August 22, 2010.
This is a sermon to Rev. Troy Perry and President Obama about the religious bigots who attack both men and their supporters over their religious beliefs: Both are viewed by “religious” leaders of the dominant religions as “other.”
Right-wingers are questioning the religion of Obama, as they have questioned the “religion” of homosexuals, especially those who form separate churches, mainly the Metropolitan Community Church, and founder Troy Perry.
Obama can’t win, even more so than Christian homosexual Americans. If he is a Christian, as he is, it is said, to not be the “right” church, and what is his church, etc.? If he is accused of secretly being a Muslim, which he is not, then he is surely considered to be a “different” American.
The same people pushing this agenda say the same thing about homosexual/LGBT Christians. They find quotes, out of context, thus misusing their Bible or Koran, to condemn those whose sexuality or religion differs from theirs — just as those falsely “accused” of being homosexual or Muslim are in a position of being wrong no matter how they answer — since even if they “deny” being either they then seem to be agreeing that being either is “bad.”
The “issue” of the proposed mosque at “ground zero” in New York has confused the issue even more. But it is important to say that those who have compared the objection to building where the mosque/center would be to how “Christians” handled the KKK are right.
The point is that those objecting (including this writer, but for obviously other reasons — I am homosexual and the Islamic people want to kill me). But we must never forget that, if we want “moderate” Muslims to speak out against the radical ones who want to destroy our nation and civilization, then we need to have “moderate” Christians speak out against extremists who want to take away the civil rights of minorities, including homosexual Americans.
And the issue of the KKK is the best proof that in most of history “Christians” did not do “What Jesus would do.” The vast majority of “Christians” did not only not speak out against the KKK and White Citizens Councils, most of the members were “Christian” including preachers, cops, and politicians — some were all three.
And moderate religious people have not spoken against the violence — verbal and physical — against homosexual Americans.
And the issue of same-sex marriage is the same as the issue of inter-racial marriage — which has to be admitted by Obama. The lies bigots used to oppose inter-racial marriage (protecting children of such marriages being a major point) are the same lies used to oppose same-sex marriage. It goes without saying that President Obama is proof that children of such marriages can do okay.
And the same arguments against homosexuals serving openly in the Armed Forces were used to try to stop the racial integration of the military.
So I urge the two men to get together and answer the lies of bigots and show the vast majority of good American citizens that facts of the matter — truthiness — despite Stephen Colbert’s fun with it — is not something a great nation can use as a guide.
