Star Parker chastises blacks who support that homosexualist, Christian teaching-abandoning Obama

[ccharles000]

If you want another good laugh at the delusional anti-gay mindset, click over and read Star Parker's "When color trumps Christianity" over at Clown Hall. It's another case of Bizarro World, where the God-fearing American culture is going to hell in a handbasket because the current President has done so much for the LGBT agenda (!?).

"President Obama hosted a reception at the White House celebrating LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Pride month. Black Christians should take note and learn a few things about our black President.

It tells us something that Mr. Obama had no time to host an event for the National Day of Prayer."

And, of course, Parker goes into the realm of Oppression Olympics and tosses in the whole gay is a behavior not an orientation issue (as if religion isn't a choice)?

"First, we now know that Mr. Obama buys into reasoning equating the homosexual political movement to the black civil rights movement: "....it's not for me to tell you to be patient any more than it was for others to counsel patience to African Americans who were petitioning for equal rights a half century ago."

"Perhaps Obama can extend some of his famous empathy to a black Christian woman, Crystal Dixon, who lost her University of Toledo job for writing a column in her local paper challenging this premise. Dixon was fired for being uppity enough to write "....I take great umbrage at the notion that those choosing the homosexual lifestyle are 'civil rights victims' ...I cannot wake up tomorrow and not be a black woman."

"...Maybe a lot of us black folks, still readin' our Bibles, just haven't had enough of that Harvard learnin'. "

"Even worse, The Homosexual Agenda has apparently convinced black Christians to abandon traditional anti-gay Christianity to support Obama solely because of his race."

" Black Christians have a lot of soul searching to do. We know the pain of black history. But we also must retain clarity that these many injustices were the result of race and color trumping Christian principles."

" How can black Christians do this themselves? How can black Christians allow race and color to trump Christian principles in driving their support for a leader? "

What prism is she seeing the world through?

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11895/star-parker-chastises-blacks-who-support-that-homosexualist-christian-teachingabandoning-obama

[Political Tiger]

1. What a lovely, uplifting Christian message.........

:sarcasm:

[Lex]

2. Pam's House Blend is a GREAT site.

I read that site daily and have it on my RSS feed.

[HopeOverFear]

3. I don't get it.

GLBTs are saying Obama has thrown them under the bus; Christian wingnuts are saying he's a homo-loving liberal.

So who's right?

[Lex]

4. Who would you be inclined to believe?

[ruggerson]

5. charles

may I suggest that you edit this so that one can tell which are Star Parker's words and which are Pam's.

[Arkana]

6. So...Star Parker's message is:

"Come on, WASP bigots and racists! Just because we're black doesn't mean we can't hate gays as much as you! Please let us in your club!"

[ruggerson]

7. I tend to think that there are a lot of people here reading this with a smile on their face

oh, the irony. ;-)

[Pharlo]

8. Weren't there rumors of her ex-husband being gay - even before the marriage.

It seems to me, any criticism of the gay community by this woman is affected by her personal history and how it colors her perspective.

[AspenRose]

9. She's still around?

Yikes

[Starry Messenger]

10. People can't wake up tommorrow and not be gay.

She's seeing the world through the bigotry prism. Sad.

[nxylas]

12. I don't agree that religion is a choice, though

Any more than being gay is a choice. Any more than being a liberal is a choice, for that matter. I couldn't choose to be an atheist any more than Richard Dawkins could choose to be a Christian - at least not with my integrity intact.

[Starry Messenger]

14. Religion isn't genetic.

:shrug: Integrity is a whole different issue, IMO. I chose to be an atheist and I'm full of integrity. YMMV.

[nxylas]

17. So could you have chosen to be a Christian, or a Pagan, or a Hindu with equal integrity?

I don't think we choose our most deeply held beliefs any more than we choose who we fall in love with.

