I have already shared my thoughts on the ongoing sex scandal engulfing Atlanta mega church pastor Eddie Long (pictured above with Chimperator Bush) who seems destined to fall as more of the titillating details become public. Besides being a closet case, Long also seems to be now reaping the results of his pride and hubris. Andrew Sullivan states the case quite simply as to why religious denominations need to dump their homophobia on the trash heap of history and embrace modern knowledge about sexual orientation.. One can only wonder how many more pastors like Long are out there. Here's Andrew's comment from yesterday:*
Yet another anti-gay religious right figure is seriously accused of abusing his authority to get young men to have sex with him. He did not fully deny it this morning. This is not on a par with the Catholic church's abuse of minors, because the men were (just) of legal age. But the now almost constant revelations of gay religious leaders preaching and campaigning against themselves, while finding it impossible to live a life without love and sexual intimacy that is real to them, reveal the tragedy of homophobia, especially in religious life where so many gay people find themselves drawn, and where many do great and important work - but are simultaneously asked to destroy their own psyches and lacerate their own souls.
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There is only one way out: to embrace gayness as part of God's creation, to find a way to bless gay relationships, to celebrate the diversity of humankind, and to love one another, instead of hating ourselves.
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How many lives have to be wrecked before we get beyond this lie?
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To answer your last question first, so as long as there are people who use religion and allow special interest groups to define the movement and justify their narrowminded views and lifestyle, that's what.
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