Palin's church promotes prayer to make gays straight

[struggle4progress]

by The Associated Press
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Gov. Sarah Palin's home church is promoting a conference that aims to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.

The Wasilla Bible Church included an insert in its latest worship bulletin promoting a conference by Focus on the Family, a national Christian fundamentalist organization ...

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=8962211

[DURHAM D]

1. Do you really want to go there or have you completely forgotten Donnie McClurkin? eom

[struggle4progress]

4. Go ahead and compare the two cases side by side:

(A) Obama's campaign hired a gospel musician who has intolerant views
(B) Palin's church is promoting a Dobson event

You may not be delighted with either, but I think there's a discernable difference

[Mind_your_head]

2. Quick! Get Ted Haggard to Wasilla!

Ralph later said he meant to say that therapy "gave Ted the tools to help to embrace his heterosexual side."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Haggard

Tools? Tools? What k-i-n-d of 'tools'? hmmmmmmm.......

:rofl:

[curious one]

3. What is wrong with them? I don't understand why they want to dictate their believes to others.

[davidinalameda]

5. so glad that my church and my denomination follows Jesus' commands

Love God and love your neighbor

having people try to deny who they are is not love

[knitter4democracy]

6. They can go to hell.

I'm so sick of these idiots using my religion to hurt people who haven't done a damn thing to them. Sorry for the language, but I've had good friends hurt by that kind of crap, and their promoting it is hatred and fear, not Christ. They need to get their heads and hearts right with their God before they pull this kind of crap on other people.