Church kicks family out for not hating lesbian daughter

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**Jehan-reznor**

Mr Nobody wrote:
What happened to "love thy neighbour"?

I think the church thinks that it means; "Love thy underaged choirboy" But Homosexuals are bad!

**dogma**

Seaward wrote:

So you believe it's a fact the preacher told the parents they had to hate their daughter?

There is little evidence that he said they had to hate her, but Willis clearly said that the congregation will not allow the condonation of a homosexual child's sex life by her parents. He also indicated that sex within a homosexual marriage is fornication in his eyes*.

*Meaning that he does not recognize homosexual marriages as legitimate.

**Frazzled**

xole wrote:
Yay humanity!

I see it's time for our Bigot Church Vs. Gays thread again. Should we allow these continue to show up randomly or put them on some sort of schedule?

I'd prefer a schedule myself. After all, thats why Hitler lost. He scheduled poorly.

Hah Gowinned this

!

**Leigen_Zero**

Frazzled wrote:
xole wrote:
Yay humanity!

I see it's time for our Bigot Church Vs. Gays thread again. Should we allow these continue to show up randomly or put them on some sort of schedule?

I'd prefer a schedule myself. After all, thats why Hitler lost. He scheduled poorly.

Hah Gowinned this !

Damn, I had a really good rant to pull based on routine by Louis C.K.

**MrMoustaffa**

*Sees thread title* I bet this is the South

*Open thread* yep

Sadly, it doesn't surprise me. I know a lot of people who would be the same way. I'm starting to think that the only reason I stay down here is for the food. That delicious, homophobic, food.

Now I want biscuits and gravy. Thanks dakka

**Soladrin**

I'm still imagining a priest shouting "How dare you be halfway decent human beings, how dare you!" at the parents.

This seems like a job for Cardinal Vishnu and Altar Boy!

**whembly**

MrMoustaffa wrote:
*Sees thread title* I bet this is the South

*Open thread* yep

Sadly, it doesn't surprise me. I know a lot of people who would be the same way. I'm starting to think that the only reason I stay down here is for the food. That delicious, homophobic, food.

Now I want biscuits and gravy. Thanks dakka

I want Chicken 'n Waffles...

In other news:

I'm I doing it right?

**Frazzled**

MrMoustaffa wrote:
*Sees thread title* I bet this is the South

*Open thread* yep

Sadly, it doesn't surprise me. I know a lot of people who would be the same way. I'm starting to think that the only reason I stay down here is for the food. That delicious, homophobic, food.

Now I want biscuits and gravy. Thanks dakka

I was fine until you said biscuits and gravy. Its been so long since I had good biscuits and gravy...

**Soladrin**

She was never good looking anyway, so no loss there.

**KommissarKiln**

*sigh*...

I really hate it when churches or their members act hatefully towards others; it makes the rest of us look bad. Sure, they can be entitled to their own opinions, but crossing the line from disapproval to hatred as well as representing an entire institution at the same time is a big no-no.

**Soladrin**

KommissarKiln wrote:
*sigh*...

I really hate it when churches or their members act hatefully towards others; it makes the rest of us look bad. Sure, they can be entitled to their own opinions, but crossing the line from disapproval to hatred as well as representing an entire institution at the same time is a big no-no.

Don't worry, the long list of popes got you covered on making christians look aweful.

**Mannahnin**

Soladrin wrote:
She was never good looking anyway, so no loss there.

...that may indicate that you're gay.

Bam! Brought it back on topic!

**Soladrin**

Mannahnin wrote:
Soladrin wrote:
She was never good looking anyway, so no loss there.

...that may indicate that you're gay.

Bam! Brought it back on topic!

Or that I have good taste in women.

And if I was gay.. what about it? One does not have to be sexually attracted to someone to judge their looks.

**Mannahnin**

Perhaps intimating that the only people not attracted to Angelina Jolie are not attracted to women at all was hyperbolic. Perhaps.

Ahtman wrote:
Naturally, the Coopers chose to leave the church rather than submit to the hateful values it now practices. That seems to suit minister Ken Willis just fine. He claims that it was the duty of the church to reject the Coopers for openly standing by their daughter instead of abandoning her.

Bonewits Cult Danger Evaluation Frame; what do you have to say about this? Any danger signs here?

2. External Control: Amount of external political and social influence desired or obtained; emphasis on directing members’ external political and social behavior.

5. Dogma: Rigidity of reality concepts taught; amount of doctrinal inflexibility or “fundamentalism;” hostility towards relativism and situationalism.

12. Isolation: Amount of effort to keep members from communicating with non-members, including family, friends and lovers.

Seems there's a bit there.

**KommissarKiln**

Mannahnin wrote:

2. External Control: Amount of external political and social influence desired or obtained; emphasis on directing members’ external political and social behavior.

5. Dogma: Rigidity of reality concepts taught; amount of doctrinal inflexibility or “fundamentalism;” hostility towards relativism and situationalism.

12. Isolation: Amount of effort to keep members from communicating with non-members, including family, friends and lovers.

Seems there's a bit there.

Well, that seems to describe our local Imperium of mankind just about spot-on, actually

**PhantomViper**

Mannahnin wrote:
Perhaps intimating that the only people not attracted to Angelina Jolie are not attracted to women at all was hyperbolic. Perhaps.

Ahtman wrote:
Naturally, the Coopers chose to leave the church rather than submit to the hateful values it now practices. That seems to suit minister Ken Willis just fine. He claims that it was the duty of the church to reject the Coopers for openly standing by their daughter instead of abandoning her.

