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*In 2010 he made the bizarre claim that Jesus was homosexual, "I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/02/18/elton-john-says-jesus-christ-was-gay#ixzz0gIcYaenN Elton John Says Jesus Christ Was Gay, February 18, 2010]</ref>
 
*In 2010 he made the bizarre claim that Jesus was homosexual, "I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/02/18/elton-john-says-jesus-christ-was-gay#ixzz0gIcYaenN Elton John Says Jesus Christ Was Gay, February 18, 2010]</ref>
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==Criticism of a Suggestive Performance==
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==Criticism of a suggestive performance==
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Elton John is an outspoken [[liberal]] and [[homosexual]] activist.
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Elton John is an outspoken [[liberal]] and [[homosexual]] activist. In December 1999, he performed at a concert celebrating the tenth anniversary of [[Stonewall]]. At some point in the show, he introduced a number of male dancers dressed as Cub Scouts, who then proceeded to strip to the tune of "It's A Sin" by the Pet Shop Boys. As part of their routine, they were seen to kneel on the stage and grab their crotches.
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In December 1999 he starred in an entertainment at the Albert Hall in London to celebrate the tenth birthday of [[Stonewall]]. He and the group "Pet Shop Boys" put on a dance in which they dressed as Cub Scouts and then proceeded to strip on stage. They knelt before Elton as if to suggest they were performing a sex-act. The Cub Scouts are boys aged 7–12, so by wearing the uniform they were suggesting sexual activity between such boys and adults. The event caused adverse comment in the British press and at that date, before LGBT propaganda had completely saturated British society, and Stonewall apologized as described by the British newspaper the ''Independent'' as follows:
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The Cub Scouts is for boys aged 7–12, so by wearing the uniform, they were suggesting sexual activity between such boys and adults. The event caused adverse comment in the British press and at that date, before LGBT propaganda had completely saturated British society, and Stonewall apologized as described by the British newspaper the ''Independent'' as follows:
    
{{cquote|“THE GAY rights group Stonewall has apologised after Sir Elton John caused outrage by performing a dance act with male teenage strippers dressed as boy scouts at a benefit concert.
 
{{cquote|“THE GAY rights group Stonewall has apologised after Sir Elton John caused outrage by performing a dance act with male teenage strippers dressed as boy scouts at a benefit concert.
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