Florida man tells city council he opposes LGBT protections because he molested boys until he found God

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A Jacksonville City Council meeting debate over expanding legal protections to the city’s LGBT residents took a bizarre turn when a man stood up in front of the audience and said he was a child molester, then blamed the gay community for his actions, News4Jax reports.

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He then said that “in 1985 I found out that was not acceptable.” At that time, he said, “I became a born-again child of God and God set me free from that lifestyle.”

At that point, some members of the audience applauded and said, “amen.”

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