State Witness Against Gay Adoption: Homosexuals Are Going To Hell

Anti-gay protesters heckle marchers in the Gay Pride Parade along Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 25, 1990 in New York. About 200,000 people marched in the 21st annual gay and lesbian parade in Manhattan demanding bette... Anti-gay protesters heckle marchers in the Gay Pride Parade along Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 25, 1990 in New York. About 200,000 people marched in the 21st annual gay and lesbian parade in Manhattan demanding better AIDS treatment and civil rights. (AP Photo/David A. Cantor) MORE LESS
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A witness appearing on behalf of the state of Michigan in a trial over the state’s gay marriage and adoption bans testified Thursday that gay people were going to hell, the Detroit News reported.

The witness, Douglas Allen, had authored the report “More Heat Than Light: A Critical Assessment of the Gay Parenting Literature, 1995-2010.” He criticized the earlier testimony of a Stanford sociologist whose research had concluded that gay parents had no adverse effects on children.

When he was asked by the plaintiff’s attorney if he thought gay people were eternally damned, Allen replied: “Not repentant? Yes.”

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