Spokesman Says Scientologists Aren’t Anti-Gay
The Church of Scientology is responding to claims that the religion is anti-gay, an allegation made by “Crash†director Paul Haggis, who is publicly denouncing the church’s practices. “I don’t want any misunderstanding,†said Tommy Davis, a spokesperson for Scientology. “The church supports civil rights for everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, race, color or creed. We are a minority, too; we understand what it’s like to be persecuted, so to the extent that anything prohibits or inhibits on civil rights, we don’t agree with it.†This sounds quite different from claims Haggis made in a letter he wrote to Davis, which opened with the following paragraph: “As you know, for ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego. Their public sponsorship of Proposition 8, a hate-filled legislation that succeeded in taking away the civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens of California — rights that were granted them by the Supreme Court of our state — shames us.â€
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“Their public sponsorship of Proposition 8…”
one more reason to stay far, far away from this dangerous cult.
samthor, you did not read the article. Why?
I think you WANT Scientology to be anti-gay. For having some minority to bash on. Otherwise your spin does not make sense. Scientology couldn’t care less if you share your bed with another woman or man. Ask a Scientologist.
Or read up on it:
Is Scientology against homosexuality? Are there gay Scientologists?
There was some early writings that appeared to be “anti-gay”, stating that homosexuality was covertly hostile. But one must look at that in the context of the times. In the 1940s – 1950s most people in western countries did consider homosexuality to be a mental or even physical illness.
I do not have any knowledge or evidence of anti-homosexual actions taken by the church at any point, other than the few writings on the subject. It was pretty much left alone for many years.
Then in 1967 Hubbard issued a policy which reads, in part, “It has never been any part of my plans to regulate or to attempt to regulate the private lives of individuals. Whenever this has occurred, it has not resulted in any improved condition…
Therefore all former rules, regulations and polices relating to the sexual activities of Scientologists are canceled.”
Hubbard later released a book about ethical behavior that was silent on the subject of homosexuality, and offered a gender-neutral ethical guidelines about being faithful to one’s partner and avoiding promiscuity.
The Church of Scientology is a leading proponent for human rights for all people of earth as can be seen by their campaigns with Youth for Human Rights and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
In October 2009 a spokesperson of the Church of Scientology International put it this way:
“The church supports civil rights for everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, race, color or creed. We are a minority, too; we understand what it’s like to be persecuted, so to the extent that anything prohibits or inhibits on civil rights, we don’t agree with it.†(MSNBC, 28 October 2009)
(this is from scientologymyths dot info)