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Republicans Resort Again to Swiftboating

July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 B. John 509 Views 0 Comments John Kerry, POW, Donald Trump, Swift-boating, Max Cleland, Saxby Chambliss, Hero, John McCain

“Swift-boating” is a neologism used pejoratively to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. We started using it during the 2004 presidential campaign when an astro-turf group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, set out to wreck John Kerry’s campaign based on their false claim that he hadn’t earned a purple heart he had received. Now, Donald Trump has taken on the mantel of swift-boater in attacking John McCain’s status as a Vietnam War Hero. It’s a sad state that the preferred attack in this country, when you’ve not bothered to serve yourself, is to attack people who have sacrificed and served. But it has a long history. More sad is that fact that it seems to work, and voters buy into it, all while claiming to “support the troops.”

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The Literal Inerrant Bible

July 22, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 561 Views 0 Comments Evangelical, Mike Huckabee, Old Testament, Chronicles, Hebrew Bible, Inerrancy, christian, Bible

As the teacher of an Adult Sunday School for a few years now, I’ve had to do a lot of study, and while I’m not biblical scholar, there is one things I am absolutely certain about…the Bible is not literal nor is it inerrant. There, I said it. It doesn’t mean I don’t respect the Bible as Holy Canon, but it could not be applied to our lives today were it to be taken literally. A video by Mike Huckabee makes that point.

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Letter to Bishop Kiesey of the Michigan Area

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 B. John 1654 Views 1 Comment Bruce Toms, Ken Carter, Rev. Benjamin Hutchison, Deborah Lieder Kiesey, Palma Ceia United Methodist Church, Michigan Area Annual Conference, Cassopolis United Methodist Church

This entry is part 24 of 54 in the series Daily Douche-Bag

Recently, a small church in Michigan, Cassopolis United Methodist, had their church Pastor, Rev. Benjamin Hutchison, taken away from them. Was it because of poor attendance, hardly, he had quadrupled the membership since being appointed. He saved the church from dying according to many members. His crime, he was in a long-term committed relationship with another man. Just after that, nearly 30 United Methodist pastors joined in a celebrating a wedding ceremony for Rev. Hutchison and his husband, and now, to further hammer home her distaste for love, Bishop Deborah Lieder Kiesey has picked out nine of them for prosecution under church law. Here’s my letter to Bishop Kiesey:

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National Box Cutter Association

June 26, 2015 B. John 1019 Views 0 Comments Gun Control, NRA, Box cutters, Charleston, 9/11

I find common ground with the Ammosexuals as they try to use a snarky graphic, and all it does is make the point in favor of reasonable gun control.

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A Brief Comment on Rachel Dolezal’s Story

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 B. John 417 Views 0 Comments Race, Rachel Dolezal, Catlyn Jenner, Gender

Talk about one’s 15 minutes of fame. This Rachel Dolezal has created quite the discussion, and perhaps it is a worthwhile discussion. I heard one African-American woman say that Dolezal wasn’t qualified to be a leader in the black community, because she hasn’t “lived the life.” Well, most certainly she didn’t live the life of an African-American in her early years, but it seems she’s identified as African-American for some time, and did so well enough to fool pretty much everyone. So, perhaps she does have some experience in that life.

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An Open Letter to Franklin Graham

June 15, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 537 Views 0 Comments Robert Jefress, Tony Perkins, Maggie Gallagher, Brian Brown, Bryan Fischer, Franklin Graham

It’s time we had a little talk, you and me. I know this whole idea that gay people (and all the LBT rest of them) might be starting to get some equal rights bothers you tremendously. I can’t figure out any sort of leap of logic that makes this such a big issue for you, unless, of course it somehow affects you directly. At some point, you’ve got to meet God halfway. You can’t create him in your image, nor imbibe him with your character flaws. If God hates all the same people you do, you have created a god in your own image, and are not worshiping the God of Abraham.

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Another Cause of Homosexuality Unveiled

June 14, 2015June 15, 2015 B. John 1394 Views 3 Comments Immunizations, evangelicals, LGBT

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Causes of The Gay

Based on a comment in response to a Facebook post, ” There are those who think it is a side effect of some childhood immunizations or combinations thereof.” This has to be one of the most unique I can think of. Let’s start with a number of problems with this, from the most recent working back into time.

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An Open Letter to the UMC General Conference Commission

May 13, 2015May 14, 2015 B. John 762 Views 1 Comment UMC, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, United Methodist Church, GC, General Conference

It seems the Commission on the General Conference for the United Methodist Church, meeting last month, decided to hold the first quadrennial General Conferences outside the United States . The original choice had the GC going to Zimbabwe in 2024, and the Philippines in 2028. Fortunately, an ever-present advocate for LGBT people within the Church was there, and raised a few concerns, including the fact that Amnesty International has declared Zimbabwe one of the most dangerous countries for LGBT people. The years were switched.

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An Open Letter to Conservative SCOTUS Justices

May 5, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 1188 Views 0 Comments john roberts, supreme court, Antonin Scalia, SCOTUS, marriage equality

This entry is part 5 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

Yes, this is a bit behind, but I had to make comments about some of the discussion points put forward

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An Open Letter to Anti-Gay “Christians”

May 5, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 1491 Views 0 Comments Ted Cruz, David Duke, Alan Keyes, pat robertson, Tony Perkins, Matt Barber

This entry is part 21 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

Unfortunately, as gay people are less afraid to hide in a stifling closet, and are demanding that they be accorded the same rights as every other American, the heads of the leaders of the evangelical branch of the christian right are exploding. They are ratcheting up the rhetoric to a disturbing level, and some of their language is most certainly designed to evoke a violent response by unstable people who follow them. So, I’d like to drop them a note.

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An Open Letter to Mike Huckabee

April 3, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 1338 Views 0 Comments Wedding Cakes, Mike Huckabee, Mike Pence, Indiana

This entry is part 18 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

But at the end of the day, with or without these RFRA laws, you still have the same religious freedoms you have had since the Republic was founded. You can pray to whatever God you choose, or you can choose to not pray. You can go to whatever house of worship you wish on whatever day you’d like, and you can crawl into the pulpit and preach the ugliest and nastiest things your sad little heart can drum up about people you don’t like. So Mike, stop with the lying about the need for these laws. The only thing you’re trying to do is get special rights to take your particular from of hatred and bigotry into the public square, and you’re finding that Americans are finally less and less tolerant of your intolerance. I know it’s hard to take now, but in the end, America, and even you, will be better for it.