Anti-gay activist: gay TSA workers are ‘secretly getting turned on'
Wed. November 17, 2010 5:15 AM by GoPride.com News Staff
"His homophobic hate is so off off the rails, it's comical."
Chicago, IL -
The debate and uproar over airport full-body scans and pat-downs by the Transportation Security Administration continues to heat up, but one radical anti-gay activist has given the debate a new homophobic spin, saying gay TSA workers may become secretly "turned on" during a pat-down.
"Is it fair to travelers who may end up getting ‘groped' by homosexual TSA agents who are secretly getting turned on through the process," says Peter LaBarbera who heads the anti-gay group Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), based in west suburban Naperville.
In a press released designed to garner attention for his anti-gay group, LaBarbera raises the concern of male travelers getting "groped" by Barney Frank and female travelers getting a lesbian pat-down from Ellen DeGeneres.
"Yes, his homophobic hate is so off off the rails, it's comical, but LaBarbera's nearly 20-year obsession with "opposing the radical homosexual agenda and standing for God-ordained sexuality" causes lots of damage and heartache to members of the LGBT community," writes the ChatterBox.com website.
LaBarbera's group is labeled a "hate group" by the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, which works to fight discrimination, hate and bigotry.
The 47 year-old LaBarbera has a long history in Illinois' anti-gay movement. Prior to founding AFTAH, LaBarbera lead the Illinois Family Institute, a group that worked to get anti-gay referenda on the Illinois state ballot. In 2006, he resigned from the Illinois Family Institute and re-launched his anti-gay message as Americans For Truth About Homosexuality.
"Is it fair to travelers who may end up getting ‘groped' by homosexual TSA agents who are secretly getting turned on through the process," says Peter LaBarbera who heads the anti-gay group Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), based in west suburban Naperville.
In a press released designed to garner attention for his anti-gay group, LaBarbera raises the concern of male travelers getting "groped" by Barney Frank and female travelers getting a lesbian pat-down from Ellen DeGeneres.
"Yes, his homophobic hate is so off off the rails, it's comical, but LaBarbera's nearly 20-year obsession with "opposing the radical homosexual agenda and standing for God-ordained sexuality" causes lots of damage and heartache to members of the LGBT community," writes the ChatterBox.com website.
LaBarbera's group is labeled a "hate group" by the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, which works to fight discrimination, hate and bigotry.
The 47 year-old LaBarbera has a long history in Illinois' anti-gay movement. Prior to founding AFTAH, LaBarbera lead the Illinois Family Institute, a group that worked to get anti-gay referenda on the Illinois state ballot. In 2006, he resigned from the Illinois Family Institute and re-launched his anti-gay message as Americans For Truth About Homosexuality.