Congressman Tied to Anti-Gay Groups Scheduled to Speak at 'Kill the Gays' Pastor's Conference

A Republican U.S. Congressman from Louisiana is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at a Bible conference hosted by infamous "Kill the Gays" Pastor Kevin Swanson. Swanson made headlines in 2015 for saying gay people should be put to death.

As Right Wing Watch has reported, Swanson has called HIV/AIDS, "God’s retribution," and "defended Uganda’s kill-the-gays bill, warned that the Girl Scouts, women’s soccer and movies like 'Frozen' turn girls into lesbians, and accused gay people of causing devastating floods and hurricanes."

Freshman U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) in August will deliver a speech titled "The Bible: Equipping the Man of God for Politics and the Culture War," at Swanson's Bible Family Conference, according to the current schedule. Johnson has ties to at least two anti-gay hate groups: the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Family Research Council.

Rep. Johnson was a senior attorney and national media spokesman for the Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-gay hate group that has brought a high-profile case claiming oppression of a Christian cake baker before the U.S. Supreme Court. Ironically, despite agreeing to speak at Swanson's conference, Rep. Johnson authored a "Commitment to Civility," signed by 53 members of Congress.

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