Baptist leader accused of soliciting male prostitute

[quaoar]

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=4319306&nav=0s3d

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A leader of the Southern Baptist Convention has been arrested in Oklahoma City on a lewdness complaint for allegedly propositioning a plainclothes policeman.

Police say the Reverend Lonnie Latham was arrested Tuesday night in a motel parking lot after soliciting an officer who was posing as a male prostitute.

Latham is pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church and is on the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has spoken out in the past against homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

After posting bond, Latham told K-F-O-R T-V in Oklahoma City that he was set up, and was in the area ministering to people.

[HuffleClaw]

1. 'ministering' ?

as in 'the laying on of hands' ?

[VegasWolf]

16. ROFL!!! He was trying to 'lay his hands' on something!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[KansDem]

21. Perhaps a little "snake-handling"

edited to add visual

[bobbieinok]

98. 'mainline souhern baptists' are opposed to speaking in tongues (and

snake handling)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

105. So that's what those crazy queers call it these days...

nt

[daleo]

2. Prediction: he will say he was trying to convert him.

Alternatively, he was doing "research".

[AnneD]

72. What...

no nation wide tearful confession? When some of these religious leaders make such a deal of homosexuality and display such vitrol...I always suspect a case of displaced self loathing. These 'cases' seldom surprise me.

[MADem]

79. He says the cop "set him up!!!"

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (AP) -- A pastor who has spoken out against homosexuality was arrested after propositioning a male undercover police officer outside a hotel, authorities said.

As the Rev. Lonnie Latham, 59, left jail Wednesday, he said "I was set up. I was in the area pastoring to police."

Latham, a member of the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee, was arrested Tuesday and charged with offering to engage in an act of lewdness, Capt. Jeffrey Becker said....Latham has supported a convention directive urging members to befriend gays and lesbians and try to convince them that they can become heterosexual "if they accept Jesus Christ as their savior and reject their 'sinful, destructive lifestyle."'

... http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/05/lewd.pastor.ap/

I guess "pastoring to police" includes PROPOSITIONING!!! And how CONVENIENT that he supports all that gay "befriending"--gives him an EASY OUT anytime he is caught in what might seem to be a compromising position!! Clever closeted bigot, that Lonnie! But not quite clever enough...!

[Fridays Child]

3. Ministering to people? More like talking to the bishop, if you ask me.

Fundie hypocrite.

[David Zephyr]

4. There's Homosexuality and Then There's Oklahomosexuality.

One has a musical flair to it. A big difference.:)

[HillDem]

6. LOL

:rofl:
:rofl:
:rofl:
:rofl:

[blm]

12. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.......

Quite musical.

[Tin Man]

20. good one - thanks for the laugh!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. Best laugh of the day...

:beer:

[fishwax]

43. that's fuuuny

:rofl:

[customerserviceguy]

51. What's as high

as an elephant's eye??!! Thanks for inspiring me!

[Mabus]

68. LOL

I grew up in OKC. Back in the mid/late-70's one televison station hired a former "Miss Oklahoma" to do the news. She was did a piece on Anita Bryant (orange juice and gays). She stumbled over the word "homosexual" a few times but by the end of the piece she could pronounce it. After she finished her segment she passed the baton to the idiot co-anchor. He said his piece and sent it back to her for her the commercial lead to keep us riveted to their newscast. She looked at the camera very seriously and told us to stay tuned for information on the latest on a recent "homocide" in the OKC area. Then she smiled like she was really proud of herself for pronouncing such big words. As the camera pulled back her co-anchor was looking away and blinking rapidly like he was trying not to laugh out loud, the weather & sports guys were looking at her with their mouths hanging open. I was watching the newscast with my mom and a couple of siblings. We all burst out laughing at her too. As I recall she didn't stick around long.

