London’s mayor has axed an ad campaign spearheaded by two conservative Christian groups because their ads suggest homosexuality is a disease that can be cured through prayer. The groups, Core Issues Trust and Anglican Mainstream, made posters reading “Not gay! Ex-gay, post-gay and proud. Get over it!” and had planned to plaster them on the sides of London’s iconic double-decker red buses.
The slogan mimicked a recent drive by the gay rights group Stonewall, which used the line, “Some people are gay. Get over it.”
The Christian groups’ campaign had been scheduled to cover the sides of buses for two weeks starting April 16.
But the British capital’s mayor, Boris Johnson, stepped in to ban it.
“It is clearly offensive to suggest being gay is an illness someone recovers from,” the mayor said.
“And I am not prepared to have that suggestion driven around London on our buses.” Core Issues and Anglican Mainstream both fund “reparative therapy” for gay men and lesbians to “cure” them of homosexuality.
(RNS)
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