An “ex-gay” activist has chided
celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres and Anderson Cooper for making it
difficult for the “ex-gay” community to get across its message
that being gay is a choice.
Janet Boynes, who has close ties to
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, claimed Thursday on The Steve
Deace Show that Satan and celebrities are working against her
“ex-gay” activism.
(Related: Michele
Bachmann doesn't deny her clinic attempts to “cure” gay people.)
“There's a spiritual conflict that is
waging war around all of us and it's a battle between forces, you've
got good and evil and you've got light and darkness,” Boynes
said. “You have to believe that it's affecting my generation,
it's affecting our future and it's affecting everybody all around the
world whether you believe in same-sex marriage, homosexuality or you
don't believe in it.”
“The enemy knows who we are and that
we all are destined to greatness, and I pose a threat, those of us
who have left this life and have walked out successfully – for me
it’s been sixteen years – I pose a threat to his game plan so I
always say the devil should've killed me when he had the chance and
I’m a force to be reckoned with.”
“However, it doesn't make it easy for
those of us who left that life, because we have people like Ellen
DeGeneres – who I love, and watch her show – Anderson Cooper,
Rachel Maddow, Don Lemon, now Robin Roberts. All great journalists,
but using their platform to change a culture. … You know all these
large TV shows, you got Oprah, they're all spreading the filth that
homosexuality is not only relevant for today but these men and women
were born that way, and that's not so,” she added.
Of course, all of the celebrities
mentioned with the exception of Oprah Winfrey are openly gay and
simply sharing their own personal experiences, while Boynes is
attempting to run a business off the backs of those uncertain of
their own sexual orientation.