:rofl:

on edit: for those who don't know, Anita Bryant herself was a former "Miss Oklahoma"

From the wiki:

In 1977, Florida's Dade County (now Miami-Dade County) passed a human-rights ordinance that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. In response to this, Bryant led a highly publicised campaign to repeal the ordinance. The campaign was waged based on Christian beliefs regarding the sinfulness of homosexuality and the perceived threat of homosexual recruitment of children and child molestation. Indeed, the concerns over homosexual recruitment of children inspired the name of Bryant political organization, Save the Children, Inc. Among Bryant's assertions during the campaign were "As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children" and "If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nailbiters." On June 7, 1977, Bryant's campaign led to a repeal of the anti-discrimination ordinance by a margin of 69% to 31%.

The following day, Bryant stated, "In victory, we shall not be vindictive. We shall continue to seek help and change for homosexuals, whose sick and sad values belie the word 'gay' which they pathetically use to cover their unhappy lives."

In the aftermath, legislation was passed outlawing adoption by homosexuals in the state of Florida and Bryant led several more campaigns around the country to repeal local anti-discrimination ordinances.

***

Anita Bryant's political success galvanized her opponents. She became one of the first persons to be "pied" (i.e., hit in the face with a pie) -- in Des Moines in 1977 -- as a political act. Gay activists organized a juice boycott, some enclosing two dollar bills and requesting a copy of a nonexistent pamphlet linking orange juice with homosexuality. rest at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Bryant

[bobbieinok]

99. when Anita later wanted/needed a divorce (abuse, I think) she

was told by her minister to 'submit graciously to her husband'......I believe she wrote a book about this; she changed her mind on many things

Anita graduated a year after I did from my high school in Tulsa.......she was a runner up in the Miss America contest and toured with Bob Hope

a recent (2002) discussion of second marriage, bankruptcy, etc

http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/2002/04/28/State/Bankruptcy__ill_will_.shtml

[mitchum]

86. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

David Z, that is good...REAL good :)
Well done.

[bluerum]

5. I was set up. Snicker snicker. Rotten pos. n/t

[greiner3]

7. Now what is that passage where the bible;

Condemns homosexuality? I was sure it was right next to love thy neighbor.

[HillDem]

9. Have you read Jimmy Carter's new book?

He has an interesting take on homosexuality. Basically-- that we are all sinners for one reason or another, so there's no reason to persecute gays.

Also remember, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone:

[biscotti]

8. This just tickles me

Damn hypocrites.

[blm]

10. I've heard of this creep many times. Just goes to show ya - those who

complain the loudest against homosexuality are most likely afraid to open their own closets.

[mzmolly]

78. You got it!

:hi:

[sarcasmo]

95. Exactly right and well said. This is why we need to always post these

closeted people that were slamming gay marriage. Many in the current admin who will not come out and little Scotty is probably on the top of the list, IMHO of course.

[Ian David]

11. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x52315

[quaoar]

14. That isn't LBN forum

[superconnected]

13. are baptists fundies?

The last chuch I went to was run by a gay female minister.

I didn't have a problem with that. It was the UCC - United Chuch of Christ.

See you can be christian and gay at the same time.

I don't know anything about baptists churches though, mine was part methodist and I think part lutheran.

[sybylla]

17. Is the Pope Catholic?

They sure are fundies. I think they co-invented it with the Assembly of Godittes.

[Ian David]

24. Southern Baptists split with the main convention during The Civil War

They're the church that believed The Bible justified slavery.

Actually, The Bible (and The New Testament) do justify slavery, but that's beside the point.

Southern Baptists were the pro-slavery Baptists.

[quaoar]

26. My favorite Baptist joke

Q. Why are Baptists opposed to pre-marital sex?
A. Because it leads to dancing.

[Ian David]

27. Jump back! n/t

[Zen Democrat]

28. I heard it this way:

What don't Baptists f*** standing up?
Because people might think they're dancing.

[martymar64]

47. My Favorite Baptist Joke

The problem with Baptists is they don't hold them under long enough.

Oooh, I'm going to hell for that one!

[Mike_The_Computer]

103. Growing up gay in a southern Baptist home was no picnic, I can vouch.

Sitting in church, pouring over Revelations with one half of my attentions, and listening to the preacher with the rest, I figured I was unavoidably hellbound, from a very young age, and came to accept it as my fate.

