London's Mayor Bans Anti-Gay Bus Ads

Work pushed 'reparative therapy' for gay Christians

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A Christian advertising campaign promoting gay reparative therapy has been yanked from London buses, but not by my homies in the Advertising Standards Authority. No, London's mayor himself, Boris Johnson, stepped in to pull the ads, saying "it is clearly offensive to suggest that being gay is an illness that someone recovers from." His decision set off red flags among free-speech advocates and his political rivals, both of whom have suggested that Johnson's real motive for caring about this is an upcoming mayoral election where the gay vote might be crucial.

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