Tag Archives: Martin Luther King Jr.

Leonard Pitts Gets Arizona Law and Theology Wrong

Posted on February 28, 2014 by David E Smith

Someone needs to thump some sense into syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts for his claim that the now-vetoed Arizona religious freedom bill would have allowed “businesses to refuse service to gay people on religious grounds.” Not so, but more on that in a minute.

Nine times in Pitts’ short column he repeats the mantra “Boycott Arizona,” perhaps hoping to hypnotize an intellectually and morally slothful public. One wonders how far Pitts and his ideological ilk will take their march against diversity and tolerance. Can Arizona citizens express their conservative views on issues related to homosexuality and gender confusion in letters to …

Posted in Media Watch | Tagged Bill Clinton, Chuck Shumer, Civil Rights Movement, Jan Brewer, Leonard Pitts, Martin Luther King Jr., Rich Lowry | Comments Off

Obama Inaugural Speech: The Audacity of a Bad Analogy

Posted on January 22, 2013 by David E Smith

No, the title of this piece is not referring to President Barack Obama’s “say what?” comparison of individual action to muskets and militia:

For the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias.

Yes, it should trouble Americans of every political stripe to hear that Obama apparently views individualism and bootstrap independence as outmoded, ineffectual means of “meeting the demands of today’s world,” but the analogy to which the title refers is Obama’s audacious (as in demonstating …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Barack Obama, LGBT, Martin Luther King Jr., Selma, Seneca Falls, Stonewall | Comments Off

Andrew Marin at Park Community Church

Posted on November 8, 2012 by David E Smith

Andrew Marin, the controversial founder and president of the Marin Foundation, is speaking next week at Park Community Church in Chicago. This is surprising in that from its website Park Community appears to be a theologically orthodox church.

Marin promotes himself as a bridge-builder between the Christian community and the homosexual community and has written a book on the subject titled Love is an Orientation. It is not Marin’s desire to reach the unsaved that is troubling. We should all seek to bring the good news of Christ’s redemptive work to those who identify as homosexual. Rather, …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Andy Marin, Billy Graham, Dr. Robert A. Gagnon, Gal. 5:24, homosexuality, John Shelby Spong, Marin Foundation, Mark 8: 34-35, Martin Luther King Jr., Park Community Church, Rom. 6:12-14, The Bible and Homosexual Practice | Comments Off

Homosexual Sex Columnist Dan Savage and Elmhurst College

Posted on April 23, 2012 by David E Smith

Let's hope that audience members at the Dan Savage speaking engagement this coming Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Elmhurst College demonstrate the good sense and courage that several high school students recently demonstrated. Dan Savage, the vulgar, vitriol-spewing, homosexual sex columnist was for some bizarre reason invited to be the Friday keynote speaker at a national convention for high school journalism students held in Seattle, Washington last week.

Posted in Education | Tagged Angels in America, Anthony Esolen, Dan Savage, Elie Weisel, Elmhurst College, Hadley Arkes, It Gets Better, Jim Mccrossen, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert George, Rush Limbaugh, Tony Kushner, Tony Perkins | Comments Off

Do Christian Spin Doctors Heal the “LGBTQ” Community?

Posted on September 19, 2008 by David E Smith

Despite the fact that I am neither a theologian nor a pastor, I’m going to make what I hope are not presumptuous observations about the way some individuals, church leaders, and non-profit organizations attempt to build bridges with the homosexual community. Many Christian “bridge-builders” are pursuing this noble effort by either concealing from their GLBTQ friends the true nature of their orthodox theological positions, or conversely by concealing from their orthodox Christian friends their non-traditional theological positions.

The goals of building bridges, cultivating community, and fostering relationships between the orthodox Christian community and the LGBTQ community, and spreading the Good …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged John Wesley, LGBTQ, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King Jr. | Comments Off