{"id":35589,"date":"2012-05-23T08:01:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T15:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=35589"},"modified":"2014-12-30T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T00:14:02","slug":"jerks-for-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/05\/jerks-for-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Jerks for Jesus"},"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>Latest edition: <a href=\"http:\/\/charlotte.cbslocal.com\/2012\/05\/22\/pastor-build-electrified-fence-for-gays-so-they-die-out\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Some wahoo pastor wants a concentration camp for gays. <\/a> Apparently, he\u2019s a kinder, gentler sort.  No ovens or gas chambers.  Just airlift them food, put an electric fence around them, and let them die off from old age and (obviously) without issue.<\/p>\n<p>Charming.  Perhaps he and Sungenis can collaborate on some sort of pastoral treatise discussing this paragraph from the Catechism:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God\u2019s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord\u2019s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The good news: this wahoo pastor is not exactly leading a national movement. Neither, thank God, is the extremely marginal Sungenis.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest edition: Some wahoo pastor wants a concentration camp for gays. Apparently, he\u2019s a kinder, gentler sort. No ovens or gas chambers. Just airlift them food, put an electric fence around them, and let them die off from old age and (obviously) without issue. Charming. Perhaps he and Sungenis can collaborate on some sort of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-35589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jerks-for-jesus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jerks for Jesus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Latest edition: Some wahoo pastor wants a concentration camp for gays. Apparently, he&#039;s a kinder, gentler sort. No ovens or gas chambers. 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