Diane Gramley

—Falsely claimed that the police who raided the Stonewall Inn in 1969 were attempting to “rescue a young boy who identified as transgender.” On a radio show about the “menace” of Pride, she added that, “He was being used sexually and the police were trying to rescue him.”

—On the anniversary of the Obergefell decision, declared that the ruling was unlawful: “The Supreme Court does not have the right to redefine marriage…. And to use the 14th Amendment to do so is laughable.”

—Said of Hershey Park’s support for trans bathroom access: “Milton Hershey is rolling over in his grave at the idea that the park he founded as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company is now allowing men in the women’s restroom. It is insulting to force biological women and girls to share the bathroom facilities with biological men, no matter who they think they are!!”

—Insisted: “To allow anyone to live out the lie that he or she is born homosexual or transgender is not compassion, but the furtherance of an agenda driven by the desired goal of forced acceptance on all.”

—Said of LGBTQ equality: “It is becoming increasingly evident that adults seeking to force society to embrace their deviant lifestyle are willing to use vulnerable children to attain their goal.”

—Directly compared homosexuality to “lying, cheating, stealing, murder.”

—Said of a Gay Straight Alliance at a local high school: “Promoting a ‘smoking club’ would be safer than promoting a ‘homosexual club.’”

—When a local amusement park held a Pride event, Gramley asked: “What group will Knoebels Grove have at their park next year—the North American Man Boy Love Association or Playboy Bunnies? Their family-friendly reputation is tainted when they promote the homosexual lifestyle.”

—On many occasions, has wrongly asserted that there are as many as “36 known sexual orientations from bestiality to pedophilia.” These other practices are scientifically recognized as “paraphilias,” not sexual orientations.

—Attempted to connect Jerry Sandusky’s sex abuse scandal to homosexuality: “Through all this we cannot ignore the fact that Jerry Sandusky’s victims were all young boys. We can’t ignore the homosexual aspect of this…. And through Graham Spanier’s tenure as president, he has brought more and more homosexual-oriented programming and events to the campus than ever before.”

—Opposed a historical marker this way: “The debate on homosexuality has nothing to do with civil rights, but rather [to do with] forcing the acceptance of abhorrent sexual behavior on all America…. To take one of our most cherished historical buildings and desecrate it in such a manner is unthinkable…. nd not just Pennsylvanians, but all Americans should be outraged.”

—Wrongly asserted it to be “fact” that no one is born gay; says it is dangerous to tell kids that being gay is okay.

—Responded to the Supreme Court’s striking down of sodomy laws by connecting homosexuality to incest, prostitution, etc.: “Which are next to be struck down: prostitution, bigamy, incest? What further attack will the courts have on American’s families and values?”

—Claimed sexual orientation protections will lead to protections for pedophiles: “Children are currently under assault by homosexual activists as they infiltrate the schools with their ‘gay is okay’ message; now pedophiles want to be given a green light by the psychological community to have their way with children. Municipalities need to wake up to what is really happening and not play this politically correct game by adding ‘sexual orientation’ to ordinances. It will lead to more than they think they are bargaining for.” 

—Said there was “no doubt” that inclusive service would “destroy our military.”