Reposted June 14th, 2013
Organizer of Gay Pageant Says Event Is Private
Jun 14, 2013
Yesterday the Association of Evangelical Churches and Evangelical
Missions from Orange Walk sent out a press release stating their
opposition against a gay pageant that was planned to be held on June 29th.
In the release the association claims the event violates the principles
and moral values of the majority of Orange Walk residents and at the
same time promotes the lifestyle of the homosexual community. We spoke
with the organizer of the event, Marcos, who told us that at no point
their agenda was to “pervert” the Orange Walk community.
ARTURO CANTUN REPORTING
MARCUS
“Well for now we are just basically standing back and
allowing the churches to do what they have to do; we don’t want a
conflict with the churches, we are not people to cause violence or
anything like that. This is just solely a private event and we will
keep it like that; all our guests are registered and we will give the
churches the opportunity to do what they have to do and when they are
done, we will just continue with our private event..”
ARTURO
“Are you guys are planning on moving the event from that place to go somewhere more private?”
MARCUS
“We are still meeting with our partners at this moment but
that is a possibility. We don’t want to be confrontational with any of
the church members and also the safety of my guests and the people
attending, that is very important to us. So, for that reason we are
thinking about making some changes from the current location.”
ARTURO
“This not the first time you guys are holding this type of
event; now they are calling it a homosexual pageant how you would
describe it?”
MARCUS
“I would describe it as an entertainment for people of our
interest; there is no way possible that our agenda is to pervert the
society. All the guests that are attending are people of our kind;
people that share similar interest and it is not a public event and it
is very private and positive, for that matter. So, our intension is
just simply entertainment for our group and people of our kind.”
ARTURO
“You are saying, ‘people of our kind’ what do you mean by that?”
MARCUS
“Well by that I mean the LGBT; the gays, bisexual and stuff like that; people that share similar interest.”
The organizers have postponed the event and are planning to move the venue for the pageant.
Source:http://lovefm.com/local_news.php?item=2023