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Today in Anderson Cooper making people look stupid simply by asking questions: This lady. It may be the best entry in this subgenre of news since this video. (via pbump)
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Local Pastor Calls For Death of ‘Queers & Homosexuals’ (by catawbavalleynoh8)
Don’t like what you see? Make your voice heard. Stop bigotry, stop hate.
Contact the Pastor:
Pastor Charles L. Worley
pastor@prbcnc.com
The Address:
Providence Road Baptist Church
3283 Providence Mill Rd
Maiden, NC 28650
Telephone#: 828-428-2518
Fax#: 828-428-3358
Mailing Address:
Providence Road Baptist Church
P.O. Box 507
Maiden, NC 28650
By Claire Gordon: “Baptist University’s Anti-Gay Pledge Causes Faculty To Quit In Droves”
A university in Georgia is bleeding faculty after adding a new section to employee contracts last October. The “Personal Lifestyle Statement” requires employees to reject homosexuality, premarital sex, adultery, drug use and public drinking near campus. It also mandates that staff be active in a local church.
In an anonymous survey in April, only 12 percent of faculty and staff said that they planned to stay at Shorter University, a 139-year-old Baptist school,reports Inside Higher Ed. More than 50 resigned before the new contracts were even distributed, and certain departments, such as science and fine arts, have been “eviscerated,” according to Michael Wilson, a tenured librarian for the university who’s worked there for 14 years.
“Through our policies, we seek to honor Jesus Christ,” the university said in a statement. “We understand that there are those who do not agree with our beliefs. We are not trying to undermine their right to those beliefs, but want to be transparent about our own.”
“Where is today’s American Taliban? At Shorter University,” tenured Shorter professor Sherri Weilerwrote in the Rome News-Tribune. “Religious fundamentalism in any form (Muslim or Christian) is sheer lunacy in today’s divided, fractured, and tormented world. True peace is only to be found in opening the doors, not closing the gates.”
Wilson had planned to stay at Shorter until retirement, but essentially resigned last week. He signed the “lifestyle statement,” but crossed out the line: “I reject as acceptable all sexual activity not in agreement with the Bible, including, but not limited to, premarital sex, adultery, and homosexuality.”
Leaving Shorter is “wrenching,” said Wilson, who claims that many of his co-workers knew he was gay. “I’m a pretty quiet person. But I perceive this as a great injustice.” He is part of Save Our Shorter, which is a campaign against the changes.
