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Minnesota Family Council removes claims gays engage in pedophilia, bestiality from website

The Minnesota Family Council, the lead proponent of a ballot initiative that would add a ban on same-sex marriage to the Minnesota Constitution, removed information from its website on Tuesday that said gays and lesbians engage in pedophilia and bestiality . The Family Council’s president Tom Prichard recently said that he hoped for a “respectful debate.” Opponents of the anti-gay marriage amendment seized on Prichard’s statements and the information on the website on Tuesday called on the Family Council to remove it. “We are sorry to hear that the Minnesota Family Council is talking about pedophilia and bestiality when referring to our neighbors, friends, coworkers and family members.

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The Minnesota Family Council, the lead proponent of a ballot initiative that would add a ban on same-sex marriage to the Minnesota Constitution, removed information from its website on Tuesday that said gays and lesbians engage in pedophilia and bestiality. The Family Council’s president Tom Prichard recently said that he hoped for a “respectful debate.” Opponents of the anti-gay marriage amendment seized on Prichard’s statements and the information on the website on Tuesday called on the Family Council to remove it.
“We are sorry to hear that the Minnesota Family Council is talking about pedophilia and bestiality when referring to our neighbors, friends, coworkers and family members. The Minnesota Family Council should remove this language from its website and its vocabulary,” said Minnesotans United for All Families spokesperson Donald McFarland in a statement. “The remarks on their website have no place in a statewide discussion about love, commitment and family. In Minnesota, we treat others as we would like to be treated.”
Among the statements in the documents, dubbed a “legislative manual” by the Family Council, were assertions that gays and lesbians eat human excrement, that gays and lesbians are more likely to be pedophiles and engage in bestiality, and that domestic partner benefits are a recruiting tool.
The Minnesota Family Council did not return a request for comment on Monday.
The “legislative manual” was available as 32 pdf files that covered topics including welfare, taxes, marriage and pornography. Below are the three files on homosexuality:
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