Sharpton Rips Churches For Support Of Prop 8
Sharpton Rips Churches For Support Of Prop 8
#1Sharpton Rips Churches For Support Of Prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 11:23am
"There is something immoral and sick about using all of that power to not end brutality and poverty, but to break into people's bedrooms and claim that God sent you," Sharpton told a full house on Sunday.
"It amazes me," he said, "when I looked at California and saw churches that had nothing to say about police brutality, nothing to say when a young black boy was shot while he was wearing police handcuffs, nothing to say when they overturned affirmative action, nothing to say when people were being [relegated] into poverty, yet they were organizing and mobilizing to stop consenting adults from choosing their life partners."
"I am tired," he went on, "of seeing ministers who will preach homophobia by day, and then after they're preaching, when the lights are off they go cruising for trade...We know you're not preaching the Bible, because if you were preaching the Bible we would have heard from you. We would have heard from you when people were starving in California--when they deregulated the economy and crashed Wall Street you had nothing to say. When [accused Ponzi scammer] Madoff made off with the money, you had nothing to say. When Bush took us to war chasing weapons of mass destruction that weren't there you had nothing to say.
"But all of a sudden, when Proposition 8 came out, you had so much to say, but since you stepped in the rain, we're going to step in the rain with you."
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Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#2re: Sharpton Rips Churches For Support Of Prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 11:27amDoes he still send Christmas cards to Tawana Brawley?
#2sharpton rips churches for support of prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 12:04pmgood thing his people were so vehemently against prop 8.
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#3sharpton rips churches for support of prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 12:06pm
GREAT words.
If only someone else had said them...
#4sharpton rips churches for support of prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 12:09pm
Seriously. That opening line is wonderful.
Though my main reaction was "Jeez, do I have to like Al Sharpton now?"
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5sharpton rips churches for support of prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 12:13pmLike Al Sharpton all you want. Don't ever trust him. Ever.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#6sharpton rips churches for support of prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 12:19pm
"break into people's bedrooms and claim that God sent you"
I may have to give that a try . . .
#7sharpton rips churches for support of prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 12:23pmI agree with PalJoey. The first thing I think of every time I hear Al Sharpton's name is Tawanna Brawley.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/08
#8sharpton rips churches for support of prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 1:01pm
"Though my main reaction was "Jeez, do I have to like Al Sharpton now?"
I agree Reginald, I really liked what he had to say but I don't know if I like HIM yet. Or maybe I just don't like his hair. He needs to cut it out with the perm/process stuff ASAP.
#9sharpton rips churches for support of prop 8
Posted: 1/14/09 at 6:09pmThat wasn't exactly what I meant, but that too.
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