2010 George Rekers a Christian leader who co-founded the Family Research Council with evangelist James Dobson,yes the same James Dobson from 2006 who downplayed Ted Haggard’s involvement with the evangelical Christian movement once his escapades came to light, took a ten-day European vacation with a callboy he met through RentBoy.com. He was caught in an airport with the escort by a Miami newspaper. The escort said he had met the professor of Neuro-psychiatry and Behavioral Science, on RentBoy.com (a gay escort service). Rekers didn't deny that he'd met the callboy online, but said he had hired him to help him carry his baggage. Said Rekers "I had surgery, and I can't lift luggage. That's why I hired him." If you say so. Then we have Bishop Eddie Long ...you knew it was coming (no pun intended), a married father of four has been an outspoken opponent of gay marriage at his Mega church. His church counsels gay members to become straight. He was sued in September by four young men from his congregation for claims of sexual misconduct. The young men say he enticed them with trips to exotic locales, cars, jewelry and money. They say he targeted them after they enrolled in the Long Fellows Youth Academy, a program at the church that taught teens about sexual, physical and financial discipline. The Bishop stated he would fight the lawsuits in court, and promised in church sermons he would not let the legal troubles prevent him from doing his job. His attorney has denied the allegations on his behalf. For his part Long stated “I feel like David against Goliath, “But I got five rocks, and I haven’t thrown one yet.” The young men's attorney says she plans to subpoena records from Long that will show he traveled with the young men to New Zealand and elsewhere, which is not a crime. Long, said in documents that he often encouraged New Birth Missionary Church members to call him “daddy” and even “granddaddy,” as a sign of respect. Now I don't know about you, but the only men I have ever or will ever call daddy or granddaddy are my daddy and granddaddy. That sounds like a Pimp telling his ho how to address him. Long did admit that he sometimes shares rooms with some of his parishioners on trips. He also admitted to giving the plaintiffs gifts, he said he often provided many members of his church with financial assistance. Long became one of the nation’s most powerful church leaders over the past two decades, transforming a suburban Atlanta congregation of 150 into a powerhouse of 25,000 members that includes high-profile athletes, entertainers and politicians.
Stories like this happen everyday. People in these positions of authority who are supposed to be leaders of men, the moral backbone of the community, above reproach are being outed as wolves in sheep's clothing. The point is these men preach against homosexuality, gay marriage and a gay lifestyle in general vehemently. They use bible scripture to promote their own agenda and then live a lie. Once they are caught then all of a sudden they have a problem they have been wrestling with their entire life. The hypocrisy is appalling. I don't know how the Eddie Long saga will play out, but usually where there is smoke there is fire. My opinion, and this is "Opinionated" after all, is that it will be settled out of court with hush money, a gag order and no public admission of guilt. I just want to know why a grown man is texting pics of himself, in the bathroom wearing a tight muscle shirt and biker shorts to teenage boys? I'm just saying. This blog is not to demonize them for being gay or allegedly gay; it's about the forked tongues they speak with. The people they have influenced to hate gays or make people think they can be "cured" of who they are. They rail against same sex relationships and gay marriages based on Bible scripture, ignorance and their own self hatred. To learn more about this issue, read "Snakes in The Pulpit" by Reuben Armstrong. I will be back next week with the 3rd and final installment in this blog series entitled Homosexuality and Hypocrisy from Hip Hop to the ballot box. Remember "what's done in the dark, will always comes to light."
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WOW! This is in part a reason that some people have a hard time committing themsleves to churches. Even a simple rumor about your Leader can sway you into thinking and looking at them differently. As a child of God you are not suppose to judge anyone, but we are human just as they are.
Rosie, your comment is so true. I hear this all the time. I wish that as children of God, we could lose the mindset that we are supposed to committ to the churches and/or preachers. We are to respect both the church for it is the House of God, as well as the preachers and their leadership because it is God who has ordained them as such, and He NEVER makes a mistake. Preachers are not God and they certainly will never be. When they lose respect for themselves or do things that are not decent and in order, we are to pray for them. Pray that God will have mercy on them for the error of their ways (just as we expect Him to have mercy on us when we error). If we committ ourselves to God, we will see that He is the only perfect one. Preachers are human, just as the rest of us are and they will make mistakes - not one, but many. This is the problem with a lot of God's saints; we keep putting the preachers on pedestals - expecting them to be perfect. And when they make a mistake, or two, or three, etc. we get upset with God and want to leave the church. Or use the preachers misfortune as our excuse for not going to church at all. My prayer is that we continue to glorify God and not man and we'll be better workers focused on winning souls for His Kingdom.
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