OPINION: Don’t Blame The Gay Weather Man

<p>So as I woke today, head banging after too much wine last night, I opened my emails to the news that David Silvester, a UK Independence Party councillor had claimed yesterday that the UK’s recent bad weather has been caused by, no wait for it, the legalisation of same sex marriage!</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/Kevinbanks">by Kevin Banks</a> | 20th January 2014</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4604581850.jpg" width="459" height="317" alt="A little water... Ta Da gay rainbow" title="A little water... Ta Da gay rainbow"/></p> <p></p><p>After my initial shock and making sure I had actually woken up and wasn’t still dreaming, I actually couldn’t stop laughing and find this extremely amusing. I mean come on!</p><p></p><p>Hold on to your hats people…. EXTREME WEATHER WARNING! Tonight for the first time, just about half past ten. For the first time in history it's gonna start rainin' men!</p><p></p><p>The absurd claims this clown is making is that the country was suffering storms after <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/tags/DavidCameron">David Cameron</a> had ‘acted arrogantly against the gospel’. In a letter written to the Henley Standard he stated ‘The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war.’ This looney who is the councillor of Henley-on-Thames also advised he had written to the prime minister in April 2012 to warn him this was going to happen.</p><p></p><p>I hate to be the bearer of bad news and give this fool the rude awakening he needs but further bad weather has been predicted so it doesn’t look like the legalisation of same sex marriage is going anywhere! The deluded councillor has also told <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioberkshire">BBC Radio Berkshire</a> in an interview ‘…I believe as a Christian I should love gay people and indeed, I do. My prayer for them is they will be healed.’ He went on to say ‘It is a spiritual disease… it’s not what I say, it’s what the Bible says.’</p><p></p><p> All I can say is, it is not us gays that need praying for you knob, it’s the poor people of your constituency.</p><p></p><p>A spokesperson for the UK Independence Party said yesterday that the party did not share Mr Silvester’s views but defended his right to state them. They seemed to have changed their tune today as according to Sky News he has been suspended. Well I hear the Westbro Baptist Church is currently recruiting.</p><p></p><p>The stupidity of some people never fail to amaze me!</p><p></p><p>You’re never going to get a rainbow, without a little rain!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p>