A Wickedly Beautiful Response to NC's Latest Gay Bashing Minister

[Ian David]

A Wickedly Beautiful Response to NC's Latest Gay Bashing Minister

by Rev. Mark Sandlin

Yes sir, we grow 'em on trees in these parts. Yet another NC minister has gone all “king of crazy town” when it comes to talking about homosexuality and the Bible. The idea that two people of the same sex could actually be in love seems to be some powerful mojo when it comes to NC ministers. It is like it sends them into a testosterone induced fervor that completely blinds them to the greatest hits of the Bible like, “thou shall not kill,” and “love thy neighbor.”

Oddly, the same kind of fervor use to blind the same kind of preachers here in the South and, because of it, a lot of people who were different from them ended up hanging from trees. Maybe it's not so odd. Maybe it's completely to be expected.

Yep, in certain Southern churches, gay is the new black. Realistically, it's not just Southern churches, but with North Carolina's recent passage of Amendment One and the viral YouTube video of the knock-the-gay-out-of-your-kid pastor, it wouldn't be surprising to find a few arborists diligently searching the hillsides of the gorgeous North Carolina foothills for the mythical Tree of Homophobia (which, ironically, I hear has leaves the colors of the rainbow). Just looking at the news over the last several months, while it would seem that all states have ministers that preach exclusion (and even violence) toward our LGBT brothers and sisters, North Carolina does simply seem to be better at it. “We're #1! We're #1! We're #1!”

So, the latest in the parade of “A-Minister-REALLY-said-THAT?” circus here in N.C. is Pastor Charles L. Worley (please note my restraint in guessing what the “L” is for... clearly not “love” - okay, my near restraint). He believes, one assumes biblically, that “lesbians and queers” should be locked up inside an electrified fence until they die out. As I understand his argument, up until this point LGBT folk have been reproducing and creating little baby homosexuals and if all the “lesbians” are inside one fence and all the “queers” are inside another, well, they could not longer reproduce and hence - no more homosexual babies.

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So, in addition to sending in a donation to your favorite LGBT advocacy group in his honor, I'm asking you to do one more thing: download the postcard you find at the end of this post and fill it out. It is addressed to Pastor Worley and says, "A donation has been made to __________ in your name. Thank you for helping advance the fight for equal rights for our LGBT brothers and sisters." Just fill in the blank and mail it to the right Reverend. In a few days, he'll also start receiving all the wonderful educational material from each organization to whom he has “donated.”

When you make a donation in his name be sure to include the address of his church:
Providence Road Baptist Church
Attn: Pastor Worley
3283 Providence Mill Rd.
Maiden, NC 28650

More:
http://www.thegodarticle.com/15/post/2012/05/a-sinfully-beautiful-response-to-ncs-latest-gay-bashing-minister.html

[MountainLaurel]

1. When payday comes, I'll be making a donation

Now I just have to decide which organization Pastor Worley wants to support.

[goclark]

2. Thanks for the post K and R

[Iwillnevergiveup]

3. Kicked

and forwarded.

[racaulk]

4. Brilliant idea!

I think the good Pastor wants to support the Ali Forney Center.



K&R

[DiverDave]

5. It's a powerful and well reasoned response to bigotry

I applaud him for the courage to speak out on the issue.
There are far to many complacent people who should be shouting from the rooftops on this,
and many other issues (Birthers, Police gone mad,wall street STILL spinning the roulette wheel, it
seems endless).

I wish I could afford to help, but being on disability is killing our budget.

K+R'ed

[William769]

6. Recommended.

[appleannie1]

7. Posted on my facebook page. A great response to hate. Spread the love.

[HillWilliam]

8. Heartily recommended

anybody taking bets on whether the good Rev has been seen at the local fishcamp packing his face with all-you-can-eat shrimp? I couldn't miss that tacky poly-blend suit he was wearing.

There is little on earth I regard with more disdain than a hypocrite. They're only ragging on GLBTs because they can't say the En-Word in public any more.

[alfredo]

9. knr

[cr8tvlde]

10. This is a wickedly creative bunch here !!!

[NorthCarolina]

11. K&R

[myrna minx]

12. Wonderful! K&R

[Vanje]

13. NeedzaKick

[SockyMonky]

14. Here's a cute new Church video that you might want to share with your friends... - JMG user SockyMon

Yes, Jesus doesn't love me! ...for their parents tell them so!