Anti gay-bullying leader defends Bible slurs, has history of insults
Sex advice columnist, journalist, and newspaper editor Dan Savage. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Dan Savage , leader of the “ It Gets Better Project ” against gay bullying in schools, has defended portions of a speech in which he was caught on video castigating the Bible and calling Christians in the audience “pansy-assed.” The columnist backed off the latter but defended calling the Bible “fulls*** [full of sh**],” saying the statements were “spun” as an attack on Christianity. In a video recently published online , Savage is seen at a Seattle young journalist conference deriding the teachings of the Bible on sexuality as “bulls***” and harassing teens who left the room in protest. “It’s funny to someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the Bible how pansy-assed people react when you push back,” he said. A teacher present at the event told CNN that Savage’s speech “took a real dark, hostile turn,” and was received by the audience as “a very po...