Rewind!!!!

Back in April, I did a three part blog series about Homosexuality in our society. The one dealing with the church was titled "Road to Damascus ". I talked about the allegations lodged against Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia . Long 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. Long stated he would fight the charges and that he felt like David against Goliath, “I got five rocks, and I haven’t thrown one yet. I wrote “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. "

Last week lo and behold Bishop Long settled out of court with the four young men and neither side is talking. Long previously said he would “vigorously” defend himself against charges that he used spiritual authority and material enticements to curry sexual favors from the men. Now he doesn't have to defend himself, he can just use the gag order to gag himself. B. J. Bernstein, the young men's lawyer, said they would not discuss the matter “now or in the future.” How convenient for everyone involved, Stevie Wonder saw this settlement coming. A Long spokesman, Art Franklin said the pastor settled because it “is the most reasonable road for everyone to travel. “This decision was made to bring closure to this matter and to allow us to move forward with the plans God has for this ministry,” Bishop Long is an internationally known televangelist, who crusaded against gay marriage and homosexuality. You knew with his background and history there was never going to be a trial. That would have meant a lot of scandalous information being released for public consumption. A prosperity preacher with an alleged penchant for young men could not have that. It would have ruined the message, and shown the hypocrisy of the messenger.

Moving right along, Naomi Campbell...remember her? She is considering legal action against Cadbury, the chocolate candy maker in response to an ad that compares her to a Dairy Milk Bliss bar. The ad which only ran in the UK states "Move over Naomi, there's a new diva in town," and shows the candy bar nestled in diamonds. The campaign ran in supermarkets and newspapers. Naomi feels that being compared to a chocolate candy bar is racist. She told a UK newspaper "I am shocked. It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humor in this. It is insulting and hurtful." This is the same Naomi Campbell that had to do forced community service for throwing a cell phone at her maid. The same Naomi Campbell that was once kicked out of a Diddy Party, a Diddy party!!! Diddy has naked women dancing in cages; a woman had her hair catch fire at a Diddy party. How ignorant and belligerent do you have to act, to get kicked out of a Diddy party? Yet this woman is offended by a candy bar...a candy bar! The problem here is that we are so PC that anything we may not agree with, we automatically deem racist if we can use it to our advantage. I found nothing racist in being compared to a chocolate bar; she's chocolate and looks good. She needs to be worried if, they start comparing here to a California Raisin, that would be shocking, hurtful and damn funny.