Happily, I overcame that programming when I got away to college, and now I'm an adjusted (and informed) atheist. But that heavy Southern Baptist programming of self-loathing is something else, I tells ya.

And don't even get me started on the time I was coerced into undergoing baptism. Yikes.

[Zen Democrat]

30. And Jimmy Carter split with the Southern Baptists in the 80's.

[Maat]

77. Well, he is still a member of his beloved Southern Baptist church.

He used to do separate speaking for the administrative body, the Southern Baptist Convention.

He gave that up officially.

But ... his church STILL tithes to that odious administrative body.

[bobbieinok]

101. formally left the denomination in 2000.....over denomination's pronounceme

pronouncements on women

[bobbieinok]

100. I believe the Methodists and the Presbyterians also split over slavery

they reunited after the Civil War; the Baptists didn't

the Southern Baptists may be the largest protestant denomination in the US

[Ian David]

25. There are actually gay-friendly Baptist and Southern Baptist churches

Baptist groups that are inclusive of sexual minorities
and those committed to Baptist principles:

http://www.rainbowbaptists.org/baptists.htm

[Critters2]

73. Not all Baptists

are fundies. The American Baptists Churches (ABC) run the gamut from very progressive to Evangelical, though probably none that are technically fundies. I went to a seminary that was affiliated with the UCC and the ABC. That couldn't happen if all Baptists were fundies.

[Maat]

75. Is the Pope Catholic? I can see somone beat me to it.

United Church of Christ is a progressively-minded church - at the left of the line, so-to-speak.

Unitarian-Universalist is probably further to the left.

The Southern Baptists are on the opposite end - on the far righthand side, just left of one group - the Dominionists.

The above was my humble opinion, after researching the Religious Right for two years.

[agates]

15. ROFLMAO

Funniest thing I've heard in weeks. Thanks for posting!

[Gman]

18. Hey, well minister THIS!

[cpamomfromtexas]

19. This guy used to cut grass in Tulsa

According to my brother's friend, they found out he was a weirdo and fired him.

[Vogon_Glory]

22. No Doubt Preacher Latham Was Only Counseling Sinners

No doubt Preacher Latham was only counseling a sinner.

Hah! Hah! Hah! Hoh! Hoh! Hoh! Hee! Hee! Hee!

I'd have a trifle more sympathy for Preacher Latham if he hadn't been not only a hypocrite, but a hypocrite involved in making other peoples' lives that much more miserable.

[Zen Democrat]

29. Like Swaggert was ministering to Ladies of the Night.

[martymar64]

48. Like Pete Townshend

was only doing "research" on kiddie porn.

[Catfight]

23. Everyone is 100% correct, anyone that protest so much against

homosexuality is struggling with their own demons. If they just allowed things to naturally evolve as they are suppose to, they wouldn't hurt other families, their own families, and themselves. Lonnie needs an exorcism of deep seeded male adjusted straightness. What an complete asshole. He wasn't set-up on a blind date with an undercover cop, he was set-up to face the mirror and truth. Lonnie is a homosexual that hates who he is. That's the saddest part of it all. The worst part though, is they force their deep seeded hatred on innocent families of gay couples. That to me is unforgivable.

[madmark]

32. Exactly, real straight guys are too busy chasing skirts to give a

rats ass what gay people are doing, let alone mount a media or political campaign against them.

[madmark]

31. figures; all these most strident fundamentalist gay bashers are effeminate

as hell.

[appleannie1]

34. I am SHOCKED

Why the poor man was just trying 'save' that male prostitute and make him 'born again'. And he was planning on a baptism in the motel room. And to think, they embarrassed him by arresting him. I can hear it now.

[grace0418]

62. Baptism by golden shower perhaps?

Wash away those sins you bad boy!

[TheBaldyMan]

64. another Oklhomasexual joke

A bright golden rain cross the meadow?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

35. Oh, so he'll fuck 'em but won't marry 'em. What a playa. n/t

[mom cat]

36. Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, God shed his grace on thee

(sung to a possibly recognizable tune)

[Blue_Tires]

37. hmmm...where WAS Gannon this past weekend?

