Top 10 entertainment scandals in 2011
- By Zhang Rui
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China.org.cn, December 31, 2011
6, Lü Liping and Sun Haiying's anti-gay remarks
Sun Haiying maintained that "Homosexuality is sin." And his wife, award-winning actress Lü Liping, agreed with him.
Lü, a self-proclaimed born-again evangelical, drew harsh criticism from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community after expressing support for the homophobic sentiments of a Chinese pastor in New York, which became the largest U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2011.
Pastor Feng Wei of the Victory Baptist Chinese Mission of Rochester wrote on his microblog on June 26: "Even if some day the law makes it illegal for me to speak against homosexuality, I will continue to preach: Homosexuality is sin. God loves sinners, but he hates sin! Believe in Jesus, gain victory over your sin, and move from Death to Life."
Lü then told her followers to "Retweet this, brothers and sisters!" She also retweeted the pastor's posting of Romans 1:26-27, an anti-gay Bible passage often cited by Christian traditionalists.
Gay groups have called for a boycott of Lü's movies, while angry netizens have posted anti-divorce passages from the Bible and calling Lü and her husband, Sun Haiying, an "adulterous pair."
After the incident, Taipei's Golden Horse Awards committee decided that Lü Liping would not be invited to be a presenter at the awards.
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