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2011 Pride, held in Durham, NC on 9/24/2011, was a festive, albeit rainy affair (toward the end). Given the recent act by the NC state legislature to put a marriage amendment on the ballot, I expected a healthy fundie turnout. I saw only about 10 people tops, however.
The winning performance of the day comes from this sad creature, who would not bother to engage on the topic of his religion-based-hate with a LGBT-affirming member of the Eno River Unitarian Universialist Fellowship. We had many faith communities march, as usual, but this screaming, hellfire madman was a lonely figure of amusement as he spouted Paul Cameron junk science. Watch it (you can hear my off-camera editorial comment in there; couldn’t help myself):
I’ll have a separate report on the newsy, positive aspects of Pride – pols who participated, and the announcement that Sen. Hagan is now an ENDA co-sponsor, and an organizing event related to tackling the amendment battle.
The Soul Patrol “as in saving souls” van. I saw no evidence that he saved anything. He did, however, waste fossil fuels getting downtown.:
Here’s a link to the rest of my photos.
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Good for the Unitarian Universalist guy to stand up and witness back! This is what we need more of: people of faith not being afraid to speak up and put their truth out there in public opposition to the hatemongers.
Pam, I loved how your “BZZT junk science” actually got him to give you a moment of eye contact, something he wouldn’t give the UU guy. You broke his stride = you won the exchange, which until then was entirely on his terms.
It really is sad and pathetic. Too bad he can’t seem to channel that energy into something of actual value.
These cherry picking fundies really irritate me. They love that quote from Romans “The Wages of Sin is Death.” That’s Romans Chap. 6, v23.
The same folks that hurl that, never talk about Romans 3:23, everybody is a sinner, and lastly Romans 13:10, love works no ill to his neighbor.
They’ll never get past junk science since they don’t even know and can’t articulate their own religion.
Those kind of people don’t have a life, they just bristle and froth with hate.
So when this guy quoted Paul Cameron, he lied. I guess that means that he’s goint go hell.
Shorter loudmouthed bigot guy: do as I say, don’t do as I do. I’m sure that the book that he’s quoting from says something about doing onto others, not judging, and loving neighbors. Pam was right: fail.
No. no. no. You’ve got that all wrong. As long as you are lying for Jesus then you will always be forgiven. Haven’t you learned that one yet?
In honesty, I’m not sure what the point of bothering with these Christianists is. They’re immune even to their own theology:
Psalm 135:15 ff
They have mouths, but they do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;
17They have ears, but they do not hear,
Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.
Referred to in Mark 8:18 also.