Well, my Daily Showing may have
been iced last night, but at least there’s the Huffington post!
AOL runs Huff news in its feed
daily. This morning I found two stories about religion and homosexuality. The
first was heartening: A grandmother standing up in front of her pastor and the
whole congregation on behalf of her grandson. Quote the Huff:
So, not only did the Pastor out
the kid in front of the community, he condemned him. The pastor (and I use that
term loosely) was apparently pretty ticked off, but Grandma is sticking to her
guns. You go Grandma!
This type of thing saddens me
beyond belief. The Church is supposed to be a place of love and acceptance.
Even if you believe being Gay is a sin, to publicly shame this child is beyond the
pale. It could easily end in an attack on him by ‘pure’ Christians,
schoolmates, or God only knows.
If this turns into a suicide, I
hope that pastor is tried for murder.
At least the kid has ONE family
member he can turn to.
I know the pain of an intolerant
pastor. I have all but stopped my church attendance because of his views on
homosexuality. “Gays will not inherit the kingdom of heaven.” These are words
that have been spoken at my church by the man on the pulpit. It makes my heart
ache that such a man of God could be so misled and wrong. In everything else,
he is a model pastor, dedicated to his flock. If I were Gay, would he have
outed me thus? I think not. I think he would have had more kindness and discretion…all
while considering me a sinner.
The other story is equal parts
sad and hilarious; sad that a man can say such nonsense and be believed, and
hilarious in that someone in this day and age can believe women on the pill are
full of dead babies. Kevin Swanson, another candidate for Pastor of the year
Quote the Huff:
I am so sick of
hearing about how NAMBLA is entrenched in the gay community and all gays are
pedophiles. More straight men are pedophiles! In fact, 90% of pedophiles are
straight. You don’t have to be gay to molest little boys. You have to be SICK.
He also implied that gays will burn Christians at the stake. That’s not what
flaming means, buddy.
Oh, but the fun
with Swanson doesn’t end with the homosexual community. Quote the Huff:
Meanwhile,Kevin Swanson has made Right Wing Watch headlines two more times since hisinflammatory "burning at the stake" comments: for claiming that women on birth
control have wombs "embedded with dead babies", and for saying that allowing gay Boy Scout troop leaders islike allowing convicted
child molesters and serial killers to teach in preschools.
Wha—Jhu—Haps---Sorry, just having
a Grandpa Simpson style breakdown. I mean…HOW CAN SOMEONE BE THIS DUMB?!
Worse yet, how can people BELIEVE
HIM?!
I don’t want to live on this
planet anymore.
Actually…I like this planet….YOU
get off!
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