Homophobic Trump Faith Adviser Asked to Stay Away from Israel During LGBT Event
Pastor Jim Garlow, a leading anti-gay campaigner and a member of President Donald Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board, has been asked to skip a Bible study event at Israel’s parliament over concerns his visit could clash with an annual LGBT event.
Garlow, a San Diego mega-church pastor, is currently in Israel on a trip organized by the country’s tourism ministry.
But according to Haaretz, he has been urged to stay away from a religious education event at the Knesset because it takes place on the same day as Israeli lawmakers’ celebration of the LGBT community.
Ten years ago the pastor at the Skyline Church in La Mesa, California, played a central role in bringing conservatives behind Proposition 8—a proposed ban on gay marriage that was later overturned by the courts.
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