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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMissouri GOP candidate for governor: I was gay until ‘religious experience’ saved me
Republican Missouri state senator threw his hat into the ring on Monday, announcing his run for the governorship by citing among other things his 23 years as a strong supporter of traditional marriage.
According to the Riverfront Times, what State Senator Bob Dixon didnt mention at his press conference was that he lived his life as a gay man for five years before having a religious experience in October, 1988.
Dixon had previously discussed his earlier sexual orientation at a Springfield city council meeting in 1991 without describing the specifics of the religious experience that set him off on a different path. Since that time he has married a woman, had three kids and served as a Missouri lawmaker for 15 years.
It is my faith in God that helps me to daily set the compass, Dixon said during his announcement. I hope the people of Missouri will accept my record of service as a reflection of my faith in the Almighty, because that frankly is at the core of what I do.
According to Dixons mother, Jean Dixon , she waged a battle as a lawmaker against Missouri State Universitys 1989 production of the AIDS drama The Normal Heart in part because of her sons homosexuality.
Dixon said her son attempted suicide prior to his gay conversion, while admitting that for her it was difficult to accept his homosexual lifestyle.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/missouri-gop-candidate-for-governor-i-was-gay-until-religious-experience-saved-me/
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)"religious experience."
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Oh, I guess this makes him qualified for any office.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)RandySF
(59,541 posts)Something bad is going to happen if he keeps going down this path.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I suspect this character is so deep in the closet of denial he's finding last year's xmas presents.
So where was your skydaddy when Sandra Bland was murdered? Or when all those people in Louisiana were killed?