Rev. Jim Garlow, who currently heads
the Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, California, says
African-Americans are to thank for saving America from the bondage of
gay marriage.
Garlow made his comments to Dr. James
Dobson, the founder of the Christian conservative group Focus on the
Family. Last year, Dobson launched Family Talk with Dr. James
Dobson. The radio show airs on over 300 stations nationwide.
“Isn't it interesting that the
African-Americans that were brought here against their will,
coercively, in bondage, in chains, in a horrific experience called
slavery,” Garlow told his host. “They were forced here and they
end up being in state by state many cases, what has saved us from the
bondage and enslavement that would come upon us if gay marriage
actually passed in a state. California being a prime example where
the African-Americans saved us from the bondage we would have faced.”
(The audio is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
In 2008, Garlow and Dobson urged
California voters to approve Proposition 8, the state's gay marriage
ban, participating
in a twelve-hour prayer and fasting session held in San Diego's
Qualcomm Stadium.