Trestin Meacham, the Salt Lake City man
who went on a hunger strike to stop gay marriage in Utah, has
declared himself a lifetime opponent of the “homosexual movement.”
The day after a federal judge's
December 20 ruling struck down Utah's constitutional amendment
limiting marriage to heterosexual unions, Meacham jumped into action
and stopped eating.
“You can start a blog and you can
complain on social networks until you're blue in the face and nothing
will happen but actions speak louder than words and I'm taking
action,” Meacham, 35, told ABC affiliate 4 Utah of his hunger
strike, which he ended after the Supreme Court granted a stay in the
ruling.
“Let's be clear about something,”
Meacham
wrote on Facebook, “my mission, my purpose in life is to stand
against the homosexual movement. Not to persecute or hate gay
individuals, but to stand against and defeat the homosexual
movement.”
“I will never stop, as long as I draw
breath,” he added. “I will stand against them when they attack
the churches. I will stand against them when they attack
individuals. I will stand against them in my old age. I will stand
against them in sickness and health. They can kill my body, but my
spirit will never submit to their tyranny. I will expose their hate
and rage. I will expose their persecution of religion. And I will
expose their hidden plans. This secret combination has made a
powerful foe. This is only the beginning!”