{"id":1822,"date":"2013-08-17T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/08\/pastor-sued-for-opposing-homosexuality.html"},"modified":"2013-08-17T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T19:57:00","slug":"pastor-sued-for-opposing-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/08\/pastor-sued-for-opposing-homosexuality.html","title":{"rendered":"Pastor sued for opposing homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>We\u2019ll see. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/15\/us\/ugandan-gay-rights-group-sues-scott-lively-an-american-evangelist.html?_r=2&amp;hp&amp;\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">From the always fair and neutral New York Times<\/a>, it appears the pastor is a bit loony, based on some of the things he\u2019s said. \u00a0Though in all fairness, no more loony that things endorsed by those seeking to impose gay rights on the country. \u00a0Nazis as a homosexual inspired movement? \u00a0 Hmmmm. \u00a0But then, some years ago, I saw on the History Channel that the Nazi Holocaust murdered 13 million Jews, Homosexuals and other minorities. \u00a0That\u2019s right, Jews and Homosexuals, and a few others. \u00a0So both sides can be pretty far out, but it\u2019s worth noting that one side is officially endorsed by our modern status quo.<\/p>\n<p>As for the pastor, I don\u2019t know enough about the case. \u00a0If he was running around saying \u2018kill gays, kill them, kill them all!\u2019 then I guess that\u2019s more than reason to hold his feet to the fire. \u00a0But with that said, if we\u2019re going to start punishing people for such things, I\u2019d like a straight, clear, black and white statement of exactly what is and what isn\u2019t allowed. \u00a0What part of opposing homosexual normality is allowed, and what part crossed the line to hate? \u00a0I say this since increasingly people define opposing gay rights (or any other progressive agendas) as the definition of hate. \u00a0And if hate needs to be punished, for all us non-progressive types, it\u2019s a question worth asking.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ll see. \u00a0From the always fair and neutral New York Times, it appears the pastor is a bit loony, based on some of the things he\u2019s said. \u00a0Though in all fairness, no more loony that things endorsed by those seeking to impose gay rights on the country. \u00a0Nazis as a homosexual inspired movement? \u00a0 Hmmmm. 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