Why did Charisma News run this story?

My initial reaction was why no media coverage.  Thinking I may have missed something I began a search,,

Why is Charisma News lying by implication?  You see this "event" occurred in 2013!

Like Michael C, I came across this article, 

Is this article a two year old re-print?

I searched "Seattle pride assault" and ended up reading a story about two gay men (Steven Briggs and Patrick Dettling) who traveled to the Seattle Pride event this past weekend and ended up hospitalized by a group of men and women who beat them while using homophobic slurs.

I'm not interested in the minutiae of the 2013 incident, as it is beyond the scope of what I want to present.  It did happen; as with the Father Morris spitting incident, I do not condone violence of any kind.  What I am interested in: 

Obviously this is horrible and a terrible crime to humanity....My question is why has charisma NEVER had an article or even mentioned the hundreds of thousands of beatings to LGBT?....Not to mention the 16 deaths of transgender this year alone?.....I obviously abhor violence on anyone regardless if they are for or against LGBT rights but lets not pretend you care about tolerance when you NEVER speak up to defend the LGBT from brutal violent attacks and even death.

Or,

A related point is that Charisma has many articles describing the imprisonment of Pastor Saeed Abedini, who truly should not be imprisoned. He should be released, as should everyone in any country who is imprisoned for blasphemy or related "crimes". However, have you ever read about atheists who are imprisoned in Islamic countries, or have you seen Charisma advocate for their release? I haven't. The case of Raif Badawi in Saudi Arabia is just as despicable as that of Pastor Abedini, but is never mentioned. Badawi was convicted of setting up an Internet forum that "violates Islamic values and propagates liberal thought." He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, 1000 lashes (to be meted out 50 strokes at a time), and fined 1,000,000 riyal. The first 50 strokes have been delivered, and for a while his case was being re-examined to see if he could be convicted of apostacy - which carries the death penalty. All for simply advocating freedom of speech and freedom of thought.

And, why?  What is the point?  Is it because you are trying to use this event as a way to debase gays and lesbians even further?  That to me is the very definition of bigotry.

Christian Preachers Brutally Beaten at Gay Pride Festival — Charisma News

Addicting Info – Bigoted Photographer Refuses To Serve Gay Customers: ‘I’m Offended…By Anal Sex’ (SCREENSHOTS)

As crass as it may sound, I find this comment aptly sums up my feelings,

You know what I find offensive Ms. Romano? Your attempt to devalue and defile all gay people by reducing them to a single act of sex. You do know that gay couples are defined by more than just sex, right? I mean, in time we will stop saying gay marriage and will call it marriage as it should be. But, until that happens should we also refer to your own marriage by sexual acts and rather as "marriage"? Should we say oh yeah, that Courtney Romano is celebrating another year of over-lubed, left handed hand job marriage. Kudos to her. No. Because you think your marriage is something more than just sex. And guess what, toots. So is everybody else's marriage.

If this chick ends up with a GoFundMe account to save her sorry ass business because of piss-poor management while my friend loses her family home due to hurricane damage, I may just puke.

An Illinois photographer is taking a pounding on social media after her apparent reaction to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that the definition of “marriage” includes LGBT couples. Courtney Romano, a Christian homeschooling advocate whose web site is plastered with bloviations about her “Christian” faith, threw a fit on her business’s Facebook page.

After making some hateful remarks on her personal Facebook page regarding marriage equality, Rose took to HER (emphasis hers) business page to “clarify” HER stance on homosexuality.

Addicting Info – Bigoted Photographer Refuses To Serve Gay Customers: ‘I’m Offended…By Anal Sex’ (SCREENSHOTS)

Insane Pastor Wants to Open a Bakery Just to Deny "Faggots"

Regretfully, I don't have the time nor energy (brain cells) left to address the latest bat-shittery to come out of the mouth of my favorite poster-boy for bigoty.  But this was too good to ignore and I may come back to it.

 

Anderson has answers though. He thinks that he should open a bakery just so he can refuse service to gays. He thinks that there’s already an answer for homosexuality: AIDS.

“If you executed homos like God recommends, you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant,” says Anderson.

Insane Pastor Wants to Open a Bakery Just to Deny "Faggots"

Clean & Clear Launches MASSIVE Assault on Christianity - BuzzPo

In case you’re unfamiliar with the retail giant we are dealing with here, Clean & Clear is one of the world’s leading beauty product companies. As such, they typically sign gorgeous female celebrities to represent their brand. This is smart – they go with the woman whom every other woman envies, whom every other woman would give her right arm to look just like. Women don’t want to look like a man disguised as a woman. It’s as simple as that.

This is a decision which is sure to stain Clean & Clear’s squeaky-clean, all-America image. Christian-minded parents (you know, the ones who buy billions of dollars worth of these beauty products for their young girls) don’t want their adolescent daughters looking up to a girl like Jazz Jennings; a girl who has gotten rich and famous by living a life contrary to what God intended for her.

If Jazz Jennings truly believes that she is “a girl trapped in a boy’s body,” she does not deserve ridicule, but rather the psychological help and spiritual guidance that has apparently been absent in her life for a very long time. She does not belong on television screens nationwide to put progressive ideas into the minds of impressionable youth who are already struggling to find their own identities, albeit in a much more normal fashion.

Clean & Clear Launches MASSIVE Assault on Christianity - BuzzPo