Fox News anchor Bret Baier, in an email shared today by anti-gay Peter LaBarbera, explained exactly why he cancelled his speech at the upcoming anti-gay Legatus Conference:
I am a lifelong mass attending Catholic – I’m a lector at my parish. I consider myself to be in line with my Church on most things. This isn’t about me.. but, describing homosexuality as a ‘disorder’ and talking about ways to ‘cure’ people from it – does not seem to line up with the loving, accepting Church that I know. Nor does it match up with how Pope Francis has talked about the issue recently.
I couldn’t speak because of that – I don’t wish the group any harm, but after Gary Sinise pulled out.. as a newsman, Fox agreed that I could not be surrounded by that controversy… as much as I would have loved to have talked about my book, my faith, and my son’s battle with congenital heart disease.
Frustrated gay quisling, Robert Oscar Lopez, writes this for American Thinker today:
“Brett Baier and Gary Sinise were scheduled to deliver talks at a conference of Legatus. This is an association of Roman Catholic businessmen. Upon the provocation of ‘Good as You,’ a blog run by a catty gossip-hound and character assassin named Jeremy Hooper, Baier and Sinise withdrew from the conference.
“Despite all the drama-queenery, their pretext for pulling out of the event is laughable. Neither of them was expected to speak about homosexuality or endorse a view on the ‘born gay’ controversy. Legatus does many things other than argue with the gay lobby. The crux of the faux outrage rested on one other speaker, who is same-sex-attracted but Catholic and chooses not to have gay sex. Honestly, who cares?
“Does everyone who is same-sex-attracted have to engage in gay sex and announce as much at any gathering where one such person might be present? It seems pretty obvious that men who have sex with men are targeting a man who is attracted to men because the latter doesn’t do what the former tells him to do. Who appointed Jeremy Hooper the Grand Master of Gay? What about staying out of gay people’s bedrooms, including people who choose not to have gay sex in their bedrooms?”
As Jeremy Hooper recently pointed out over at Good As You, Gary Sinise and Fox News anchor Bret Baier were recently announced to speak at a “summit” for a group that regards being gay as a “disorder” that can be cured.
Apparently, neither Sinise nor Baier were aware of the controversial stance until now.
From the Legatus website:
“It’s impossible to see homosexual unions as being in line with God’s intentions for marriage since the product of intercourse is not fruitful,” the group explains on its website. “Along with masturbation, fornication, and adultery, homosexuality is a selfish act that cannot fulfill the divinely ordained purpose of the reproductive powers.”
“The Church encourages people who suffer from the disorder of same-sex attraction to live a chaste and celibate life,” the group’s magazine continues.
A 2011 article in Legatus insisted that LGBT people could be cured.
“There are many reasons why people suffer from SSA disorder,” Legate John Haas wrote. “Fortunately there is hope for those who suffer from the disorder. The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality reports that significant numbers of homosexual persons have undergone treatment and had their sexual drives properly ordered.”
Gary Sinise announced his withdrawal on his website:
“For me, faith has been a catalyst for my mission to honor the men and women who serve in our nation’s military,” the statement noted. “When I accepted the invitation to speak at the Legatus conference about Veterans issues and share my story, I was unaware of the controversy surrounding some of the participants, and their views on personal matters.”
“I don’t want my mission—which is designed to be unifying—to be disrupted by these, or any controversies, and therefore have decided to withdraw.”
Fox News issued this statement on behalf of Bret Baier to Raw Story:
“Bret Baier has withdrawn his participation as a speaker at the upcoming Legatus Summit due to the controversy surrounding some editorial stances in the organization’s magazine,” a statement from Fox News said. “Bret accepted the invitation to speak about his book, his faith, and his son’s congenital heart disease. He was unaware of these articles or the controversy surrounding them.”
