Reverend Peter Mullen’s apology: ‘Homosexual men and women among my dearest friends’
October 14th, 2008Posted by Judith Townend in Newspapers
In the latest (and possibly last) of the Reverend Mullen updates, the vicar apologises again over at his, no doubt more popular than usual, column in the Northern Echo. Some extracts:
- “I do believe The Evening Standard took my words out of context”
- “I number many homosexual men and women among my dearest friends”
- “What I do oppose – on the authority of the Christian faith – is the corrupting influence of the promotional parades of homosexuality by such as Gay Pride demonstrations.”
- “I was delighted to be so warmly welcomed at church last Sunday by the many homosexual people in my congregation.”
He quotes Sandy Toksvig as making the London Stock Exchange / buggery quip on the Radio 4 News Quiz, which I yesterday attributed to Rod Liddle in the Sunday Times… Maybe Liddle thought of it at exactly the same time as she did.
Tags: blogging, blogs, London Stock Exchange, northern echo, Peter Mullen, Rod Liddle, Sandy Toksvig
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