The head of a British evangelical Christian lobby group has angered gay rights campaigners by urging Jamaica to keep same-sex intercourse illegal and reportedly suggesting that famous diver Tom Daley is in a relationship with a man because his father died, according to reports.
According to The Independent, to the dismay of mainstream church leaders Andrea Minichiello Williams, the founder of Christian Concern, spoke at conference in Jamaica to lobby against the repeal of the Caribbean island's controversial law banning gay sex.
Williams, an elected member of the Church of England General Synod, the body, which creates church law, apparently said that Jamaica had the chance to become a world leader in battling foreign pressure to decriminalize same-sex intercourse, the report added.
According to the news website BuzzFeed, which reported her alleged comments, she argued that it's a 'big lie' that homosexuality is inborn and blamed the 'lack of the father' and 'sometimes a level of abuse' for creating homosexual feelings.
She illustrated this by pointing to Olympic diver Tom Daley who came out as gay earlier this month, the report further said.
She is said to have added that he is 'loved by all the girls and had girlfriends' and had 'lost his father to cancer just a few years ago', the report mentioned.