Some of us here have been complaining for years about the Muslims who won't stand up and disavow the Islamofacists and all they stand for...
Now it is time for some of us to do our own disavowals...
I was schooled in Baptist theology and regularly attended Baptist churches, Although the local church I now attend is simply titled "Christian" church, it is basically Baptist..being that our Pastor of 22 years is Liberty U. educated and myself and others in Leadership are Baptist trained.
Now we have this wingnut group out of Kansas, who call their church "Baptist" that have been disrupting funerals for our fallen heroes because of their irrational hatred of others.
Now they want to disrupt funerals for little Amish girls that were murdered at school..although talk show host Mike Galligher may have averted this embarrassment by giving them one hour of his show, I hope this doesn't start a trend of trading a threatened demonstration for an hour's free radio time..
I would like to set a couple things straight:
First; disrupting hero's funerals because of hatred of homosexuals is despicable, especially when those same heroes probably had nothing, nada, zero.. to do with that Army policy.
Even the Army had little to do with it, being "subject to civil authorities" when this was forced upon them in the mid-nineties.
In any case, it is not any Baptist theology that I am aware of that holds such hatred for homosexuals. We may believe they are confused, even "taken strongly by a given sin"..but not objects of hatred (perhaps pity) but in most cases, not beyond redemption. They can be saved out of their sin, just as the rest of us have been.
The idea that since these "Baptists" are angry with Pennsylvania's governor...that gives them a "right" to disrupt these family's grief is totally beyond reason and any form of true Baptist thought !
One thing I would remind others about..the title Baptist is not patented or copywritten, so I suppose any kook bunch can steal the term.
No matter what their claim, in my opinion this gang is reprehensible and not only give Baptists a bad rap, but do so for all Christians.
So, fellow Christians...here's your chance to disavow a group that is in my opinion, committing emotional "terrorism".
Please join me in condemning these acts in the strongest terms I can muster...showing the world that WE will condemn such actions done by anyone purporting to believe in the same God as we do..
...And to that group from Kansas..please drop the term Baptist...may I suggest you replace it with "Hatist"..