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TexasTowelie

(112,099 posts)
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 05:56 AM Aug 2019

Follow-up: Cyprus Launches Hate Speech Probe of Bishop Who Said Gays Come from Pregnant Women Who

Cyprus Launches Hate Speech Probe of Bishop Who Said Gays Come from Pregnant Women Who Enjoy Anal Sex


A Cypriot bishop who claimed that gay people are created in the womb if a man performs anal sex on a straight pregnant woman and she enjoys it is under investigation by Cyprus police for hate speech.

The Most Reverend Metropolitan Neophytos of Morfou of the Church of Cyprus made the remarks in a speech to a group of people in Akaki. His remarks were confirmed by the Cypriot LGBTQ rights group Accept.

Said the bishop: “Homosexuality is usually a problem transferred to a fetus, when a pregnant woman has anal sex and enjoys it. It happens during the parent’s intercourse or pregnancy. It follows an abnormal sexual act between the parents. To be more clear, anal sex.”

The bishop claimed that when the woman enjoys anal sex, “a desire is created, which is then transmitted to the unborn child.”

The bishop later defended his statements after they went viral: “I expressed the position of the Church and the position of the saints.”

Read more: https://www.towleroad.com/2019/08/cyprus-hate-speech-bishop/

Earlier thread: https://www.democraticunderground.com/113752854
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Follow-up: Cyprus Launches Hate Speech Probe of Bishop Who Said Gays Come from Pregnant Women Who (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2019 OP
Which Saints? rpannier Aug 2019 #1
So if you're an idiot and you need work, join the Church of Cyprus. LuvNewcastle Aug 2019 #2

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
1. Which Saints?
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 06:20 AM
Aug 2019

I looked it up and couldn't find any

Two great respnses

"So, father, if the woman does oral, will the child become a dentist?"

“The problem is not this ignoramus, the tragic problem is that there are thousands who believe him.”

LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)
2. So if you're an idiot and you need work, join the Church of Cyprus.
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 10:25 AM
Aug 2019

They'll make you a bishop, and that sure as hell beats working for a living.

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