Anti-gay adverts pulled from bus campaign by Boris Johnson

15 April 2012

The mayor of London intervened to stop an advertisement just  days before the posters would appear on London buses. The advertisement was booked by two conservative Anglican groups and the message on the posters says that gay people can be converted to heterosexuality. This campaign was a reaction to the gay rights group who are running an advertisement on London buses for their lobby for the extension of marriage to gay couples.

The Christian group told they went to the proper channels for this advert and had been cleared to run it and think this is censorship. Others say that the advert is cruel and can damage people who are struggling with their sexuality. 

I think it is a good decision that the mayor stopped the advertisement of the Anglican organizations. Homosexuality is not a disease that can be cured, in fact it is not a disease at all. It is an insult that people still think this way, they are narrow minded and they do not adjust to modern times. They feed other narrow minded people with hate, prejudice and discriminate. They should use their energy for something positive like preventing animal cruelty or pollution. I hope that people who are struggling with their sexuality are protected by forbidding this advert.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/12/anti-gay-adverts-boris-johnson