Christian nationalist pastor says ‘female teachers make boys gay’ in Right Response livestream
Joel Webbon (Image: YouTube – The Other Paul)
Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon claimed in a 9 June Right Response livestream that female public school teachers “turn” boys gay, repeating a debunked talking point alongside broader anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
In the same segment, Webbon and his co-hosts also alleged that childhood molestation leads boys to become homosexual. The discussion treated homosexuality as something caused by environment and trauma, despite there being no evidence presented to support those claims.
Webbon told viewers: “Don’t be gay… There is spiritual gayness, and there is literal gayness… and you need to be avoiding both of those…. You will not inherit the kingdom of God if you are a literal sodomite, that’s true, but also if you are effeminate.”
The segment was framed through a discussion of First Corinthians 6:9–11, with the hosts arguing that “feminine” men would not “inherit the kingdom of heaven”. One co-host also claimed gay men have life expectancies that are “30 years” shorter than heterosexual men, without providing evidence during the broadcast.
Claims made in the livestream
The hosts blamed “a full embrace of feminism” for what they described as more effeminate men in culture. One co-host said: “We flatter women in the way that we exalt and esteem, and raise women to a status of superiority… Because we worship women, we idolize women, we have to castrate men.”
Webbon described an effeminate man as “a bad man”, saying: “A man who is physically soft, who dresses soft, who speaks soft, who’s indecisive… you’re not just talking about an effeminate man at that point, you’re talking about a bad man, he’s a bad man.”
He then used a homophobic slur while describing mannerisms he associated with gay men, adding: “This man… he’s a spiritual f**got, and it’s indicative of who he actually is on the inside.”
Who is Joel Webbon?
Webbon is a US-based Christian nationalist pastor and online commentator associated with hard-right “culture war” Christian media. He is part of a broader ecosystem of MAGA-aligned religious influencers who frame LGBTQ+ equality as a threat to “biblical” gender roles, and is known for provocative, inflammatory rhetoric designed for viral clips and audience mobilisation rather than pastoral care.
His content typically blends theology with partisan politics and grievance narratives about feminism and public education, including claims that marijuana makes men “spiritually gay”.
