To whoever is interested, live feed of Eddie Long Sunday Service

[blogslut]

A little late. He's already well into the thing and I have missed what he said but from what I'm hearing, he's denying the charges because he alluded to them as "allegations".

http://www.newbirth.org/directory/viewer/28564/?nsn=NBL

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1. Well, he denied the "allegations"

Sort of. He said "I am not that man." He also said, on the advice of his lawyers, he would not "try this in the media". He said "This one, I intend to fight".

Cue the choir: "God is an awesome God..."

[gateley]

2. I saw one of the pics he sent some guy -- and like Stephanie Miller said,

Lots of spandex!

If this is another Spiritual Leader who is damning homosexuality yet is partaking, so to speak, I hope he goes down hard.

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4. He condemns Homosexuality/Lesbianism vehemently

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2007/spring/face-right

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5. Of course. They all do. nt

[AlabamaLibrul]

10. I always find it funny that it's never, say, a Barney Frank getting caught up in these

homosexual pedophilia / abuse of authority / law breaking scandals.

[gateley]

12. Ha! Good point! And you'd think, being a depraved homosexual and all, he and

those other sickos would be behind bars for all the lurid acts they are purported to engage in.

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3. AP Update

link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hb5f3cNbT0eJnGa3kMFS34MCjTNwD9IFKCM02

Bishop Eddie Long told a congregation of thousands Sunday that services were held at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church each week, and that he planned to preside the next week.

Long says he realized people had been waiting on him to speak since four young men filed lawsuits accusing him of luring them into the relationships with gifts and travel.

Long came onto the stage amid wild cheers and shouts of, "We love you bishop!" He entered the massive, 10,000-seat cathedral with his wife, Vanessa...

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6. You always know they're guilty when they drag their wives onstage with them. nt

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7. There's supposed to be a press conference from Long @ 10:00am Eastern

I got my stream set to CNN (ick Candy Crowley). If she doesn't break for it, I'll go see if MSNBC is carrying it.

[RainDog]

8. Long in a sermon in 2007 regarding gays: God says you deserve death

http://www.signorile.com/2010/09/bishop-eddie-long-gays-deserve-death.html

what a total scumbag.

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9. Forget CNN

Candy Crowley can bite me. MSNBC is going to cover it. Here (just between you and me) is an online stream:

http://www.tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=2453

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11. He's up

He's going to fight the charges. "My church is great, we're so awesome, blah, blah, blah..."

"We're going to continue to work with the youth..."

No questions taken.

[gateley]

13. Was there sniggering when he said "work" with the youth? nt