The pastor who attacked Ellen DeGeneres
said Wednesday that he was “humbled” that the daytime talk host
responded to his claims that she “celebrates her lesbianism” and
books talent such as Taylor Swift to attract young girls.
Larry Tomczak made the allegations in a
Christian Post column titled Are You Aware of the Avalanche
of Gay Programming Assaulting Your Home?
“Ellen
DeGeneres celebrates
her lesbianism and 'marriage' in between appearances of guests like
Taylor Swift to attract young girls,” Tomczak wrote.
“Larry
I don't even know what it means to celebrate my lesbianism,”
DeGeneres
said during her monologue.
“Well, I guess I
do,” she confessed before firing off a party favor and screaming,
“I'm gay!”
In his new column,
Tomczak asks for “respect and civility” on the issue before
claiming that DeGeneres' marriage and her support for marriage
equality is harming society.
“So let me close
by submitting to you with charity and clarity that marriage is and
throughout history has always been the union of a man and a woman,
regardless of what the courts say and regardless of how much you and
Portia feel affection for each other,” he
wrote. “Here are just five of many reasons why gay 'marriage'
is morally wrong and cannot be called a righteous, authentic marital
union.”
Tomczak calls
marriage equality a “harmful arrangement wherein our most precious
entrustment, our children, are denied the love and nature of a father
and a mother who complement each other in a healthy family” that
“legitimizes a lifestyle replete with dangerous, at risk sexual
behavior such as HIV/AIDS and over 30 STDs that are endangering
lives, jeopardizing healthcare and impacting our economy.”