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Related: About this forumGlenn Beck: Homophobes 'Have No Place In This Country'
Glenn Beck said on his Monday show that anti-gay people "have no place in this country."
The talk show host was speaking once more about Russian president Vladimir Putin, who who recently sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos to discuss Russia's controversial anti-gay laws and the threat this could pose on the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. But Beck didn't just criticize Putin.
"Anybody within the sound of my voice that hates a gay person because they're gay, you have no place calling yourself a fan of mine," Beck said. "You have no place in this country."
Beck has spoken out in support of gay marriage several times before. Earlier in January, he voiced his opposition against Russia's anti-gay laws and announced that he would stand by the LGBT advocacy group GLAAD in their fight against "hetero-fascism."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/21/glenn-beck-gays-no-place-show-country-vladimir-putin_n_4638695.html
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)Rarely say this- he's not wrong. I don't listen to him, so didn't know this. He's still a whack-job, but I'll give him credit on this.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)dbackjon
(6,578 posts)By the Mormon Church to start "a revelation" that gay Marriage is ok - now that it is apparent they are on the wrong side of history.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)dbackjon
(6,578 posts)In 1999, Beck married his second wife, Tania. After they went looking for a faith on a church tour together, they[36] joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in October 1999, partly at the urging of his daughter Mary. Beck was baptized by his old friend, and current-day co-worker Pat Gray. Beck and his current wife Tania have had two children together, Raphe (who is adopted) and Cheyenne. Until April 2011, the couple lived in New Canaan, Connecticut, with the four children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Beck
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)The Church of Latter Day Saints seems to be an evolutionary religion, It's possible you are on to something.
thanks!
FreeState
(10,572 posts)The Church doesn't operate that way. As a former life long member believe me, that's not whats going on. In fact just a few weeks ago the church came out again against marriage equality. A couple months before that in the faiths General Conference they were told it is inappropriate and a sin for members to support marriage equality.
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-instructs-leaders-on-same-sex-marriage
January 10th 2014:
Changes in the civil law do not, indeed cannot, change the moral law that God has established. God expects us to uphold and keep His commandments regardless of divergent opinions or trends in society. His law of chastity is clear: sexual relations are proper only between a man and a woman who are legally and lawfully wedded as husband and wife. We urge you to review and teach Church members the doctrine contained in The Family: A Proclamation to the World.
Just as those who promote same-sex marriage are entitled to civility, the same is true for those who oppose it. The Church insists on its leaders and members constitutionally protected right to express and advocate religious convictions on marriage, family, and morality free from retaliation or retribution. The Church is also entitled to maintain its standards of moral conduct and good standing for members.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56965652-78/god-lds-marriage-church.html.csp
Leaders say Mormons cannot condone same-sex marriage (Oct 6, 2013)
These pressures "have already permitted same-gender marriages in various states and nations," Oaks told 20,000 Mormons gathered in the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City and millions more watching worldwide via telecasts and the Internet. "Other pressures would confuse gender or homogenize those differences between men and women that are essential to accomplish Gods great plan of happiness."
An LDS eternal perspective does not allow Mormons "to condone such behaviors or to find justification in the laws that permit them," said the apostle, a former Utah Supreme Court justice. "And, unlike other organizations that can change their policies and even their doctrines, our policies are determined by the truths God has declared to be unchangeable."
DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)Despite the fact that Mormons tend to be outside the mainstream of Protestant Christianity, they often do operate in ways similar to the Mainline churches. I think within a decade you'll find the major Protestant denominations (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, non-southern Baptists, even the Mormons) supporting equality. The Catholic Church will have a more complicated position mainly because a global church changes a lot slower than the American based denominations.
Although it's possible that Beck, who was always more of a showman than a real commentator, personally doesn't find anything wrong with gay people. I've never thought he really believed in the insane crap he spewed, he just found it profitable like Andy Griffith's character in A Face in the Crowd.