Whack Jobs at Focus On The Family Target Lady Gaga

The Christo-fascists at Focus on the Family are now targeting Lady Gaga because - well, because she doesn't subscribe to the intolerant, hate-filled religious beliefs of the Christian Taliban set. Never mind that the U. S. Constitution guarantees that ALL citizens have the right to freedom of religion. That's right, citizens have the right to be Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim or - gasp - an Atheist. This fact is recognized by Lady Gaga (and other rational Americans) much to the chagrin and constipation of Jim Daly, the head of Focus on the Family, who is demonstrating that FOTF is little changed from when under Daddy Dobson's egomaniacal leadership. I applaud Gaga's outspoken support for LGBT citizens and hope she continues to open the minds of her "little monsters" to embrace LGBT equality. Right Wing Watch looks at Daly's rant against Lady Gaga. Here are some highlights:
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[T]he organization [FOTF] is now taking a stand against Lady Gaga. While Lady Gaga is a leading advocate of LGBT equality, Focus on the Family consistently lobbies against gay rights and is a chief sponsor of “reparative therapy” for gays and lesbians. Jim Daly, the head of Focus on the Family, writes about Lady Gaga’s Born This Way, and unsurprisingly finds her music and message deeply troubling. In his critique, Daly claims that people can be “set free from homosexuality,” and compares homosexuality to adultery.
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[W]hen millions of young people download her music and watch her videos, parents are wise to take note of what the hype and hoopla is all about. In Born This Way, the claim is made that you’re born either heterosexual or homosexual. Don’t fight it - simply accept and embrace it.
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That a song advocating for a genetic determinative for homosexuality sits atop the charts is disconcerting, but not entirely shocking. From the outside looking in, two things strike me.
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First, by Stefani Germanotta’s own admission, she’s built her entire persona and celebrity on a platform that’s anything but typical. She is playing a part, a role, and not living as she would outside the bright lights. Put another way, Lady Gaga was clearly not born this way.
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Second, and more importantly, the message found within the lyrics of Born This Way is in stark contrast to the message of the Gospel. All of us are born into sin, the Bible tells us, with desires and resulting actions that separate us from God and put us at odds with His blueprint for our lives. But the Good News is we’re not hopelessly trapped in our sin and failure. Despite the fact that we were “born this way,” each of us can be set free – from homosexuality, or heterosexual sex outside of marriage, or pornography, or greed, or gossip, or any other human shortcoming – to be the men and women God intended us to be.
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Sadly, Daly confirms that Christianists are incapable of being set free from deliberate, pathological lying. Like many professional Christians, Daly proves the norm that if a "godly Christian's" lips are moving, odds are that he/she is lying.