Facebook Restores Christian Ministry Pages After They Were ‘Incorrectly Removed’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Facebook restored the pages of several Christian ministries after they were “incorrectly removed” during the site’s purge of content that offers “services that aim to change people’s sexual orientation or gender identity.”
“Their dismissive action — canceling our page as if it never existed, leaving a vague ‘the link may be broken’ message in its place — is shameful,” says Restored Hope Network’s executive director Anne Paulk. “Not even extending us the courtesy of a notification, a chance to offer our side of the very politicized story, is unconscionable.”
RHN was among the group of removed groups, which includes Help 4 Families and Living Stone Ministries.
Denise Schick, director of H4F and LSM, says that their pages were removed after being included in a report from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism that listed groups that serve those struggling with unwanted sexual attractions or gender confusion.
The report did admit that the two ministries create “safe places for individuals and families to openly share their grief and pain about homosexuality,” but still included them in their report.
Schick couldn’t access her account for a week and her pages were taken down with no notice from Facebook. Eleven years worth of pictures are now gone.
“If we are offering ‘safe places’ to ‘openly share,’ how is that hateful or extremist?” Schick asked. “We offer opportunities for people to share their struggles without condemnation. That is the definition of love and acceptance.”
“For over 200 years, people in the U.S. were free to hold differing beliefs and to speak about them without censure,” she added, saying that this has changed because of the efforts of LGBT activists. “Our voices need to be heard by contacting our congresspersons and senators.”
Movieguide® previously reported on the censorship of Christians:
Facebook banned a Christian university professor after he vocalized his disagreement with President Joseph Biden’s executive order, allowing trans-identifying individuals to serve in the U.S. military. Then, Twitter suspended the account of Christian magazine The Daily Citizen for saying Biden’s transgender nominee is a man who believes he’s a woman.
Facebook barred Robert Gagnon, a New Testament theology professor at Houston Baptist University and scholar of sexuality, from his Facebook account for 24 hours after defending a friend who disagreed with Biden’s executive order.
The Christian Post reports that Facebook locked Gagnon out of his account due to violation of “Community Standards on violence and incitement,” Facebook notified Gagnon.
According to PJ Media, Gagnon posits that the executive order endangers women. Gagnon claims that transgenderism allows males into female athletics and shelters. Gagnon said the real danger of the transgender ideology is that it forces people to reject basic human biology.
“There was absolutely no incitement to violence on our part. We abhor violence done to any person,” Gagnon told PJ Media. “This is just a thinly veiled and pathetic excuse for censorship of any critical views toward trans-tyranny over our consciences, religion, and reason.”
Gagnon added: “Only one point of view is being allowed. Trump was not the great danger to the Republic. Left-wing canceling is.”
Facebook lifted Gagnon’s suspension after 24 hours. Gagnon posted on his page: “We are in the midst of rapidly accelerating public censorship of our views (with compelled speech) but we are not the victims. Neat trick.”
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