Some years ago the Impartial Reporter newspaper in Enniskillen played fast and loose with the truth when reporting on the LGBT lobby and my opposition to said lobby. One of their reporters who shall remain nameless and has risen to dizzy heights in the written media stated that I refused to speak with him about my anti-LGBT views and that I was “hiding behind my Bible” (or words to that effect). This was a blatant falsehood. He had never approached me for an interview.
When confronted, he deleted his hit piece.
It should come as no surprise that when my husband and I were approached last week in Enniskillen by a reporter from the “illustrious” Impartial Reporter as we stood at the Diamond in Enniskillen with a petition against the first ever “gay” pride parade which the LGBT lobby are planning to hold next year, we declined to speak with the “anything but impartial” Impartial Reporter! We made it clear to the reporter that we had past experience with his newspaper and had nothing to say to him.
He went ahead and wrote the predictable, inaccurate hit piece which is all we expect from that rag.
So here we go again setting the record straight.
The link below will take our readers to the article in question. Note the accompanying photos.
https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/23836484.protests-held-diamond-area-fermanagh-pride-2024-plans/?ref=socialflow
My husband and I can be seen with two police officers and I am holding our petition which reads as follows,
“NO Pride Parade in Enniskillen in 2024” the word “PETITION” is in capitals below these words.
The police were only there because we asked a young man nearby to phone them as we were being harassed by the group in the second photo (they are all saying “cheese” for the camera) but they were a hideous group of young deluded people.
The Police spoke to them and warned them about their behaviour. The police did not speak to us about “keeping proceedings civil”. This is laughable nonsense on the part of the newspaper!
The journalist wants to give the impression that I was alone in my protest. Not so! My husband was with me and can be seen sitting on the bench as he used a crutch and could not stand too long.
The journalist continues with his diatribe when he says that I believe divorce and rock music should be against the law. This is news to me. I do believe that homosexuality and abortion and adultery should be against the law but whilst I believe rock music is anarchic and harmful, I have never said it should be illegal and I am not against divorce when it is on Biblical grounds i.e in the case of adultery.
The journalist describes me as a “self-styled moral crusader who failed to get elected to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in 2015 after securing 166 votes…”
Wrong, wrong and wrong again!
I have never said I was a moral crusader. I did stand for election for the Council but the year was 2014 and I stood again for election in 2015 but that was a Westminster election not a Council election. I did receive 166 votes in that Westminster election.
Get your facts right Impartial Reporter!
The hit piece continues and portrays the rent a mob group who harassed us as reasonable, non-threatening and thoroughly nice. They were wicked. They had a makeshift sign that they held up before the police came and it wasn’t the one they are holding which reads “love your gay neighbour.” The sign they held up was disgusting and unrepeatable.
The motley crew gave the impression that we were silent and had nothing to say when they spoke to us. Far from being silent we clearly stated our reasons for opposing the forthcoming pride parade and indeed we have spoken with many people since commencing our petition and many have been supportive and encouraging and we have many signatures and intend to continue despite the hostility directed at us.
Any who want to sign our petition, please let us know in the form of a comment on our blog.
The Truth Shall Set You Free 