Southern Baptists - Contenders for Ministry of Worship Education

Ah, I see the anti-gay witch-hunt has reached new levels. A resolution to investigate the "influence of the homosexual agenda in the nation's public schools" will be heard at the 2005 Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville.

I wasn't sure whether to laugh, or to hurl:

This resolution is an effort to shine the light of truth in the dark corners of our schools and force our brethren to take a long, hard, honest look at what we have tolerated for far too long.

The bit that caught my attention most, however, was the denouncing of any link between GLBT activism and the civil rights movement (below).
(Goodness, what are you talking about?! Gay rights is like, like, paedophilia, or incest - how dare you compare it to the social movement our noble ancestors have fought for centuries to achieve! Sacrilegious!)

It's at the end of this other para I'm going to risk your eyes bleeding for (as I did mine):

..the resolution encourages every church in the SBC to determine if any schools in their local school district have either a homosexual club or any curriculum or program that "attempts to influence children to accept homosexual behavior as a legitimate lifestyle." If such clubs or material are found, Southern Baptist churches would be urged to let parents in the community know, and to encourage them to remove their children from the district's school immediately.

The Baucham-Shorrt resolution also commends Christians who are currently working in the public school system, encourages Southern Baptists to support educational alternatives to government schools, calls for Baptists to pray for homosexuals, and rebukes homosexual activists for "slandering" minorities by claiming that homosexual behavior has any authentic connection with the civil rights movement.

You've got to check out this brew. I'm curious if it'd make you laugh, or spew.


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