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Steven Anderson had announced a 鈥渟oul-winning鈥� event in Anchorage on Facebook, and 鈥渨e got tipped off that something was happening,鈥� Evan says. 鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 super familiar with his work, but after a quick search on Google it was pretty apparent he鈥檚 a pretty bad actor.鈥�

鈥淏ad actor鈥� is an understatement when it comes to Steven Anderson and the Faithful Word Baptist Church. He has LGBT people to be executed, and after the tragic 2016 massacre of 48 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, jubilantly celebrated 鈥�.鈥�

Besides advocating for the death of LGBT people, Steven Anderson also , saying the Jews lied about the Holocaust in order to create the state of Israel, and that slave laborers at Auschwitz were compensated for their work and could buy items at a commissary.

As a result of his malevolent rhetoric, Steven Anderson has been banned or deported from five countries: Jamaica, Botswana, , and South Africa.

Evan Anderson and his fellow activists were concerned Steven Anderson was coming to Anchorage 鈥斕齛t the very least, the 鈥渟oul-winning mega-marathon鈥� was promised to take place at a local cafe, on the streets of Anchorage, and at a cheesesteak lunch joint.

The 鈥渟oul-winning鈥� event was happening just three days before today鈥檚 Anchorage鈥檚 municipal election, where an anti-transgender 鈥渂athroom bill鈥� sponsored by Christian far-right extremists is on the ballot, as Proposition 1.

鈥淲e honestly feared a connection with Prop 1,鈥� Evan Anderson says. 鈥淲e were super concerned.鈥�

Anderson belongs to an activist collective called , a local chapter of an international network that formed around climate change activism, but since the 2016 election of Donald Trump, Evan Anderson says, they began expanding their causes, including opposing Proposition 1. 鈥淚鈥檓 a queer man, and we have several other folks who identify as queer or as LGBTQ, so this Prop 1 issue was especially important to us.鈥�

Weeks before, at an Iditarod sled dog race event, Alaska Rising Tide had dropped a banner with a huge poop emoji reading, 鈥淔lush Jim Minnery; No on Prop 1.鈥� (Minnery is head of the far-right Alaska Family Council, and he and his wife Kim are the primary forces behind the anti-transgender 鈥渂athroom bill鈥�; both have long been involved in anti-LGBT equality campaigns in Anchorage.)

So Evan and two LGBT friends from Alaska Rising Tide went in search of Steven Anderson, armed with a photo of the hatemonger to try to identify him in the Saturday morning breakfast crowd at a popular local cafe.

They wouldn鈥檛 find Steven Anderson -- the event in Anchorage was one of many across the country, in all 50 states, the Faithful Word Baptist Church website claims, where Steven Anderson supporters proselytized -- 鈥渟oul-winning,鈥� in their vernacular. Anderson appears to have remained in Arizona for the event, issuing 鈥渓ive results鈥� on YouTube and Twitter announcing how many 鈥渟ouls鈥� were 鈥渨on.鈥�

What they found 鈥斕齛nd what鈥檚 posted to Alaska Rising Tide鈥檚 Facebook page 鈥斕齱ere five people sitting at a table with two Bibles, none of them Steven Anderson, but one who Evan says identified himself as Robert Alcorta, the organizer of the Alaska event according to its Facebook page. (Alcorta did not respond to a message from Hatewatch left on his cell phone.)

Evan Anderson says his female friend, who has kept anonymous and does not appear in the video, approached their table alone and asked if they were connected with the 鈥渟oul-winning;鈥� when they answered in the affirmative, she attempted to read them a letter she鈥檇 written to Jim and Kim Minnery detailing her experience growing up Catholic, and dealing with the internalized homophobia and conflict that resulted.

鈥淭hey pretty immediately, forcefully and violently told her she was not welcome at their table because of her sexual orientation,鈥� Evan says. He and his male friend approached the table then, and the conversation, caught on video, went as follows:

鈥淵ou homos! You long-haired hippies, get out of here!鈥�

鈥淲hy are you worshipping with people that hate and think gay and trans people need to be executed?鈥� Evan asks them.

鈥淚t鈥檚 what the Bible says,鈥� a man Evan identifies as Alcorta, the organizer, replies.

Both groups were quickly kicked out by the management of the building housing the cafe, Evan says. But later in the day, Evan traveled to their lunch meetup at the cheesesteak restaurant. 鈥淚 just wanted to have a lower-key conversation with them,鈥� he says.

鈥淟ower-key鈥� was not to be, as shown in the second part of the Facebook video.

鈥淚f you guys have a congregation around, I鈥檇 love to come worship sometime,鈥� Evan says.

鈥淵eah, no, you鈥檙e not welcome,鈥� an unidentified member of Alcorta鈥檚 group replies.

鈥淚鈥檓 not welcome?鈥�

鈥淣o. No homos allowed.鈥�

鈥淣o homos allowed in your church鈥� I鈥檝e never heard of a church like that.鈥�

鈥淲ell, now you have. No homos allowed. We don鈥檛 let in pedophiles and murderers.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 not a pedophile.鈥�

鈥淵ou鈥檙e so full of shit.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 full of shit?鈥�

鈥淵eah 鈥斕齀 know you鈥檙e a pedophile. You鈥檙e full of murder, you a------.鈥�

鈥淢urder? Who鈥檚 been murdered?鈥� Evan asks. 鈥淵ou guys are the ones talking about murdering gays.鈥�

鈥淛ust go, we don鈥檛 want to talk to you.鈥�

Evan and his friends were denied the opportunity to confront Steven Anderson himself this past Saturday, but apparently found his flock in Anchorage, Alaska, which left Evan a bit shocked, despite what he鈥檇 read about Faithful Word Baptist Church on the internet.

鈥淚 grew up in a church, I still consider myself a Christian, I went to Easter worship,鈥� Evan says. 鈥淎nd I鈥檝e legitimately never met someone who possessed those kinds of beliefs and then also drawn this weird bizarre connection to faith 鈥� that鈥檚 privilege on my part, of course, that I鈥檇 not dealt with that yet, but I was just genuinely searching for more layers or more information because I truly cannot understand these people鈥檚 perspective.鈥�

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