Post by The Lost One on Jun 15, 2017 17:55:58 GMT
Yes it was. He was asked repeatedly on public television to clarify his views, and despite doing his best to declare his passion as a Liberal Democrat about equality and equal LGTB rights and pointing out (correctly) that he was not obliged to make theological announcements, it clearly wasn't enough. He ended up being vilified on social media with various celebs crawling out of the woodwork to call him a fundamentalist Christian homophobe, intolerant, prejudiced, etc. And the guy didn't even say anything! I don't think the reaction could have been much different even if he said that homosexuality was deeply sinful and all gay people were going to burn in hell for eternity. And it was pretty obvious, I thought, that he doesn't think that.
If that's not a witch hunt, then what is?
Isn't that just politics though? If people have a position they're trying to hide the media tries to force it out of them. If people don't like that position, they vilify that politician for it. Again May and Corbyn hardly had an easier time of things in that regard. The idea that this is something that would only be done to Christianity-based views just doesn't add up.
For the record, I think Farron has no problem with lgbt rights and he was subject to some hysterical condemnation. But the idea that this is some anti-Christian witch hunt rather than the usual mud-slinging just doesn't ring true to me. I really don't think he'd be resigning now had his party done better in the election regardless of how many people were accusing him of being a homophobe.