Bonewits Cult Danger Evaluation Frame; what do you have to say about this? Any danger signs here?

2. External Control: Amount of external political and social influence desired or obtained; emphasis on directing members’ external political and social behavior.

5. Dogma: Rigidity of reality concepts taught; amount of doctrinal inflexibility or “fundamentalism;” hostility towards relativism and situationalism.

12. Isolation: Amount of effort to keep members from communicating with non-members, including family, friends and lovers.

Seems there's a bit there.

Why do you have to bring GW into this?

**Soladrin**

Mannahnin wrote:
Perhaps intimating that the only people not attracted to Angelina Jolie are not attracted to women at all was hyperbolic. Perhaps.

And clearly I was responding in kind.

Ah who am I kidding, I'm a flaming homo.

**Mr. Burning**

Soladrin wrote:
Mannahnin wrote:
Perhaps intimating that the only people not attracted to Angelina Jolie are not attracted to women at all was hyperbolic. Perhaps.

And clearly I was responding in kind.

Ah who am I kidding, I'm a flaming homo.

ohhhhh.

Sorry Soladrin, no more room for you in OT

Maybe you should look at joining a home ware appreciation forum?

**Monster Rain**

Mannahnin wrote:
Bonewits Cult Danger Evaluation Frame;

This made reading the thread worthwhile.

Awesome stuff.

**MrMoustaffa**

Frazzled wrote:
MrMoustaffa wrote:
*Sees thread title* I bet this is the South

*Open thread* yep

Sadly, it doesn't surprise me. I know a lot of people who would be the same way. I'm starting to think that the only reason I stay down here is for the food. That delicious, homophobic, food.

Now I want biscuits and gravy. Thanks dakka

I was fine until you said biscuits and gravy. Its been so long since I had good biscuits and gravy...

I'm scared when I eventually head out west I'll never get a good southern meal again.

On the other hand, loosing 20lbs during that first week without southern food is going to be awesome

OT: How is this really "news"? Sadly, I hear about stuff like this fairly regularly locally. Is it mainly because of the media fixating on it?

**Easy E**

BaronIveagh wrote:
Achem: The Bible on men such as a Reverend who advocates that one should hate:

"But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. " - 2 Peter 2:1-3

Perfect for any occassion!

Nice and vague and easily applied to any thing you don't want to believe.

**Dreadclaw69**

Mannahnin wrote:
Bonewits Cult Danger Evaluation Frame; what do you have to say about this? Any danger signs here?

2. External Control: Amount of external political and social influence desired or obtained; emphasis on directing members’ external political and social behavior.

5. Dogma: Rigidity of reality concepts taught; amount of doctrinal inflexibility or “fundamentalism;” hostility towards relativism and situationalism.

12. Isolation: Amount of effort to keep members from communicating with non-members, including family, friends and lovers.

Seems there's a bit there.

The source of the test aside - three criteria out of eighteen, not exactly impressive. I've had jobs that have scored a lot higher

Matter of fact one previous job could easily hit ten of those criteria

**daedalus**

MrMoustaffa wrote:

How is this really "news"? Sadly, I hear about stuff like this fairly regularly locally. Is it mainly because of the media fixating on it?

I assume that as society moves toward a less restrictive, less judgmental attitude toward behavioral outliers, these things stop becoming the norm, and start becoming the social outlier that everyone else becomes judgmental about.

**BaronIveagh**

Easy E wrote:

Perfect for any occassion!

Nice and vague and easily applied to any thing you don't want to believe.

Actually it's pretty specific as it's talking about those who use the teachings of Christ to their own ends rather than actually following the teachings of Christ.

**Gentleman_Jellyfish**

daedalus wrote:
MrMoustaffa wrote:

How is this really "news"? Sadly, I hear about stuff like this fairly regularly locally. Is it mainly because of the media fixating on it?

I assume that as society moves toward a less restrictive, less judgmental attitude toward behavioral outliers, these things stop becoming the norm, and start becoming the social outlier that everyone else becomes judgmental about.

Ah society

**Rainbow Dash**

notprop wrote:
Rainbow Dash wrote:
Ouze wrote:
Jihadin wrote:
I stick to Bacchus. God of Wine and Orgies is more fun

Your ideas are intriguing to me, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

I offer, to you, the Church of Caligula

or the fake religion I plan to invent and hire missionaries for lol

Interesting, by missionaries you mean prostitutes though right?

You can't have a good religion without at least one prostitute....I'm told anyway.

With the Church of Caligula its a sin to be a virgin
haven't made up any for my fake religion (which is actually just for a book I am writing)

**Inquisitor Ehrenstein**

We should be able to prosecute them for a hate crime. At the very least this sort of thing is serious harassment.

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Breotan wrote:
Really, Soladrin? Maybe this will help explain it.

Here's the thing about the south: you know who is racist. It is unlike the north where everyone pretends to love Black people yet they

their pants when they actually see a Black person.

**MrMoustaffa**

Inquisitor Ehrenstein wrote:
We should be able to prosecute them for a hate crime. At the very least this sort of thing is serious harassment.

Automatically Appended Next Post:

Breotan wrote:
Really, Soladrin? Maybe this will help explain it.

Here's the thing about the south: you know who is racist. It is unlike the north where everyone pretends to love Black people yet they their pants when they actually see a Black person.

What is this, /tg/?

**Ahtman**

MrMoustaffa wrote:

What is this, /tg/?

I think it is closer to /pol/, just less antisemitism.

**Avatar 720**