Battle Log
Saturday 15 September 2018
Posted 12 October 2018, 2:29 PM by Chuck Bosio. PermalinkI only had a few days notice that a mini-gay pride parade was to take place on the 15th of September through the town centre in Basildon.
I got the meeting point early and hardly anyone was there. I was going to start preaching from one corner at the meeting point when the organiser, Mr. Burton-Sampson, showed up with flag and banners in hand. I went up to him and he kindly let me ask him some questions.
I first asked him whether the intention of the gay community was to silence Christians. I quoted a gay publication" LGBTQ+ Goldsmith" that said that those who disagreed with the homosexual agenda deserved the gulag. He was not aware of the article. Mr. Burton-Sampson was aware that the Bible defined the rainbow as God's covenant with Noah and pride was viewed as detestable by God. I was hoping he could define what was hateful in these Biblical symbols.
I then offered to define a gay philosophy based on Michel Foucault. He picked up on that and listened to Foucault's definition of the post-modern mindset. "If you love what I love, I will love you. If you hate what I love, I will hate you". Then I added, "But Jesus said, love those who hate you". Mr. Sampson replied, "Oh, I'm a Christian!". But he didn't go to any local church because they wouldn't accept him.
By that time we were surrounded by six police officers and I felt that it was time to leave. I walked past the police van and started preaching further down the town centtre. I expected the parade to start shortly, but it still hadn't started an hour later. I had some good conversations with a number of people. I was handing out tracts and preaching, which is a bit unusual. Many were happy to see someone out there. I only caught the names of Tom, the window washer, and his daughter and Paul, the heroin addict, who was out of the "slammer".
I was worn out after 50 minutes of preaching, so I left. The parade still hadn't started, but maybe 30 people were standing around at the gathering point.
View previous South-East England (UK) report (20 May 2017)
South-East England (UK) Team
Meets regularly on Saturdays on the Romford Highstreet (in front of Marks and Spencer's).
Contact Chuck Bosio for more information.