Christian Group To Run Anti-Gay Ad On London Buses (UPDATED)

The advert goes up next week on five bus routes. It's a direct response to Stonewall's "Some People Are Gay. Get Over It!" ads. Image via.

UPDATE: London mayor Boris Johnson has blocked the ad.

This is the banner the group Core Issues Trust has booked to be plastered on the sides of London buses for two weeks starting Monday, according to the Guardian.

Core Issues' leader Mike Davies believes "homoerotic behaviour is sinful". His charity funds "reparative therapy" for gay Christians who believe that they have homosexual feelings but want to become straight.

Ben Summerskill, the chief executive of Stonewall, said the adverts were clearly homophobic and added: "The only reason some gay people might want to stop being gay is because of the prejudice of the people who are publishing the ad.

"The promotion of this voodoo therapy is hugely irresponsible given the damage that it appears to do to some people."

Creatively, it's lame that the organization couldn't come up with an original idea, instead just pathetically riffing off of Stonewall's ad.

Onward, Christian soldiers.