Comments on: An Open Letter To The Fundies, The Moonbats, The Birthers, and the Other Members of the Tinfoil Hat Brigade http://subversify.com/2009/08/13/an-open-letter-to-the-fundies-the-moonbats-the-birthers-and-the-other-members-of-the-tinfoil-hat-brigade/ An online magazine offering an alternative, subversive perspective to mainstream media. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elaine Mcginity http://subversify.com/2009/08/13/an-open-letter-to-the-fundies-the-moonbats-the-birthers-and-the-other-members-of-the-tinfoil-hat-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-39292 Elaine Mcginity Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:24:30 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=2429#comment-39292 Prominent U.S. evangelical leader Bishop Eddie Long vowed on Sunday to fight accusations he coerced four young male members of his mega-church into sexual relationships. The men filed civil lawsuits last week alleging Long used his status as pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to coerce them into relationships when they were in their late teens. "I'm not a perfect man but this thing I'm going to fight. I feel like David against Goliath but I've got five rocks and I haven't thrown one of them yet," Long told his congregation of around 6,500 in his first public comments on the scandal. Long said he was "under attack," urged his church to pray for him and said he would not let the case be tried in the media. The church members gave him a standing ovation. Long built his church from just 300 members in 1987 to more than 25,000 today, giving him a position of national prominence, especially within the strand of evangelical belief that says God intends material blessing for his followers. The church, set on a campus east of Atlanta, runs a global network of ministries and businesses. It hosted the funeral in 2006 of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. Plaintiffs Anthony Flagg, 21, Maurice Robinson, 20, and Jamal Parris, 23, filed lawsuits on Tuesday in DeKalb County, Georgia seeking unspecified damages. A suit by a fourth man was added on Friday. "Long has a pattern and practice of singling out a select group of young male church members and using his authority as bishop over them to ultimately bring them to engage in sexual relationships," according to the lawsuits filed on Tuesday. A spokesman for Long categorically denied the accusations in comments to the media. Other prominent Protestant pastors who have been ensnared in sex scandals include Ted Haggard, the politically influential head of a Colorado mega-church until he was felled in 2006 by allegations of an affair with a male prostitute. Prominent U.S. evangelical leader Bishop Eddie Long vowed on Sunday to fight accusations he coerced four young male members of his mega-church into sexual relationships. The men filed civil lawsuits last week alleging Long used his status as pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to coerce them into relationships when they were in their late teens. “I’m not a perfect man but this thing I’m going to fight. I feel like David against Goliath but I’ve got five rocks and I haven’t thrown one of them yet,” Long told his congregation of around 6,500 in his first public comments on the scandal. Long said he was “under attack,” urged his church to pray for him and said he would not let the case be tried in the media. The church members gave him a standing ovation. Long built his church from just 300 members in 1987 to more than 25,000 today, giving him a position of national prominence, especially within the strand of evangelical belief that says God intends material blessing for his followers. The church, set on a campus east of Atlanta, runs a global network of ministries and businesses. It hosted the funeral in 2006 of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. Plaintiffs Anthony Flagg, 21, Maurice Robinson, 20, and Jamal Parris, 23, filed lawsuits on Tuesday in DeKalb County, Georgia seeking unspecified damages. A suit by a fourth man was added on Friday. “Long has a pattern and practice of singling out a select group of young male church members and using his authority as bishop over them to ultimately bring them to engage in sexual relationships,” according to the lawsuits filed on Tuesday. A spokesman for Long categorically denied the accusations in comments to the media. Other prominent Protestant pastors who have been ensnared in sex scandals include Ted Haggard, the politically influential head of a Colorado mega-church until he was felled in 2006 by allegations of an affair with a male prostitute.

]]> By: Jaime Crisafi http://subversify.com/2009/08/13/an-open-letter-to-the-fundies-the-moonbats-the-birthers-and-the-other-members-of-the-tinfoil-hat-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-19320 Jaime Crisafi Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:57:07 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=2429#comment-19320 I really liked your blog.Thanks Again. Really Great. I really liked your blog.Thanks Again. Really Great.

]]> By: grainnerhuad http://subversify.com/2009/08/13/an-open-letter-to-the-fundies-the-moonbats-the-birthers-and-the-other-members-of-the-tinfoil-hat-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 grainnerhuad Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:44:24 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=2429#comment-1658 Savvy I believe the definition of pratting is "going on about something unecessarily" It is not asking questions... Of course we the people have a right to know...but dissemination of misinformation is not helpful. Here's a link to the actual bill if anyone is interested. http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf Savvy I believe the definition of pratting is “going on about something unecessarily” It is not asking questions… Of course we the people have a right to know…but dissemination of misinformation is not helpful. Here’s a link to the actual bill if anyone is interested. http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf

]]> By: Savvy http://subversify.com/2009/08/13/an-open-letter-to-the-fundies-the-moonbats-the-birthers-and-the-other-members-of-the-tinfoil-hat-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-1652 Savvy Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:19:43 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=2429#comment-1652 "incessant prating"? Gee, here and I thought we Americans had the right to know everything about our candidates. Silly me. “incessant prating”? Gee, here and I thought we Americans had the right to know everything about our candidates. Silly me.

]]> By: karlsie http://subversify.com/2009/08/13/an-open-letter-to-the-fundies-the-moonbats-the-birthers-and-the-other-members-of-the-tinfoil-hat-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 karlsie Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:34:38 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=2429#comment-1638 Big Naturals.com; how embarrassing. All these years of woman's liberation and we still haven't gotten past sexual exploitation. I'm disturbed, deeply disturbed because America seems to have turned into an orchestrated chorus. What ever the conductor's; i.e. the media; keys the melody to, must be followed by the bass, the cellos, the violins and the crashing cymbals. The plot has been written out, now it's up to the public to comply. This is how they receive their day in the sun; their moment of glory in reality news. Truth is no longer important. Not even the ability to play your music well is of great consideration. What matters is how often and how long you can divert the attention of the cameras with the sound effects and elaborate display of your own horn. To this end, anything is expendable; truth, morals, ethics, practical judgment, harmony. It's time for people to get off their National Esquire asses, quit visualizing themselves the injured party even when it's their choices that are harming others, and used those scattered neurons implied to be brains, to work out some real answers to the problems that face us. Big Naturals.com; how embarrassing. All these years of woman’s liberation and we still haven’t gotten past sexual exploitation. I’m disturbed, deeply disturbed because America seems to have turned into an orchestrated chorus. What ever the conductor’s; i.e. the media; keys the melody to, must be followed by the bass, the cellos, the violins and the crashing cymbals. The plot has been written out, now it’s up to the public to comply. This is how they receive their day in the sun; their moment of glory in reality news. Truth is no longer important. Not even the ability to play your music well is of great consideration. What matters is how often and how long you can divert the attention of the cameras with the sound effects and elaborate display of your own horn. To this end, anything is expendable; truth, morals, ethics, practical judgment, harmony. It’s time for people to get off their National Esquire asses, quit visualizing themselves the injured party even when it’s their choices that are harming others, and used those scattered neurons implied to be brains, to work out some real answers to the problems that face us.

]]> By: The Late Mitchell Warren http://subversify.com/2009/08/13/an-open-letter-to-the-fundies-the-moonbats-the-birthers-and-the-other-members-of-the-tinfoil-hat-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-1629 The Late Mitchell Warren Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:04:14 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=2429#comment-1629 What is BigNaturals.com? Lemme see...whoah. :-| Good article! What is BigNaturals.com?

Lemme see…whoah. :-|

Good article!

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