Freedom Writer - March 1996 New video targets Pat's gay-bashing By Paula Xanthopoulou Mel

Freedom Writer - March 1996

New video targets Pat's gay-bashing

By Paula Xanthopoulou

Mel White, you'll remember, is Pat Robertson's former 
ghostwriter. For many years he fought against his sexual 
orientation in order to please, he believed, God. When 
he finally came to terms with being a gay Christian, 
he came out to his family, friends, and former clients. 
Of course, Pat Robertson, D. James Kennedy, and Oliver 
North never spoke to him again. 

Pat Robertson couldn't care less about homosexuals...except 
where the issue can be exploited to create fear and 
raise money for his Christian Broadcasting Network. 
Last year, Mel White tried very hard to meet with Robertson 
to ask him to tone down his rhetoric. To make a long 
story short, he showed up at Pat's doorstep in Virginia 
Beach and was arrested for trespassing. He served twenty-three 
days in jail, fasting and waiting for his former boss. 
When Pat showed up for a brief meeting, he agreed to 
renounce violence against homosexuals on "The 700 Club." 
He did that on March 10, 1995, but under duress.

Nothing changed after that. Mel White and others have 
 monitored every "700 Club" broadcast since that day, 
and Pat Robertson's campaign against lesbian and gay 
Americans continues — along with the fundraising. So 
White has now put together a 35-minute tape of "700 
Club" excerpts called "Pat Robertson's Anti-Homosexual 
Campaign: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of Intolerance." 
He wants everybody to see for himself.

Anyone interested in receiving a free copy of the tape 
should contact Mel by mail at P.O. Box 609, Ennis, 
TX. 75120, by fax at (214) 875-4858, or by e-mail at 
[ref001]revmel@aol.com. 

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