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A Christian pastor recently recalled a time when a Christian perspective ultimately brought the death penalty upon homosexuality and suggested that Muppet characters Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy deserved the same for breaking with Chick-fil-A over the companys opposition to LGBT rights.
During his Friday radio broadcast, Kevin Swanson said he wanted to see Miss Piggy on a bun because The Muppets had dumped Chick-fil-A after restaurant founder Dan Cathy insisted the company was guilty as charged of funding anti-LGBT organizations.
A Christian perspective ultimately brought the death penalty upon homosexuality between roughly 350 AD and roughly 1850 or so, for about 1,500 years that form of life had pretty much been eliminated except here and there, it was in the closet, but it was almost unheard of for over 1,000 years, until recently, Swanson explained. Of course, now you have a massive, massive increase in this kind of thing.
Its pretty obvious to anyone whos on looking that tolerance only runs one direction, you only can tolerate gays, you cant tolerate those who dont support gays, co-host Dave Buehner observed.
And Kermit the Frog is not eating Chick-fil-A either, Swanson continued. Maybe Dan Cathy should consider doing a frog filet for one of the sandwiches.
Really? Attacking a PUPPET!?!?!
What a bunch of loooneys
BTW I can't tolerate anyone who has refuse to tolerate others. If you can't learn to accept people for who they are then why should we accept you?
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)not sure about frog legs.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)but the selective reading of Leviticus is funny... or the fact that the paragraph in question was about SLAVERY and slave masters taking advantage of their slaves.
WUT?
Yup, that is the interpretation from scholars since, yes homosexuality was common in the ancient world and even accepted, I know... SHOCKING.
SlimJimmy
(3,182 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah
Disclaimer: I'm not agreeing with the above statement, just pointing out that it exists in both Christian and Islamic religious traditions.
yardwork
(61,706 posts)The people of the cities on the plain were guilty of abusing their guests. The passage has nothing to do with homosexuality. It's a warning not to abuse, rape, and mistreat one's guests. A quick google search gave me this link, but there are many others. Take a look:
http://www.libchrist.com/other/homosexual/sodom.html
SlimJimmy
(3,182 posts)destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. In researching this, I also found this link. I guess the debate rages on. Personally, as an agnostic, I have no reason to believe or disbelieve either version.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Sodom-and-Gomorrah.html
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I mean frogs mainly live in water and they don't have scales
Leviticus 11
'Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales.
Frogs have no fins or scales thus they are considered unclean.
Just saying!
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Leviticus 5:2 "'Or if a person touches anything ceremonially unclean--whether the carcasses of unclean wild animals or of unclean livestock or of unclean creatures that move along the ground--even though he is unaware of it, he has become unclean and is guilty.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)He has lots of followers among the 'faith community'. This is why Henson is to be commended, taking on the heat that is reserved for the hated 'other' while Harper Collins cashes it's checks and hopes for the best.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)Just... no.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Presbyterian is not exactly the far out radical fringe, now is it? Who do you claim is a voice of mainstream religion? Rick Warren? Or is it just that anyone who is too obvious in their dogmatic hat is 'not a true Scotsman'? The Pope is no better than Swanson, says worse things, and if the Pope of Rome is not mainstream, there is no mainstream.
http://www.opc.org/
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)Swanson's about one degree away from the Duggars. Their faith is NOT mainstream.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)... corporations and churches that have stupid bigots as their main players, can we?
cali
(114,904 posts)how stupid can you possibly be? The Pastor is a moronic piece of pig shit or frog shit or both.
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)XemaSab
(60,212 posts)He's really like that.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)starroute
(12,977 posts)"This is what the great LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. The frogs will go up on you and your people and all your officials."
Initech
(100,102 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)only represent 2% of the population as some RW'ers claim, then why the F do they get so worked up about it ...
And some say it's going to wreck their marriage. If that small a number of people are going to F up their marriage, they've got a lot more problems going on in their marriage than LGBT.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I suggest he look into this:
Oh, the hugh manatee!!11!!
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)that they shouldn't have made that "home movie" back when they were in college. But would they listen to me? Nooooo...
slampoet
(5,032 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)they seem to push for.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)There an especially hot little corner they save just for sock puppets.
cali
(114,904 posts)dimbear
(6,271 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)Yeah I know I don't look like Debbie Harry but, *sigh*. What a lovely song. And gay as the day is long.
Confusious
(8,317 posts)I like that song, and Debbie Harry made this boys shorts burn at 7 years old.
yardwork
(61,706 posts)The skit contains many references to gay icons. Ultra-feminine divas, including Debbie Harry, are an important part of gay culture. Many gay men love divas, and there's a whole gay subculture around them, as seen with drag queens. Rainbows are also a gay cultural icon - probably the single most important one - partly because of the song 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' sung by Judy Garland, herself one of the original gay icon divas. The gay rights flag is a rainbow flag.
OverseaVisitor
(296 posts)Where were you then Pastor.
Where were you.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)I wish I wasn't serious.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)OverseaVisitor
(296 posts)By the mentally retarded.
For no specific crime.
Pastor my arse
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)vaberella
(24,634 posts)XemaSab
(60,212 posts)He is not only the fringe of the fringe...
...he's also a pencilnecked jerkass.
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)Really, you should have posted a warning above that picture that it contained graphic stupidity and ugliness and might not be suitable for viewing by children or adults with a low tolerance for same.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)comes to mind for some reason.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)DCKit
(18,541 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)Just keep your head in the sand, Kevin.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)tanyev
(42,613 posts)As long as there's a camera crew filming it.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)and made him speak gibberish like that
everyone go to a 2nd store for a Kermit/Piggy dolland/ or send a card wiith muppets on it to him!!!!
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)and scaring small children by saying that Kermit deserves the death penalty and he wants to eat Miss Piggy.
Bake
(21,977 posts)They need a reminder. They're awfully quick with the violent talk.
Bake
And yes, I'm a Christian.