{"id":3717,"date":"2011-06-30T13:09:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2011-06-30T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:09:08","slug":"11-year-old-boy-refused-to-recite-pledge-will-lead-san-antonio-gay-pride-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/06\/11-year-old-boy-refused-to-recite-pledge-will-lead-san-antonio-gay-pride-parade","title":{"rendered":"11-year-old boy refused to recite pledge, will lead San Antonio gay pride parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven-year-old Will Phillips will help lead this year\u2019s San Antonio, Texas,\u00a0gay pride parade.\u00a0As a fifth grader in the rural town of West Fork, Arkansas, he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.\u00a0Now homeschooled because of negative local reaction, he has also taken up the cause of homosexual rights. Because of his outspoken activism, he will be a special guest at the gay pride parade, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The American Family Association said in a statement, \u201cHe\u2019s obviously just parroting the nonsense he\u2019s been told by manipulative adults. For gay activists to trot out this child and make him the poster child for promoting unnatural sexual expression is a form of child abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sacurrent.com\/news\/preteen-lightning-rod-to-lead-sa-8217-s-gay-pride-parade-1.1168447\">CLICK HERE to read article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven-year-old Will Phillips will help lead this year\u2019s San Antonio, Texas,\u00a0gay pride parade.\u00a0As a fifth grader in the rural town of West Fork, Arkansas, he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.\u00a0Now homeschooled because of negative local reaction, he has also taken up the cause of homosexual rights. 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