[AngryAmish]

38. Shoot, you beat me to it

[Bluebear]

39. Who would pay an aging 50 year old hasbeen like Gannon?

Gannon will be the one paying for it soon enough. blech.

[quaoar]

40. Aging 50-year-old?

Hey! I resemble that remark.

Besides, us almost-50-year-olds have better technique.

[Bluebear]

42. I resemble it too.

But nobody wants to pay for it. :)

[Media_Lies_Daily]

41. I guess it was over the top when he asked the cop to....

...kneel for a special "communion".

[Behind the Aegis]

44. As funny as this is...

...there is a deeper problem here. He wasn't asking for money. He wasn't soliciting prostitution, simply sex, homo sex. It is funny because he is a hypocrite, but what if it had been a self-actualized gay person? It wouldn't be so funny.

The only good thing, other than they hypocrite factor, maybe this asshole will see what hell he has help maintain for gays, like me, in Oklahoma!

[Ian David]

52. I was wondering about that too. There wasn't any prostitution involved?

So, he got arrested for asking someone to have sex for free?

Shouting, "Blowjob please! Blowjob please!" in a park should be illegal, but walking up to someone and quietly saying, "Hey, how about a blowjob in a hotel room?" shouldn't be.

Unless that person is under age or standing on a ladder painting something, I guess.

Accosting and aggressively cornering random strangers to ask for sexual favors should also be illegal, I think.

But if all this guy did was say, "Hey, nice pants. You look like a cowboy. Have you seen Brokeback Mountain? Me too. I cried. Say, how about a blowjob in that hotel?" then that should not be against the law.

But I really hope that this guy gets to be the test case that would over-turn such a law.

[mongo]

58. Charlotte NC was doing this 10-12 years ago

It was a big money maker for the cops.

A Cop would get friendly with someone in the park or in the back of the local peep show, and would ask leading questions -- as soon as the other party mentioned a sexual act they were arrested.

The city would offer deffered prosecution with a big fine - but a clean record. Most people took the deal.

[MADem]

80. Apparently, the cop was posing as a prostitute

Who'd give this guy anything for free, really???

Police say the Reverend Lonnie Latham was arrested Tuesday night in a motel parking lot after soliciting an officer who was posing as a male prostitute.


http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=97aa8a13-0abe-421a-0039-2e4ea0b650e7&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

[closeupready]

89. Uh,

you'd be surprised how often looks have nothing to do with such affairs.

[MADem]

90. Well, when money is changing hands, I imagine that would be the case

without a doubt. And then there's TWO AM GOOD LOOKS, where the booze buzz makes the last available trollish behemoth in the barroom look like a film star...but in a motel parking lot???

To each his own, I guess...but that guy looks butt-UGLY to me. Not that I am an expert on what is stylish nowadays...

[closeupready]

91. Yeah, I could tell you stories, but

this is a family board so I better not... :D

[Flubadubya]

45. Give him a break... he was just offering "succour".

Bwahahaha... :rofl:

[BiggJawn]

46. This one of the guys who criticised Jimmy Carter for being "Secular"?

I read in Carter's book where after the SBC got taken over by the Dominionists, they told Carter that they would pray that he would reject Secular Humanism...

Well, Latham, you get to join the ranks of Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker, Aimee Semple MacPherson, and many, many, others...

It's Man's Nature to be sexual. You try to repress that hardwired desire, and, like trying to squeeze a balloon in your hands, it just goes popping out where you least expect it to.

[Ian David]

50. The Southern Baptists condemned Habitat for Humanity as "too secular" n/t

[BiggJawn]

61. Madness...Pure Madness..

Remines me of a scene from a TV movie or mini-series set in Hawaii where a young child dies of something we'd think of as nothing (some european Thing, probably) and the character who was a bible-burnout missionary who thought Calvin was too liberal said "I wish I could have SAVED it!" his wife said "you COULD have!" he responds "I mean its SOUL!"...

[TheBaldyMan]

49. the policeman was suffering from erectile dysfunction

and he was laying on hands to heal him of his affliction.

