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| | In March 2016 Elton John was sued by a male former bodyguard for sexual harassment. The bodyguard Jeffrey Wenninger alleged that Elton had groped and tried to seduce him three times in 2014, sometimes in a car, and had argued with him when he said he was heterosexual and married.<ref>http://www.ebalsblog.com/2016/03/elton-johns-is-being-sued-by-former.html</ref> | | In March 2016 Elton John was sued by a male former bodyguard for sexual harassment. The bodyguard Jeffrey Wenninger alleged that Elton had groped and tried to seduce him three times in 2014, sometimes in a car, and had argued with him when he said he was heterosexual and married.<ref>http://www.ebalsblog.com/2016/03/elton-johns-is-being-sued-by-former.html</ref> |
| | The case was eventually settled out of court. | | The case was eventually settled out of court. |
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| | In 2016 Elton John took out a court injunction in the UK to prevent media reporting the sexual behaviour of David Furnish with whom he has an "open" relationship. Furnish was reported in a foreign newspaper as taking part in group homosexual behaviour of various "Kinky" sorts with partners he met through the homosexual dating App [[Grindr]]. One of these partners sold the story to a newspaper and reported that Furnish did not use a condom.<ref>https://www.mercatornet.com/conjugality/view/the-air-brushed-portrait-of-a-perfect-marriage/18108</ref><ref>http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/100954525.html?page=2</ref> | | In 2016 Elton John took out a court injunction in the UK to prevent media reporting the sexual behaviour of David Furnish with whom he has an "open" relationship. Furnish was reported in a foreign newspaper as taking part in group homosexual behaviour of various "Kinky" sorts with partners he met through the homosexual dating App [[Grindr]]. One of these partners sold the story to a newspaper and reported that Furnish did not use a condom.<ref>https://www.mercatornet.com/conjugality/view/the-air-brushed-portrait-of-a-perfect-marriage/18108</ref><ref>http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/100954525.html?page=2</ref> |
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| | Since the relationship of John and Furnish has been held up as a model of cosy single-sex family life, suitable for bringing up children, some have questioned the integrity of John in wishing to suppress the true picture. | | Since the relationship of John and Furnish has been held up as a model of cosy single-sex family life, suitable for bringing up children, some have questioned the integrity of John in wishing to suppress the true picture. |
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| | + | ==Attack on Dolce and Gabbana== |
| | + | In 2015, John publicly displayed his fury when the Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana expressed their support for the natural family, regardless of the fact that they are homosexuals themselves. |
| | + | In an interview with the Italian magazine ''Panorama'', the well-known fashion designers, Dolce and Gabbana, said (translation follows)“We oppose gay adoptions.” In fact, they said that they oppose gay ‘marriage’ and adoption and that they find in vitro fertilization unnatural. They said that procreation “must be an act of love.” |
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| | + | Dolce said, “You are born to a mother and a father – or at least that’s how it should be.” Gabbana added, “The family is not a fad. In it, there is a supernatural sense of belonging.” Dolce stated, furthermore, that he opposed changing nature to create “children of chemistry, synthetic children, uteri for rent, semen chosen from a catalog.” |
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| | + | All of this outraged Elton John, who called for a boycott of Dolce and Gabbana’s clothing. He said they had insulted his IVF children. However, a few days later in Las Vegas he seemed to recant and said that he and his band were all wearing D&G clothing. There was little sign of the boycott catching on and the business of the pair of Italian designers continued to boom globally. They even chose to do a "mother-and-child" themed fashion collection. |
| | + | <ref>http://acutemania.net/elton-john-surrenders-in-gay-boycott-declares-love-of-dolce-and-gabbana/</ref> |
| | + | <ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fashion-article</ref> |
| | + | <ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3003025/Sarcastic-Elton-John-declares-love-Dolce-Gabbana.html</ref> |
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| | ==Ambassadorial status== | | ==Ambassadorial status== |