Post by Rev. Jim Cunningham on Feb 19, 2015 20:23:00 GMT -5
YES, you can use an agency to buy/sell the use of your photos, but that is not what is at issue. PFOX perpetrated a public fraud (a criminal offense) with this billboard.
FRAUD CRIME COUNT 1): PFOX knowingly and willfully, without intent of lampoon or satire, used two photos of the same man while claiming that it is two different men.
FRAUD CRIME COUNT 2): PFOX knowingly and willfully, without intent of lampoon or satire, claimed that these two different men are twins when in fact the man in the photos has no twin.
FRAUD CRIME COUNT 3): PFOX knowingly and willfully, without intent of lampoon or satire, claimed by implication of the two photos that one was heterosexual and the other was homosexual when there was no twin and there was only one man and the man is in fact homosexual.
HATE CRIME COUNT 1): PFOX's intent by this billboard is to use a fraudulent and deceitful public presentation to deprive homosexuals of the dignity of their existence by insisting that homosexuality is a choice in direct contradiction to the American Psychiatric Association and American Medical Association, and attempting to stir up public antagonism and aggression towards homosexuals which can incite violence.
I am certain a good attorney can add more charges to this. I do not like to get involved in mixing theology and politics. That is not what the church is called to do. However, the directors of PFOX has committed a crime and endangered lives, and they should be held responsible for it.
Rev. Jim Cunningham