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Scott Lively Removes Theodore Shoebat From His List Of 'Pro-Family Heroes'

Last week, we noted that rabidly anti-gay activist Scott Lively had released a list(link is external) of "Top Ten Pro-Family Heroes" of the year which included an "honorable mention" for Theodore Shoebat, an anti-gay activist so extreme that he openly calls for the implementation of a global "inquisition(link is external)" aimed at forcing gays to submit to Christianity(link is external) or be put to death(link is external).

Here is a screen cap of Lively's original list(link is external). You can see Shoebat listed in between Julio Severo(link is external) and Mission America's Linda Harvey(link is external), who helped Lively draft the list:

At some point after we pointed out Shoebat's inclusion on Lively's list of "pro-family heroes," the list was quietly updated and Shoebat's name was removed. Here is a screen cap of the list(link is external) as it currently appears on Lively's website: