Controversial Religious Summer Camp Closed

[and-justice-for-all]

http://richarddawkins.net/article,294,Controversial-Religious-Summer-Camp-Closed,Toronto-Daily-News
or
http://www.torontodailynews.com/index.php/WorldNews/2006110814Kids-Camp


The documentary about summer camp where children would tearfully beg God to end abortion and bless President Bush prompted to close the camp.

The summer camp "Kids on Fire" where children would tearfully beg God to end abortion and bless President Bush, will shut down for at least several years after a documentary about the camp.

The film, showing young evangelical children steeling themselves for spiritual and political warfare, includes scenes with pastor Ted Haggard, the evangelical leader accused of gay sex and drug use.

In one scene, Haggard tells the audience, "We don't have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity. It's written in the Bible."

Titled "Jesus Camp," the documentary sparked a negative reaction, said the camp's director.

"Right now we're just not a safe ministry," Becky Fischer, the fiery Pentecostal pastor featured in "Jesus Camp," said Tuesday.

The pastor, who has been accused of "brainwashing" the children, said she's shutting down the camp for at least several years.

Up to 100 children visited the camp each year. <1>

Read my (Josh Timonen's) review of Jesus Camp here:
http://richarddawkins.net/article,183,Surviving-Jesus-Camp,Josh-Timonen

[sakabatou]

1. It was never a safe camp, Becky

[Monk06]

3. Becky should be put in the slammer for a few years and barred from any contact with children.

[sakabatou]

7. Tru dat

[Ian David]

2. Sorry, kids! You're gonna be in the woods with The Michigan Militia again this year! n/t

[xchrom]

4. that's probably more right than wrong.

[Wiley50]

5. Hallelujah!

[TheBaldyMan]

6. Amen to that !

[ellacott]

8. I read somewhere that Ted Haggard appeared in this film

Is this true?

[TheBaldyMan]

10. YouTube clip with ex-Pastor Ted here ...

If you listen very carefully you can hear Ted shoot himself in the foot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6rSjrBhUIA

enjoy!

[treestar]

9. Fodder for right wing claims of persecution

Let's hope they were a single example of the phenomenon.