Some of the shit people come out with.
Far right politician kicked out of party for saying Liverpool FC 'cursed by God for supporting gay pride'
English Democrats say Paul Rimmer will not represent the nationalist party again 'unless he has an epiphany'
English Democrat Paul Rimmer debating with fellow candidates for the role of Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner
A far right politician has been kicked out of his party after claiming Liverpool FC were cursed by God for ‘promoting’ homosexuality.
English Democrat Paul Rimmer was widely condemned after making alleged homophobic remarks on his public Facebook page.
The former UKIP candidate and ex-BNP activist said: “From the Bible, Sodomy defiles a Nation. Those who promote it will be punished & vomited out of the Land. Lev.18.23. In 2012 Liverpool FC sponsored the City’s Gay Pride Parade. Unless they repent they will be under a continual curse.”
The 52-year-old – who was the English Democrats’ candidate in St Michael’s in May – told the ECHO he intended to stand for the party in Liverpool’s next mayoral elections in 2016.
But the English Democrats branded his comments “ridiculous” and said he will not represent them again – “unless he has an epiphany”.
Stephen Morris, the nationalist party’s North West of England chairman, said: “He won’t be standing for the English Democrats in 2016.
“His Facebook posts since May have all been pro-UKIP and we wouldn’t have anybody who has been promoting UKIP standing for us at all – it’s a simple as that.
“Up to the May elections his behaviour was okay. Some of his posts since then have got more and more extreme.
“We don’t share his views at all.”
Mr Morris said his party did not tolerate homophobia and added that a former Manchester Pride queen, Michael Felse, had stood for the English Democrats in Salford’s mayoral contest in 2012.
He said: “We certainly don’t deal with Mr Rimmer’s views, especially tying it into Liverpool FC and their performances. It’s a ridiculous comment to make.
“UKIP had the councillor down south saying the floods were caused by gay marriage. It’s crazy.
“At the moment Mr Rimmer certainly won’t be representing our party again, unless he has, as he would call it, an epiphany or an awakening.”
The English Democrats’ decision means this is the second time Mr Rimmer has been thrown out of a political party.
The Cambridge politics graduate was originally a Conservative. He later joined the BNP, before standing for UKIP in St Michael’s in 2011.
UKIP, which labelled his recent remarks “idiotic” claimed it had been unaware of his BNP past, and kicked him out of the party after officials discovered his fascist roots.
English Democrat Paul Rimmer, who made alleged homophobic comments on Facebook when he suggested Liverpool FC's indifferent form was due to the club 'promoting' homosexuality
Mr Rimmer, who was arrested in 2012 after challenging a gay rights flag flown atToxteth’s Admiral Street police station, suggested the Reds’ support of Liverpool Pride had cost them last season’s Premier League title.
The pub doorman went on to comment how “everyone knows homosexuality is wrong”, accuse the BBC of being “totally unpatriotic, anti-Christian & anti-white”, worshipping “sodomy & blackness” and pushing “pro-Moslem propaganda”, and call feminists who criticised him “feminazis”.
Paul Amann, Liverpool FC Supporters’ Committee LGBT representative, said Mr Rimmer’s comments were “out of date” and “inaccurate”.
He also pointed out that Manchester City’s LGBT Supporters group Canal Street Blues hadn’t prevented the champions from topping the table.
Cllr Gary Millar, chairman of the Michael Causer Foundation – set up in memory of a murdered Liverpool teenager – and patron of Diversity Role Models, also slammed Mr Rimmer’s “bigoted views”.
Mr Rimmer, from Toxteth, who has previously described himself as a committed Christian and attends Belvedere Baptist Church, told the ECHO the comments were not his opinion, but simply the words of the Bible.
Mr Rimmer failed in his bids to become Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner and Liverpool Mayor for the English Democrats two years ago.
In 2012 and earlier this year he contested St Michaels ward for the English Democrats.
He was arrested two years ago after arguing with a police officer about Merseyside Police’s decision to fly the rainbow flag on International Day Against Homophobia. No further action was taken.
Mr Rimmer later tried to sue the force, claiming it was not supposed to “discriminate in favour of particular groups” and that planning permission was needed to fly anything other than a national flag or that of a saint.
Mr Morris said the English Democrats supported his case at the time, but the law has since changed and it would no longer object to a rainbow flag.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/far-right-politician-kicked-out-8329282
