New Mexican's rally against homophobic mega pastor, confronted with 'ex-gay' convert

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http://www.nationofchange.org/new-mexicans-rally-against-homophobic-mega-pastor-confronted-ex-gay-convert-1328548972

LGBT equal­ity ac­tivists in New Mex­ico protested a local pas­tor on Sun­day for op­pos­ing Gov. Su­sana Mar­tinez’s (R) ap­point­ment of Doug Howe, a gay man, to the Pub­lic Reg­u­la­tion Com­mis­sion. Pas­tor Steve Smoth­er­mon of One Legacy Church told NMPolitics.​net, a local po­lit­i­cal blog, last month that Mar­tinez “looked me in the eye per­son­ally and said she’s so­cially con­ser­v­a­tive… she wouldn’t es­pouse the ho­mo­sex­ual agenda.” He said Howe’s ap­point­ment “goes against that”:

“These aren’t the peo­ple we voted for you to ap­point. We voted for you to ap­point peo­ple who think like we do,” he said, adding that he is “not against the human being, but the lifestyle and the po­lit­i­cal power that the ho­mo­sex­ual agenda has today, as a lob­by­ing agenda, that’s what I begin to come against.” [...]

On Sun­day, Smoth­er­mon, speak­ing to his 20,000-mem­ber con­gre­ga­tion, drew ap­plause for say­ing he wouldn’t apol­o­gize for in­sist­ing on “our right to hold a bib­li­cal world view,” the news­pa­per re­ported.

“Just like the mayor, if you cam­paign as a con­ser­v­a­tive, and you say you will gov­ern as a con­ser­v­a­tive, I have an ex­pec­ta­tion when you say to me that you will do what you said, and hire and ap­point peo­ple that are con­ser­v­a­tives,” the Jour­nal quoted Smoth­er­mon as say­ing. “I’m just a pas­tor of a church in this state that be­lieves that peo­ple ought to keep their word,” he said.

Mar­tinez’ of­fice is de­fend­ing Howe, ar­gu­ing that he “was the most-qual­i­fied ap­pli­cant for the va­cancy.” Mean­while, at Sun­day’s rally, One Legacy Church mem­ber, Michael Angel Gutier­rez, told the pro­test­ers he had been gay for 25 years, but “be­cause of the truth that God has re­vealed to me, I’m no longer a ho­mo­sex­ual man.”

[xxqqqzme]

1. Well there's a 'church'

that needs to be taxed.

[HillWilliam]

2. Would somebody PahLEEZE forward me a copy of the Homosexual Agenda?

I missed that memo. Are there meeting minutes? Like, who's the CEO (CEH?) and who called this meeting without inviting moi?

I'm working with an outdated model here. It goes:

1. Shut the alarm clock off.
2. Shuffle to the kitchen for a cup of courage.
3. Check the dogs' food and water bowls.
4. Check email for job listings.
5. Apply at every job that seems remotely likely.
6. Nurse husbear and render assistance as needed (continuous).
7. Scrape lunch and supper together.
8. Keep dishwasher and washing machines humming. Deal with loads of washing when they're finished. Reload, repeat.
9. Get everyone medicated and ready for bed.
10. Set the alarm clock and try to get some sleep. If someone stirs in the night, jump to their aid.
11. Repeat from the top on the next day.

Funny, taking over the world isn't among the bullet-points. It's all I can do to manage my own little world.

[William769]

4. Here you go.

[gopiscrap]

3. I thank God that I am a member of a Reconciling Ministry Network Church

we are open and affirming as I believe the God of compassion and equality would have us be!!!

[beyurslf]

5. So, he should be denied EMPLOYMENT because he is gay?

Can anyone really argue we don't need ENDA?

[dickthegrouch]

6. Look at what a biblical world view has done to

The majority of the Middle East and Africa, and every Catholic country on the planet except France.

The US was created as a country with a separation of church and State. I, for one, demand that it stay that way and that politicians be taught what that means and that refusal to honor their commitment to uphold the constitution should result in automatic ineligibility to hold further office.