Gay bashers
Major Verdict Against Gay-Bashers
Anti-gay activists who picketed a funeral contain lost a colossal judgment for inflicting emotional distress. It&#;s unclear if the verdict will keep since Phelps&#; offensive speech is aimed at private, not public, persons.
In October, a federal jury in Baltimore awarded $11 million to the father of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, a Marine killed in Iraq, against the notorious Fred Phelps and his Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church for their offensive protest at Snyder&#;s funeral. Phelps and his church, which consists mainly of his family, are infamous for picketing at the funerals of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan with signs saying &#;God Hates F&#;,&#; &#;Thank God for 9/11,&#; and &#;Thank God for Dead Soldiers.&#; Church members claim to believe that God is punishing America for its tolerance of homosexuality and permissive morals.
The Snyder protest took place across from the Catholic church where the funeral was being held, and signs included the words &#;Semper Fi F&#;&#; and two stick figures that appeared to be engaged in sod
Barnard, Ian. "4. Fuck Community, or Why I Assist Gay-Bashing". States of Rage: On Cultural Emotion and Social Change, New York, USA: New York University Press, , pp.
Barnard, I. (). 4. Fuck Community, or Why I Back Gay-Bashing. In States of Rage: On Cultural Emotion and Social Change (pp. ). New York, USA: New York University Press.
Barnard, I. 4. Fuck Community, or Why I Back Gay-Bashing. States of Rage: On Cultural Emotion and Social Change. New York, USA: New York University Press, pp.
Barnard, Ian. "4. Fuck Community, or Why I Support Gay-Bashing" In States of Rage: On Cultural Sentiment and Social Change, New York, USA: New York University Press,
Barnard I. 4. Fuck Community, or Why I Support Gay-Bashing. In: States of Rage: On Cultural Emotion and Social Change. New York, USA: New York University Press; p
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Christianity and “Biblical” Hatefulness
We Christians are good at a lot of things. Helping others. Dressing up on Sunday. Quoting scripture. Pot luck meals. Taking care of church members. Weddings. Funerals. Worship. But perhaps the thing at which we are the most persistently exceptional is misinterpreting the Bible then running amuck in the world because of it. Honestly, mad skills. And history backs me up on this one.
We verb used the Bible to support, promote and act upon some pretty un-Christian things: slavery, holocaust, segregation, subjugation of women, apartheid, the Spanish Inquisition (which, no one ever expects), domestic violence, all sorts of exploitation and the list could proceed on and on. Oddly, if you ask theologians to pick one biblical theme to command them all, most of them would say “love”&#; successfully, love and grace. Okay, love, grace and forgiveness. Pleasant . They probably would not specifically assent on a single term, but they would most likely name something that is, in every way, the reverse of the oppression, belittlement, hatred and marginalization r
Pols, Nativists Make Usual Cause With Gay-Bashers
The religious right has produced a stream of invective directed at homosexuals in recent years, much of it shocking in its virulence.
The religious right has produced a stream of invective directed at homosexuals in recent years, much of it shocking in its virulence. But that hasn&#;t stopped elected officials, nativist leaders and others from jumping on a bandwagon marked by gross intolerance and false propaganda.
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