[Ian David]

53. Scary photo of Latham (mugshot)?

Lonnie Latham, shown in this photo provided by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office, senior pastor at South Tulsa Baptist Church and an executive committee member of the Southern Baptist Convention, was booked into Oklahoma County Jail Tuesday night, Jan. 3, 2006, after being arrested on a lewdness charge for propositioning a plainclothes policeman outside a hotel, police said. Latham, who has spoken out against homosexuality, allegedly asked the officer to join him in his hotel room for oral sex.(AP Photo/Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060104/480/wxs10501042351

[yellowcanine]

56. No wonder he had to hang out on street corners to get laid. That is

one ugly dude.

[spanone]

54. Don't you love these sanctimonious assholes.

He was set up? They forced him to proposition??? Hardly.

[wordpix]

55. no doubt one of those who impeached Clinton over a blowjob

[saigon68]

57. and was in the area ministering to people

With his penis hanging out of his pants

[reichstag911]

59. A little DU love for Lonnie...

to "Dr." Lonnie Latham, Senior Pastor, [e-mail]

[HR_Pufnstuf]

60. More proof of my theory.

"Only sinners need church"

[KamaAina]

63. Darn! I thought it was gonna be Phelps

but then I realized it said "leader"!

[Name removed]

65. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[dogfacedboy]

66. The big deal is hypocrisy, not being gay. n/t

[onefortheroad]

70. The hypocrisy of a Baptist surprises you?

Huh...? That surprises me.

[dogfacedboy]

94. Not at all.

My post was a response to a post that asked "a gay Baptist. What's the big deal?"

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

67. You'll need more than one for the road. See ya. n/t

[grumpy old fart]

69. Rev. Lonnie and the church he just fucked over....

and his church....http://www.southtulsabaptist.org/About/Staff.asp

[slackmaster]

71. So much material there it's almost unbelievable

Sports Ministries:

Men’s Basketball outreach—provided in a “pick up” game format to allow church members to invite friends for basketball and fellowship. Games are held each Thursday evening at 7:00 in the gym.

Little Dribblers—This ministry has come about to teach children basketball skills in a Christian fellowship environment. Competition takes a backseat to sportsmanship...

:freak:

ETA: I've found that "Tulsa" is a very useful word in palindromes.

:hide:

[Ian David]

82. At least he was soliciting an ADULT. That's unusual for the right-wingers

[BattyDem]

85. LOL ... I thought the same thing!

:rofl:

[progressivebydesign]

88. He's an evil looking SOB. icky!!!

He claims he was "set up", yeah right.

[triguy46]

93. Kinda has that "just been cookin' some meth" look working...

[Ezlivin]

74. Jesus is coming again. Do you want to?

Is there a list of these Evangelicals Gone Wild somewhere?

[Ian David]

83. Yes, there sure is! Fundies Gone Wild!

The never-ending chronicle of church-related crime.
http://heartlandvalues.blogspot.com/2000/06/never-ending-chronicle-of-church.html

Republican Hypocrisy Revealed
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/

The Republican Wife-Cheating Hall of Fame
http://www.americaheldhostile.com/cheating.html

Red Morals
http://tesibria.typepad.com/redmorals/

[mzmolly]

76. "The - man - doth protest too much, methinks" always comes to mind when I

hear bigots like Mr Latham.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

81. Hey, Jesus hung out with twelve sailors...

What's the big deal?

[Maven]

84. They'll just try to turned this around...

"He see-yinned, but now he can find healin' and help others who've strayed from the path..."

:eyes:

[progressivebydesign]

87. Busted ala Jeff Christie aka Rush Limbaugh. Hypocrites! n/t

[Ian David]

92. Rev. Lonnie Latham--Another Victim of the Southern Baptist Lie

This is good enough that I'll put it in a new thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x24222


Rev. Lonnie Latham--Another Victim of the Southern Baptist Lie Regarding Homosexuality

Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document.

Soulforce issues statement regarding arrest of Southern Baptist Convention(SBC)pastor, Rev. Lonnie Latham, arrested Tuesday for allegedly soliciting oral sex from a male undercover police officer. Rather than attack Rev. Latham's reported hypocrisy, Soulforce points out that what "informs" his behavior is the SBC's campaign of LGBT defamation.

