Article DetailsObama and Clinton attend homophobic college |
Messiah College describes itself as embracing an "evangelical spirit rooted in the Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan traditions of the Christian Church." As such, its "community covenant" states that members of the Messiah College community "avoid such sinful practices as drunkenness, stealing, dishonesty, profanity, occult practices, sexual intercourse outside of marriage, homosexual behavior, and sexually exploitative or abusive behavior." In the past, Republican presidential candidates have been criticized for speaking at universities where certain religious beliefs are considered bigoted, most notoriously when then-Gov. George W. Bush in 2000 spoke at Bob Jones University, where anti-Catholic dogma was taught and inter-racial dating banned. Messiah counsels its gay and lesbian students to seek the help of controversial organizations that use Scripture and behavioral exercises to coach them to stop acting on gay feelings and impulses. It's not difficult to imagine a big outcry among liberal activists if, say, Republican presidential candidates attended such a forum hosted by, say, Fox News at such a university. Asks a reader, "Shouldn't Democratic presidential candidates, both of whom are explicitly on the record as being in favor of gay rights, avoid schools like this as assiduously as previous generations of politicians were urged to avoid Bob Jones University? "How can politicians appear at a college that espouses these ideas and then turn around and court the gay community at the same time? "How can the two leading Democratic candidates appear on stage at this college and not be questioned by the press about the hypocrisy of appearing there?" Source: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/clinton-and-oba.html |
| Date Added: April 18, 2008 08:13:00 AM |
| Author: Gay OK Editor |
| Category: Gay USA |
