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Monday, April 10, 2006

Using Jesus to attack gays

Because, after all, if Jesus was about anything, he was about attacking others.
Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.

Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation.

With her lawsuit, the 22-year-old student joins a growing campaign to force public schools, state colleges and private workplaces to eliminate policies protecting gays and lesbians from harassment. The religious right aims to overturn a broad range of common tolerance programs: diversity training that promotes acceptance of gays and lesbians, speech codes that ban harsh words against homosexuality, anti-discrimination policies that require college clubs to open their membership to all.

The Rev. Rick Scarborough, a leading evangelical, frames the movement as the civil rights struggle of the 21st century. "Christians," he said, "are going to have to take a stand for the right to be Christian."

3 Comments:

  • I don't know about the gay thing. But, everybody I've ever known from towns near reservations says the fighting between the indians and white kids is constant.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:24 AM  

  • The Rev. Rick Scarborough, a leading evangelical, frames the movement as the civil rights struggle of the 21st century.

    Bwahahaahahahahahah...but not in a good way.

    Using this logic we would have to approve of the harrassment of blacks (by rascists), women (by everybody, but especially Christians and Muslims), religious minorities (by religious majorities), Protestans (by Catholics), Catholics (by Protestants)... In short, harrassment of everybody by everybody because it is their right to be "who they are".

    Shheeeeesh!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:21 PM  

  • Exactly, that's why I included it. Look, I'm not a big Jesus guy, but this kinda thing just flips me out.

    And, he has people who follow him!!!

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:04 PM  

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