Exclusive: Halperin Film Premiere Fiasco Confirmed To Be Sabotage - Page 2
Scientologists believe "homosexuality" to be an aberration within humans. L. Ron Hubbard spoke specifically of it within his writings, especially in his popular book Dianetics.
"The sexual pervert (and by this term Dianetics, to be brief, includes any and all forms of deviation in Dynamic II [i.e. sexuality] such as homosexuality, lesbianism, sexual sadism, etc., and all down the catalog of Ellis and Krafft-Ebing) is actually quite ill physically... he is very far from culpable for his condition, but he is also far from normal and extremely dangerous to society...
On something called the "tone scale," homosexuality is at the top of the undesirable chart at -40 -1.1, referred to as "total failure.",
"At 1.1 on the tone scale we enter the area of the most vicious reversal of the second dynamic. Here we have promiscuity, perversion, sadism, and irregular practices."
I give Hubbard credit for suggesting homosexuals weren't completely "culpable" for their condition. In some ways that's quite generous to most other religious opinions. But most religions don't sue people for leaving, threaten and harass their critics, have special arrangements with the IRS, or tell their members who they can or can't have in their lives.
Between my interview, Ian's threatening phone calls, Defamer's and Queerty's publicizing the details and the general air of hostility between the Church of Scientology and the public, anything is possible.
We have no way of knowing who was involved, all that remains clear is someone did not want Ian's film watched that evening.
[Editor's note: correction made to tone scale rating on homosexuality]
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