Ellen Page Gets In Heated Debate Over ‘Demonic’ Homosexuality With Preacher At Trump’s Inauguration

Actress Ellen Page is no stranger to protesting and debating but her latest debate may have been her most heated one yet.

Visiting Washington D.C. on Friday for protests against President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Page, 29, found herself debating with a preacher over what he labeled “demonic” homosexuality.

“Homosexuality, that’s a demonic, toxic feeling,” the preacher said in a video, captured by TMZ. “That’s what you become, that’s not who you are,” he continued. “Who you are is when you come out your mother’s womb.”

Page calmly listened to the preacher as he continued talking about “queer elementary education” where teachers are being discriminated for telling students “that the scientific term for sex and genitalia is penis and vagina come together to create a human being.”

The actress waited for the preacher to finish his comments before offering her rebuttal. “That’s not scientific, you’re wrong and that’s really hurtful,” she said. Believing the debate would go nowhere, Page said, “We’re not gonna get anywhere. You’ll believe this your whole life. I feel for you.”

The Academy Award-nominated actress then tried to ask the preacher to open his heart, but he wasn’t having it. “If you could open your heart and be less ignorant to LGBT people, I think you’ll have a much more beautiful life,” Page said, while being interrupted by the preacher.

In 2015, Page found herself face-to-face with then presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, and wanted to speak to him about various religious freedom bills. “Can we ask you questions right now?” Page said to Cruz. “Can I ask you questions about the religious bill and rally?”

Cruz eventually responded, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from the Birmingham, Alabama, jail “where he calls upon the conscience of Christians to stand up.” Like her most recent debate, Page remained calm but fired back with, “Yes, but a lot of religious people also used the Bible to defend segregation, to defend slavery.”