{"id":1047588,"date":"2024-09-04T20:22:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T00:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1047588"},"modified":"2024-09-04T20:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T00:22:42","slug":"icymi-jd-vance-cozies-up-to-anti-gay-anti-choice-pastor-with-history-of-hateful-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-jd-vance-cozies-up-to-anti-gay-anti-choice-pastor-with-history-of-hateful-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: JD Vance Cozies Up To \u201cAnti-Gay,\u201d Anti-Choice Pastor With History of Hateful Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201c&#8230;lead pastor, Ryan Visconti, has a history of anti-gay comments on social media\u2026.Visconti wrote that in order for \u2018America to be \u2018great again,\u2019 we need to go back to opposing the abomination of gay mirage [sic] &amp; abortion as we did before.\u2019 A separate post from the fall of 2023 features Visconti saying that in \u2018God\u2019s eyes, there\u2019s no such thing as \u2018gay marriage,\u2019 and argued in a lengthy thread posted earlier that year that \u2018God wants homosexuals to repent and change.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/live-blog\/harris-trump-election-live-updates-rcna169374\/rcrd53925?canonicalCard=true\"><strong>NBC News<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Vance to speak at event hosted in part by pastor with history of homophobic remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Alec Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As Vance heads out west through the weekend for a mix of campaigning and fundraising, his first stop of the multi-day swing features remarks with conservative media personality Charlie Kirk as a part of Turning Point Action\u2019s \u201cChase the Vote at the Church\u201d event.\u00a0<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The gathering is set to take place at the Generation Church in Mesa, Arizona, where <strong>lead pastor, Ryan Visconti, has a history of anti-gay comments on social media.<\/strong>\u00a0<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In one post on his X account from July of this year, <strong>Visconti wrote that in order for \u201cAmerica to be \u2018great again,\u2019 we need to go back to opposing the abomination of gay mirage [sic] &amp; abortion as we did before.\u201d<\/strong> A separate post from the fall of 2023 features Visconti saying that <strong>in \u201cGod\u2019s eyes, there\u2019s no such thing as \u2018gay marriage,\u2019 and argued in a lengthy thread posted earlier that year that \u201cGod wants homosexuals to repent and change.\u201d<\/strong><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a post on Instagram last week, <strong>Visconti wrote that he is \u201chonored\u201d to host Vance as a part of the Turning Point event.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201c&#8230;lead pastor, Ryan Visconti, has a history of anti-gay comments on social media\u2026.Visconti wrote that in order for \u2018America to be \u2018great again,\u2019 we need to go back to opposing the abomination of gay mirage [sic] &amp; abortion as we did before.\u2019 A separate post from the fall of 2023 features Visconti saying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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