MR. GAY SA LAYS BILLBOARD COMPLAINT WITH SAHRC
Lance Weyer, Mr. Gay South Africa, has laid a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) over a billboard promoting a spiritual gay ‘cure’.
The Pretoria billboard for the Light of the Nations church equates homosexuality with a number of social ills, such as depression and drug and alcohol abuse, and claims that these can be ‘cured’ through the Christian faith.
Two members of the public, Francois Joubert and his husband Werner Nieuwoudt, first brought attention to the advert by laying a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority.
In his complaint to the SAHRC, Weyer, who is also a DA councillor in the Buffalo City municipality, says that the billboard is “offensive, dishonest and misleading”.
He cites the Constitution’s Bill of Rights which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and also refers to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, which bars publishing words that have the intention to “be hurtful, be harmful or to incite harm, [or] promote or propagate hatred” when it comes to areas including sexual orientation.
“One of the main reasons we have so much violence against LGBTI people in South Africa is that community leaders and churches spread hate in ways like this, and when this happens the SAHRC should step in,” Weyer told Mambaonline.
“People cannot be allowed to trample all over the Bill of Rights,” he added.
round of applause to you weyer !!! mr big talk no action!!! sit on your pedestal and judge everyone but yourself !!!
If this is not action what is? What have you done for the LGBTI community bigtalk (your name suits you well)
once again ‘echo from thousands of like minded , intelligent gay men..where has Lance queerboy been during the memorials of the crime victims.he and cukkoos time of a monopoly rep of gays is over…and btw …alot more can be proven about bigtalk …i rest my case.
Well done
I wonder if the pastor has actually met a gay man when he says, “Forget the limp-wristed action. We don’t even know what mauve is. We like cars, bikes, planes, guns. We are manly men.” I know of at least 6 gay men who have and ride bikes not to mention the cars they drive – and a few more that enjoy the odd braai, sports and other so called manly activities.
He Lance would not have even known about this should he not have gotten it from a Facebook page, He is now trying to save face, Before Lance sent in his letter, Several others were sent and received and replied to. STOP trying now Lance it is pathetic, Just like your controller
But at least he took it further. More than what you can say?! If we the community do not support him and bring stuff like this to his attention, how is he supposed to know about it? SO PLEASE STOP FIGHTING AND WORK TOGETHER!
Well done Lance. Thank you
Thank you Lance!
oh deAr Lance we thank you your royal fagness !!!! , you and the ‘kukkuk’ clan.
its actually quite alarming how you’re now copying and pasting everything onto your wall.. next you’ll be mr gay facebook.!!! weirdos !!!
For the love of God guys who give a shit when n where Lance got the news!! Ur fighting the the wrong gay. The closet case pastor n his lesbian “wife” r the real problems here lets focus on them. Well done Lance for DOING something, which is more than I can say for the trash talkers. Hopefully this billboard will be removed soon.
intelligent comment from the peanut gallery…..its people like u who deserve to along side lance n kukkuk to hv their heads flushed clean in a toilet…!!!
lol what i find very ironic is that he image of the guy ripping his shirt of is very homoerotic!!!!!!!
So I take it the jokers here who don’t like Lance are the contestants that never placed in the pageant?? Come on Mr. North-West lighten up! Thank you Lance. You come across as a douche, but thank you. Not going to praise you I mean it is after all your duty pledged when accepting your title.
Yes or their boyfriends lol!
Thank you Lance, that is why I voted for you