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\"\"<\/a>The Conservative Mayor of London has banned London buses from carrying adverts promoting an ex-gay ministry.<\/p>\n

Boris Johnson, who is running for re-election next month, told Transport for London to pull the adverts booked by two conservative Anglican groups within two hours of the story about the adverts appearing in the Guardian.<\/p>\n

The ads were due to run on 24 buses on five routes and were booked on behalf of the Core Issues Trust<\/a><\/strong> whose leader, Mike Davidson, believes “homoerotic behaviour is sinful”.<\/p>\n

Core Issues Trust funds “reparative therapy” for gay Christians, which it claims can “develop their heterosexual potential”. The campaign was also backed by Anglican Mainstream.<\/p>\n

The advert was due to say: “Not gay! Post-gay, ex-gay and proud. Get over it!”<\/p>\n

It was an obvious and timely send-up of the Stonewall homosexual lobby group’s bus adverts which say “Some people are gay – get over it!”<\/p>\n

The Christian groups used the same black, red and white colour scheme as Stonewall and in a statement announcing the campaign accused it of promoting the “false idea that there is indisputable scientific evidence that people are born gay”.<\/p>\n

Johnson, who contacted the Guardian to announce he was stopping the adverts within two hours of their contents becoming public, said: “London is one of the most tolerant cities in the world and intolerant of intolerance. It is clearly offensive to suggest that being gay is an illness that someone recovers from and I am not prepared to have that suggestion driven around London on our buses.”<\/p>\n

The Christian groups insisted the advert had been cleared with Transport for London (TfL), which is chaired by the mayor. Davidson said: “I didn’t realise censorship was in place. We went through the correct channels and we were encouraged by the bus company to go through their procedures. They okayed it and now it has been pulled.”<\/p>\n

CBS Outdoor, the media company that sells the bus advertising sites, said the ad had been passed for display by the Committee of Advertising Practice. It is understood TfL was due to make around \u00a310,000 for allowing the adverts to run on about two dozen buses across five routes.<\/p>\n

Mayor Johnson’s decision will fuel concerns over religious discrimination by showing that there is one rule for homosexual activists and another for Christians.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The move by Boris is also certain to be seen as anti-Christian by an electorate which includes a large number of evangelical Christians.\u00a0 Half of all Christians in London are black African or Caribbean and other fast-growing churches are heavily evangelical or pentecostal.<\/p>\n

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