A far-right pastor and conspiracy theorist has claimed that more Christian children are identifying as gay because of a “demonic spirit that comes after our seed.”Televangelist and mega-church pastor Kent Christmas, who helped spread the lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election, made the claim during a recent sermon in front of thousands of followers. “We’re not gonna tell ’em they’re going to hell, we’re not gonna tell ’em they’re scum. “We’re going to put them on our platform to sing that our God is an awesome God. Related: Minnesota becomes 21st state to ban conversion therapyResearch has found that conversion therapy more than doubles the risk of suicidal ideation among gay and bisexual adults, while transgender people subjected to conversion therapy as children are four times more likely to attempt suicide. Christmas then falsely claimed that Trump won re-election in 2020 “by about 80 million votes.” (Trump lost by more than seven million votes to President Joe Biden.)

Source: MetroXpress September 27, 2021 11:48 UTC