purity siege
n.— «Next time you see that group of fundamentalist Christians proselytizing outside the gay bars on the Cedar Springs strip, be sure to ask them about James Stabile.…The segment focused on a group affiliated with Heartland World Ministries Church in Las Colinas that’s been staging so-called “purity sieges” outside the bars on the strip.» —“Dallas gay man adversely affected by Christian ‘purity siege’” by John Wright Pegasus News (Dallas, Texas) Dec. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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