Lynchburg, VA (PRWEB) January 6, 2005 -- In response to today's news that the Rev. Lonnie Latham, a prominent figure in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and senior pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly propositioning a male undercover police officer, Soulforce founder Rev. Dr. Mel White says, "No one should have to come out via an undercover sting operation. That is its own evil. Until the Southern Baptist Convention ends their spiritual violence against gay and lesbian people, tragedies like this will continue."

Soulforce exists as an organization to end spiritual violence against LGBT people. “The false antigay teachings of the Southern Baptist Convention have claimed yet another victim,” said Robyn Murphy, Director of Public Relations and Media, for Soulforce. “Many people are attacking Rev. Latham for his hypocrisy, but instead we should be asking ‘what informs that hypocrisy’? The answer, tragically, is the SBC’s vicious and non-stop campaign of defamation against Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people and same-gender families.”

Jamie McDaniel, a spokesperson for Soulforce who works to change the antigay polices of the SBC, said “It’s tragic that so many, like Rev. Latham, have never been told the truth that they can live with dignity and express their God-given sexuality in ways that are open, honest, loving and life-affirming. Trapped by Southern Baptist misinformation, many people of faith think their only option is to live a dark and secretive double-life. The SBC needs to be held accountable for causing this kind of needless suffering.”

The Southern Baptist Convention, with over 15 million members, is the 2nd largest denomination in the United States. Southern Baptist teachings are a source of misinformation about homosexuality and homosexual people. Southern Baptist leaders also attempt to rally their congregations to defeat legislation that could help LGBT Americans gain equality. In the past, the Southern Baptist Convention simply condemned homosexuals with anti-gay rhetoric, but in recent years Southern Baptists have stated their intention to "minister" to gays and lesbians by promoting ex-gay programs and so-called “reparative” therapy.


The purpose of Soulforce is freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from religious and political oppression through the practice of relentless nonviolent resistance.

###

More:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb329600.htm

[Ian David]

96. NGLTF: Another Prominent Anti-Gay Minister Arrested on Sex Charge

Press release from The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

A statement from Matt Foreman, Executive Director
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2006 -- It was reported yesterday, Thursday,
Jan. 5, that Rev. Lonnie Latham, a member of the executive
committee of the Southern Baptist Convention and senior pastor
of the South Tulsa First Baptist Church, was arrested for
offering to engage in "an act of lewdness" with a male
undercover police officer.

The incident occurred at the Habana Inn in Oklahoma City, which
describes itself as, "the Southwest's Largest Gay Resort." Rev.
Latham denied the charges to reporters as he left the Oklahoma
County jail and claimed, "I was set up. I was in the area
pastoring..." This isn't the first time he's been in the area,
having received a traffic violation there a few years back.

Rev. Latham has been an outspoken opponent of equal rights for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. And, of course,
in recent years the Southern Baptist Convention - the nation's
largest Protestant denomination - has become increasingly
homophobic and aligned itself with the worst elements of the far
right in working to stop marriage equality for gay people. Rev.
Latham supported a directive urging its churches to befriend
gays and lesbians and try to convince them that they can become
heterosexual "if they accept Jesus Christ as their savior and
reject their 'sinful, destructive lifestyle'".

These kinds of situations involving anti-gay political and
religious leaders being caught, literally, with their pants down
are hardly uncommon. My instinctual reaction has always been one
of smug satisfaction - "serves the damn hypocrite right."

Maybe I'm getting old, or maybe it's lingering good will from
being with my family in Wyoming over the holidays, or maybe it's
thinking about Brokeback Mountain too much, but today I only
feel sadness for Rev. Latham and his family. Homophobia -
directed at others and at one's own very being - is the real
perpetrator here.

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[cyr330]

97. What was he looking for?

Was he trying to have a little nip of the body of christ?

[Barkley]

102. It only shows that Southern Baptist Convention is a repressive

institution.

