(LifeSiteNews) — CBC has falsely asserted that conservative activist Charlie Kirk called for LGBT-identifying people to be executed.
During a September 11 livestream, just one day after Kirk was fatally shot at Utah Valley University, CBC hosted “hate expert” Barbara Perry, who falsely claimed that Kirk had advocated for LGBT individuals to be murdered.
Perry, the director of the Center on Hate Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario, accused Kirk of using rhetoric that vilified LGBT individuals, including claiming he described them as “defective and dangerous and should be executed.”
The self-proclaimed “hate expert” drew on 2024 comments from Kirk for her claim. At the time, Kirk had responded to a June post by children’s YouTuber “Miss Rachel,” who quoted a Bible passage about loving one’s neighbor. Miss Rachel alleged that the Bible’s call to love one’s neighbor meant supporting the LGBT lifestyle.
Kirk quickly called her out on his podcast, pointing out that her comments were a misrepresentation of Scripture and taken out of context.
“So you love God, so you must love His law. How do you love somebody? You love them by telling them the truth — not by confirming or affirming their sin,” he explained.
“By the way, Miss Rachel, you might want to crack open that Bible of yours. In a lesser-referenced part of the very same section of Scripture — Leviticus 18 — it says: ‘Thou shall not lay with another man; it is an abomination, punishable by stoning to death.’ Just saying,” he added.
Kirk did not call for modern enforcement of stoning or execution, nor did he label all LGBT people as “defective and dangerous” in recorded statements. Instead, Kirk frequently criticized what he called the “LGBTQ agenda” for promoting “sexual anarchy” and “grooming” youth, often framing it through a Christian conservative lens opposing same-sex “marriage,” transgender ideology, and pro-LGBT education.
CBC’s false representation of Kirk’s stance is only the latest attempt to smear Kirk’s reputation in what appears to be an attempt to justify his murder.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, Kirk, who was the co-founder and leader of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was shot in the neck during an event on the campus of Utah Valley University and later died. The alleged shooter is in custody and has been publicly identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah resident.
LifeSiteNews also reported Thursday that law enforcement found a rifle near the campus where Kirk was shot, with cartridges “engraved” with expressions of “transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”
