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Gay pop star told he's just like a mass murderer
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A Christian campaigner has told former Steps star Ian "H" Watkins that his gay lifestyle makes him no better than mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer.
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The amazing attack came as Ian, originally from Cwmparc in the Rhondda, filmed an investigation into gay rights for 91Èȱ¬ Wales's current affairs programme Week In Week Out (Tuesday 11 March, 91Èȱ¬ One Wales).
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As part of the programme Ian came face-to-face with Christian campaigner and Director of Christian Voice Stephen Green, who told him his lifestyle was sinful and that he could become straight if he wanted to.
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The outburst came when Ian told Mr Green that he was "completely happy" being gay and that he was in a loving relationship.
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In the programme, Green reacts by telling Ian: "Jeremy (sic) Dahmer was happy murdering people, does that make it right?"
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The comment shocks Ian and he responds: "So, being completely happy and at one with yourself and being in a happy loving relationship is the same as murdering somebody?"
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But in the exchange, Green sticks to his guns: "Sin is sin ... in the eyes of God, sin is sin..."
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In the programme, Green also quotes verses from the Bible to Ian to prove that his gay lifestyle is sinful; tells him that he is wrong to think he had been born gay; and says he is actively thinking of enabling a sexual healing clinic in Wales to "heal" gay people.
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Ian, who remained calm throughout the conversation, was thrown by the comments and says afterwards: "I'm absolutely flabbergasted. I don't know how people like him can justify their beliefs. I think men like him are dangerous."
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Green also introduces Ian to a fashion designer who says he's now become heterosexual after becoming a Christian. But the married 22-year-old admits to Ian that he still has urges to sleep with men.
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Also in the programme, Ian returns to his roots in Wales and talks about the bullying he suffered at school and tries to find out if anything has changed.
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Week In Week Out, Tuesday 11 March, 10.35pm, 91Èȱ¬ One Wales
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