OBAMA'S GOSPEL FOLLY

Sure, Obama has screwed up big time.  On one side, Queers and mental health professionals are furious that a notorious ex-gay has been invited to hop on the Obama bandwagon.  And Evangelicals have turned this into the ultimate trial:  Boot the ex-gay from the Obama religious crusade, Forty Days of Faith and Family, and expose yourself as anti-Christian.

At the end of the day LOGO loving pro-gay Obama is pro-ex-gay Obama--whatever it takes to get those votes.  Big deal, another politician who believes in nothing but himself and winning. Yawn.

For me shaking his gospel booty next to a delusional psychopathic homosexual is not what troubles me about Obama.  What troubles me about Obama is a gospel rally for votes and his "Forty Days Of Faith" God tour.

Enough already.  I won't bore you with a rant about separation about church and state, but God please give us a politician who inspires and leads in the name of the Constitution, secular humanism and reason.  God give us a politician who has the courage and the moral fiber to stand for a secular society, not a society polarized, intellectually sterilized and polluted by delusion, fantasy and superstition.

Organized religion is reducing the United States to a morally bankrupt society that is steadily slipping back into the 12th Century.  We have become a nation where 80 percent of the population believes in creationism over science and tens of millions of Americans are persecuted because a badly translated and grossly misunderstood ancient text written by a violent, sexist, racist and slave-owning society obliquely suggests that men who lie with men are abominations.

So you're thinking that America is not ready for such a visionary and would not elect such a man?  Well, think again.  How could a man keep his religion to himself, respect the Constitution, embrace all Americans as the leader of a free and democratic society and still take the White House?  Oh ye of little faith, here's the answer:

So don't concern yourself with a pathologically disturbed queer, concern yourself with politicians who cow tow to the supernatural, the superstitious and the ignorant.  America is backsliding into a dark and ancient time. There was a time when we were a better nation with better and truly courageous leaders.

Comments

[Joe Lagana]

Amen.

[Steven]

Don't forget that Jesus Christ died on the cross for all, including homosexuals, and that God desperately wants to have a personal relationship with each of his human creations. Putting faith in Christ and repenting of our sins means eternal life in Heaven praising God. Rejecting it means eternity in hell. If the Bible's wrong and there is no God, I guess you'd be just as well off not worrying about it. But what if it's right? (Bible's never been proved wrong but lots of it has been proved right)

[margo margo]

Thank you for pointing out what should be obvious Most politicians use our gay issues, our queer concerns as a way to get themselves into office, or pay back those who they are indebted to. I am still seething over the supposedly cool Mr Bill Clinton and Don't Ask Don't Tell. As for JFK read the new book Jack and Lem: The untold story of an extraordinary friendship -by David Pitts. Personally i would like to see politicians and straight people in general treat me as a person and a friend sans fanfare, but no some of our straight accquaintances and most of our politicians treat gays lesbians transpeople and bisexuals as political fodder at best. Its in the same category as the "Some of my best friends are black " line that we used to hear. I cannot wait till I am taken for granted by politicians, and treated like everyone else.

[Leah]

"The Bible's never been proved wrong." Are you kidding? Believers: What was Jesus' mission about if not correcting the old testament and bringing about a better way of worship?
Others: I'm laughing my head off here. I guess I shouldn't get worked up about this...but have you read the Bible? Literalism sometimes terrifies me. A return to the 12th Century, indeed.