it impotent. Homosexuals also more easily spread disease which is why H5N1, H1N1, and SARS afflicted Taiwan - the nation is weak because people are engaging in debauchery against nature. Daruwan is angry. If we shame homosexuals into being straight we can save souls and save the future of Taiwan."
As the old saying goes: When the economy's hurting, minorities are the first to feel the pain.