[Starry Messenger]

21. Sure, I could have. Thought about it a few times.

You are of course entitled to your opinion. You aren't going to change mine though. :hi: If someone is a bigot because of their religion, then they are still a bigot. Hiding behind some theory that religion is somehow innate is all part of the belief system as far as I'm concerned.

[phleshdef]

27. It is and isn't. It depends on whether or not you had certain ideals pounded into your head or not.

[nxylas]

32. That assumes that everybody simply follows the beliefs they were raised with

What of people who were raised religious but renounced their beliefs, or who were raised in non-religious households but became religious in adulthood, or people who convert from one religion to another?

[jesus_of_suburbia]

36. I was a Southern Baptist growing up. I'm sure as hell not now!

Trust me, I had those ideas pounded into my head, but I eventually realized how stupid they are.

I made a choice.

[Veruca Salt]

34. Religion most certianly is a choice

I've gone from Catholic to Pagan to Buddhist to Discordian. After a long spiritual search I've found my religious center. My brother on the other hand went from Catholic to Agnostic (though he has been threatening my sister in law with baptizing their first child in pasta sauce so he may have become a Pastafarian when I wasn't looking). Religion can easily be changed though it may be harder for those who have it ingrained in their minds.

It is nothing like being gay. Trust me, I've changed my religion before but I can't change the fact I'm gay.

[Terran]

11. What a stupid, stupid person.

either that or just plain evil, take your pick. People who cling to this notion that GLBT people are that way by choice are either stupid or deliberately obtuse (the latter condition is, I know, epidemic among right-wingers).

[Orsino]

13. Oh, her. The fake PUMA.

Just another hate merchant, as far as I can tell--neither coherent nor compelling.

[okieinpain]

15. uh, I'm confused. I checked some of her other articles and it's like she's

pro-gay. maybe someone can check her other articles and see if i'm crazy.

[uponit7771]

16. Anyone who is black and is an all out spokes person for the conservative agenda has lost credibility

...with me.

[KingFlorez]

18. So black people are supposed to be crazy fundies?

Somebody needs to tell Parker that fundies don't really like black people either, they just try to hide it to use them for political reasons.

[MadMaddie]

28. She is of the Michael Steele school who think the Neocons

actually like them.

Stupid...stupid....stupid...

[Kind of Blue]

19. This woman's thoughts are insulting and revolting. n/t

[rasputin1952]

22. "Thoughts"?...

No thinking required to be a bigot..."thought" is the last thing a bigot wants...:D

[Kind of Blue]

24. No argument on semantics here :)

:puke: Her words are stomach churning.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. Who's this assclown again?

:shrug:

[Boomerang Diddle]

23. And then the Religious-Reich wonders why so many are turning away from religion!

Like Gandhi said: "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

[burning rain]

25. It's ironic how Republicans, who vehemently oppose affirmative action...

are pleased to provide some of the stupidest people on God's green earth with celebrity and fat incomes just for being "minority" conservatives.

[Vidar]

26. What's a Star Parker?

[ZombieHorde]

29. Wow, so sad and depraved. nt

[nealmhughes]

30. Is this the BBW who used to be on the Joy and Whoopi Show?

I never liked her. Now I know why.

[Starry Messenger]

31. You are thinking of Star Jones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Jones

[Ikonoklast]

33. Who is Star Parker? Why should I care what she babbles about?

There are so many idiots with a public platform to spew their drivel from I cannot keep up with them.

I googled her...what a sad person.

[blackbooks]

35. I seem to remember a quote from someone named

MemoryBeast.

"If the internet has shown us anything... anything... it has shown us there is no such thing as 'too bat-shit crazy to operate a computer.'"

[Ikonoklast]

37. Hi, Star!

Enjoy your stay, mmmk?

[blackbooks]

39. I was actually calling Star bat-shit crazy. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

First time anyone's ever mistaken me for a black woman, though. That's kind of fun.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

38. Apparently, she used to be on welfare and had four abortions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Parker