He'll get 'cured' in a few months and return
saved and homophobic as ever.

I can hear him now: "I changed so can you".

[Stockholm]

104. I am actually torn between schadenfreude and pity for these people

n/t

[Ian David]

106. Collection of Lonnie Latham threads on DU

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Latest Breaking News forum

Baptist leader accused of soliciting male prostitute
Topic started by quaoar on Jan-04-06 06:59 PM (105 replies)
Last modified by haruka3_2000 on Jan-07-06 05:11 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2021215

Anti- gay pastor arrested after...
Topic started by El Supremo on Jan-05-06 10:20 PM (1 replies)
Last modified by on Jan-05-06 10:20 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2024287

Pastor who preached against gays arrested on lewdness charge
Topic started by Thom Little on Jan-05-06 06:32 AM (6 replies)
Last modified by XanaDUer on Jan-05-06 06:43 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2022062


The DU Lounge forum
Scandals!
Topic started by mykpart on Jan-08-06 01:51 AM (1 replies)
Last modified by cssmall on Jan-08-06 01:52 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4555216

And the word of the day is ....
Topic started by RagingInMiami on Jan-05-06 06:56 AM (4 replies)
Last modified by RagingInMiami on Jan-05-06 08:39 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4539478

General Discussion: Politics forum
As delay goes down, baptist preacher trolls for a man
Topic started by BOSSHOG on Jan-07-06 02:43 PM (19 replies)
Last modified by salin on Jan-07-06 04:20 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2354902


GLBT forum
Homo-bigot pastor that offered a BJ to an undercover male cop resigns
Topic started by kweerwolf on Jan-07-06 12:34 PM (11 replies)
Last modified by IanDB1 on Jan-08-06 04:54 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=221&topic_id=24316

Mr. Hetero contest finds new venue
Topic started by kweerwolf on Jan-05-06 07:41 PM (12 replies)
Last modified by sui generis on Jan-07-06 05:38 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=221&topic_id=24192

Florida Anti-Gay Marriage Group Says Crusade Is Losing Steam
Topic started by kweerwolf on Jan-06-06 07:29 PM (1 replies)
Last modified by mitchtv on Jan-06-06 11:13 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=221&topic_id=24286

Rev. Lonnie Latham--Another Victim of the Southern Baptist Lie
Topic started by IanDB1 on Jan-06-06 07:11 AM (3 replies)
Last modified by xchrom on Jan-06-06 07:32 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=221&topic_id=24222

Baptist leader accused of soliciting male prostitute
Topic started by kweerwolf on Jan-04-06 07:26 PM (10 replies)
Last modified by sui generis on Jan-05-06 11:08 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=221&topic_id=24082


John Kerry Group forum
Not kerry-related but, oh the hypocrisy
Topic started by TayTay on Jan-05-06 12:33 PM (3 replies)
Last modified by Island Blue on Jan-05-06 01:08 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=273&topic_id=62614


General Discussion forum
Anti-Gay Southern Baptist Leader Arrested for Offering BJ to Male Cop
Topic started by AtomicKitten on Jan-05-06 06:36 AM (49 replies)
Last modified by stevietheman on Jan-06-06 09:23 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=56229

Interesting: found the OKC ordinance used to arrest Lonnie Latham
Topic started by karlrschneider on Jan-06-06 12:21 PM (2 replies)
Last modified by karlrschneider on Jan-06-06 12:35 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=66996

Anti-gay, Southern Baptist minister arrested for soliciting sex-->
Topic started by DaveTheWave on Jan-06-06 08:36 AM (4 replies)
Last modified by SCantiGOP on Jan-06-06 09:30 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=65452

Oopsie! Local Baptist preacher busted for asking man for sex
Topic started by karlrschneider on Jan-04-06 06:04 PM (108 replies)
Last modified by WinkyDink on Jan-06-06 09:15 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=52315

Statement of Oklahoma Baptist Convention re: hypocrite Rev. Latham
Topic started by Imagine My Surprise on Jan-05-06 02:54 PM (33 replies)
Last modified by Imagine My Surprise on Jan-05-06 07:45 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=59746