tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post394712098562615948..comments2024-03-11T03:02:29.875-06:00Comments on Simple Massing Priest: Dealing with hateMalcolm+http://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-75565006551101207522008-08-18T09:48:00.000-06:002008-08-18T09:48:00.000-06:00To picket funerals and expose grieving families to...To picket funerals and expose grieving families to their ugliness is despicable. That's the very worst of what they do.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-35900539491554705672008-08-18T02:48:00.000-06:002008-08-18T02:48:00.000-06:00Grandmere, your comment about the young gay man kn...Grandmere, your comment about the young gay man kneeling and praying for them made my eyes well up. How can I keep from singing?Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-43345371366962368002008-08-17T21:44:00.000-06:002008-08-17T21:44:00.000-06:00PS: A young gay man from our church knelt outside ...PS: A young gay man from our church knelt outside and prayed for them for the entire half hour from a short distance away.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-35479979241601781562008-08-17T20:36:00.000-06:002008-08-17T20:36:00.000-06:00Malcom, they picketed our little church. They cam...Malcom, they picketed our little church. They came to town because folks at the local university were establishing a chapter of the Gay-Straight Alliance. They figured that while they were in town, they'd picket five churches. I mean, what the hell? Why not?<BR/><BR/>They are careful to stay within the law and the boundaries about distance that the local authorities set. If the authorities overstep their bounds, and infringe on their free speech, they are quick to sue.<BR/><BR/>They marched with their despicable signs, shouting hateful words for half an hour and then moved on to the next church. Meanwhile, we were inside carrying on with the service, worshiping, singing our hymns and ignoring them.<BR/><BR/>We don't need to ask if these folks are going to hell. They're living in hell right now, consumed by hate, their lives' work being to spread hate. They have children with them in their demonstrations. I think this is child abuse. I don't know why the child welfare services don't look into this. Think of those poor children growing up in that atmosphere, taught to hate every single day of their lives.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-50745832028434676792008-08-12T01:17:00.000-06:002008-08-12T01:17:00.000-06:00The thing is, I think, don't bother trying to enga...The thing is, I think, don't bother trying to engage them directly. Just surround them and sing.<BR/><BR/>And I suspect we might be able to find the odd Christian lawyer, or the odd LGBT lawyer, or the odd Christian LGBT lawyer, or even just the odd decent human being lawyer who would be prepared to counter these litigious haters pro bono filing for pro bono filing.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-49201169136095340562008-08-11T10:34:00.000-06:002008-08-11T10:34:00.000-06:00Yes, indeed. But since Fred is banned at the bord...Yes, indeed. But since Fred is banned at the border of Canada, I took your post to offer advice in the only context left to him: the various US fora he protests on a regular basis. <BR/><BR/>In the US he has a tendency to file lawsuits willy-nilly and, worse, many of his congregants are lawyers who do the work pro-bono. The rest of us are stuck with the legal bills.<BR/><BR/>I think it would be an interesting exercise in "turn the other cheek" to engage Fred as what he claims to be: a Christian rather than as a legal target. Granted he already doubts our faith (yours and mine) as Anglicans *at all* well before we get to issues of sexuality simply because we have "mass" and "priests". But, still, it would be an interesting exercise.Huw Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767334011657735131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-37694506275913143152008-08-10T17:45:00.000-06:002008-08-10T17:45:00.000-06:00The Canadian judiciary is less tolerant of frivolo...The Canadian judiciary is less tolerant of frivolous lawsuits.<BR/><BR/>And their blasphemous "God Hates Fags" schtick is prohibited hate speech under the Criminal Code of Canada.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-45152026341947275442008-08-10T14:40:00.000-06:002008-08-10T14:40:00.000-06:00Given their propensity to file law suits against a...Given their propensity to file law suits against anyone who talks to them in public, to spit in the face of people who get to close and to toss in the air any food offered them (as was done at Matt's memorial service) the ECUSA lawyers at the last general convention advised people simply to ignore them and have no contact with them whatsoever - especially since any such contact in the media usually gets spun into "Christians fighting with Christians!"Huw Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767334011657735131noreply@blogger.com