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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion to you guys..?? A Pastor in my town unexpectedly ran into a demonstration
@ a new Hobby Lobby near where I live.. He was interviewed and seem annoyed, used the word liberals and they should get a life.. I googled his church left him a phone message and my wife wrote him an email.. Both very respectful.. Explaining the diff. between contraception and the fact that the term Liberal would be a concept that Jesus would probably have embraced..
Wanted to know if I should give out his contact info.
Story was reported only in a local paper...
http://www.burbankleader.com/the818now/tn-blr-protesters-patrons-clash-outside-burbank-hobby-lobby-20140704,0,211734.story
FarPoint
(12,472 posts)Your example can lead to clarity....eventually.
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)Make his phone ring off the hook.
yewberry
(6,530 posts)If so, the story was not reported only in a local paper...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025203222
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)He is not a public figure, just someone at the wrong place that time. You have made your feelings known to him. That is enough, IMO.
If you still want to speak out, you could write a letter to the editor of that paper. It might create some more interest or awareness.
Any further targeting of this individual could be construed as harassment.
liberalhistorian
(20,822 posts)I strongly disagree with him and find it funny that his response is "they should get a life" when he and his church probably do all kinds of protesting and activism. HOWEVER, he has as much right to his opinion as we do and your respectful expression of your own opinion to him (and you are likely NOT going to change his mind, believe me) is probably enough. Because people disagree with us doesn't mean they should be harassed in any way. We get angry here when people appear to "harass" us for our own opinions and beliefs, let's be respectful ourselves regarding that.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Not only did he willingly give his name to the media, he mentioned that he is a pastor and thus attempted to assert that he is an authority on morality and spirituality.
He absolutely deserves to get a response from anyone who disagrees with him.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)I very much doubt that getting a bunch of emails and phone messages, some of which would likely be quite hateful, will change his mind. Besides, I think that posting the contact info might be against the TOS.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Or just his name really.
Unless it is Joe Smith names tend to be unique.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and setting him up for hate mail. If his name is out there, that's tough but don't add fuel.
Nobody knows anything about him except this one remark and he may not even be the bad guy he's portrayed as. What if he and his church run a homeless shelter or food bank? How would you feel then?
FarPoint
(12,472 posts)Just a feeling I get. I sense he uses church as a " shield" verses practices what he preaches. His distain for liberals was my clue.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and I still doubt anything good would come out of shaming him.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Should I be more specific?
delrem
(9,688 posts)Going after people isn't cool.
Not when you do it, not when people opposed to you do it.