Ex-gay Protest of Gay Games Comes to an End
With the culmination of the Gay Games VII in Chicago, so too ends the protest led by IFI’s LaBarbera and his crew of less-than-reputable ex-gays. Although there was a full schedule of protest planned throughout the Gaymes, very little was reported in the press; even the religious press did not seem to much notice IFI’s efforts.
The Chicago Tribune, in its article about the closing ceremonies, did mention the following:
Some people traveled hundreds of miles to protest the Games, but they seemed to have little impact on participants. The Illinois Family Institute staged a week of lectures in a downtown hotel to state their case that homosexuality is immoral, but few people attended , Executive Director Peter LaBarbera said.
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Elsewhere LaBarbera called the Gaymes a “flop” but this does not seem to be a sentiment shared by many others.
Other than IFI’s press releases, the ex-gays did not seem to get any notice at all.
Sounds to me that it was LaBarbera’s nonsense that was a flop. I haven’t seen anything about their little Steamworks escapade – maybe it was moved indoors. . .hahaha.
Perfect. Absolutely perfect. I’m glad these idiots didn’t wreck the fun for anyone else there.
I found this article on the IFI’s planned event at Steamworks. Looks like they either ‘got all washed up’ or ‘ran out of Steam’.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=12176