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Rev. William Dwight McKissic is the senior pastor of Cornerstone
Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, and founder of the “Not
on My Watch” Coalition (he stole that from George Bush).
It didn’t surprise me to know that this church is under
the Southern Baptist Church umbrella. All I have to say is
when a black man joins and lines his church up with an old
wealthy organization with a rich and deep history of racism
and sexism speaks VOLUMES. Just a little note, ALL black preachers
in Texas (my home state) don’t “perform fuh Massah”
like good house niggers and then cry “racism“
when they don‘t get their just rewards. To further prove
his ignorance, he tries desperately to use Romans 1 as a means
of supporting his views. If you want the truth on Romans 1,
peep “Taking A Closer Look” and you’ll be
enlightened.
During this pathetic speech…ummm “sermon”,
Pastor McKissic spends most of his time arguing the fact that
Civil Rights isn’t the same as Gay Rights. And we could
waste valuable time and energy dissecting every argument he
presents. But to do so, we’d have to condescend to his
juvenile mental level and degrade ourselves. But there ARE
a few things he said that I’d like to address…
“To equate civil rights with gay rights is to compare
my skin with their sin.”
Okay, THAT was cute. It even rhymed! I’ll be sure to
nominate him when the Vibe Awards asks for Best Rhyme nominees
next year. I’ve had to do this before. But I suppose
it didn’t catch, so I have to do it again and again
until people finally get it. The word “civil”
is not a synonym for “black or African-American”.
The word “civil” is an adjective (a word that
describes a noun) that is defined as “of, relating to,
or befitting a citizen or citizens”. So, by definition,
the Civil Rights Movement was not an issue of race, but an
issue of CITIZENSHIP! Yes, the ancestors were discriminated
against, lynched, and denied their rightful place in society
because of their race. But what they were saying in essence
was “I may be black, but I’m a CITIZEN of the
United States. So I deserve to be treated as equal to everyone
else and be protected under the law.” Contrary to Rev.
McKissic’s opinion, there ARE similarities…people
are trying to use one facet of a person’s HUMANITY as
a reason to deny them rights that are supposed to be guaranteed
to all CITIZENS. No matter how you color it, Discrimination
IS Discrimination!
“I’ve heard that homosexuals say that they discovered
they were gay at 18 or 25 or 33 years of age. I don’t
know any black people who didn’t discover their blackness
until they were 25 years old.... I’ve met ‘former
homosexuals.’ But I’ve never met a ‘former
black person,’ other than perhaps Michael Jackson.”
I wonder what same gender loving people he’s been listening
to. Most likely NONE! The truth is, the majority of all SGL
people KNOW that there’s something different about them
between the ages of 4 and 7 years old. They can’t articulate
it, but they know the difference. They EXPRESS it at the ages
of 18, 25 or 33. Most sane people don’t even see or
acknowledge color until their parents point it out to them.
See, people are born innocent, knowing how to love. Love is
natural, you don’t have to teach anyone to do that.
It’s a characteristic of God Himself. Hatred on the
other hand is TAUGHT. And as we grow into adults we learn
how to focus on our differences and use them as dividers instead
of celebrating our humanity in spite of them. It’s nice
to know that Pastor McKissic is doing his part in teaching
the world how to hate. Furthermore, in spite of Michael Jackson’s
skin tone, he is STILL very much a black man! So not only
does the good Reverend spew hate, but insults! What God is
he representing here?
“When Christians open their Bibles, God opens His mouth,”
McKissic said in reference to Romans 1:32.
OH REALLY NOW? This man is obviously not as educated as somebody
told him he is. Let’s take a look at what “their
Bibles” say…
Child curses a parent; KILL THEM - (Exodus 21.15, 17)
Discriminate against the disabled - (Leviticus 22.16-22)
Torture of women if she was ‘thought’ to be cheating
- (Numbers Chapter 5)
Don’t eat bad meat, but sell it to foreigners - (Deuteronomy
14.21)
Women are 2nd Class - (I Corinthians 11.7-9; 14.34-35)
….there are countless objectionable things that “their
Bibles” say are of God, but we do not practice them
today because they are morally wrong and socially unacceptable.
So if “God opens his mouth” when “Christians
open their Bibles” then most Christians are serving
a MONSTER! Anybody who truly studies the Bible understands
that the Bible cannot be taken literally, but must be discerned
spiritually to grasp and understand it’s spiritual truth.
“Open Bible=God’s open mouth“…Again,
VERY cute, but not true.
“If we vote for a politician not knowing where he stands,”
he said, “we could find ourselves approving of what
God disapproves.”
Now we know why black people supported camouflaged discrimination
by voting for George W. Bush (oops, did I say that?).
In answering the question of why he is so passionate about
this particular issue, McKissic quoted Martin Luther: “My
conscience is captive to the Word of God. To go against conscience
is neither right nor safe. God help me. Here I stand. I can
do no other.”
Alright pseudo-Martin Luther, I have one question. If we
live in a country where people have the RIGHT to believe what
they want, and live their lives AS they want as long as they
aren’t breaking the law…and if Rev. McKessic is
really secure as a man…what’s the REAL reason
he’s so “passionate” about this issue? I
think maybe there are some internal issues goin’ on
here (like with most of the closet cases who are ministers
in the black church) and they protest so much as a way to
deal with or keep their own issues on the down low. See, so
many of these insecure and confused men get married in an
attempt to hide. Hoping privately that their being married
will help them “change”. Marriage is their shield
while on their quest for “deliverance”. But while
they are chasing this deliverance, they still fulfill their
true desires in secret, on the side. Maybe he (and the men
like him) are so “passionate” about this because
if the same gender loving community ever has the same rights,
it will be more of a struggle for them to hide. So it’s
like, “I have to fight and protest against this thing
because if it’s ever ‘acceptable’ for me
to be with someone of the same gender, I’ll slip up
and EVERYONE I know will find out about my dirty little secret.
My whole sham of a life will be exposed and EVERYONE will
know that I‘ve been living a lie. Too many people (including
myself) will be hurt and humiliated”. And NOBODY wants
to be known as a liar and a cheat. I’m not saying this
is the case with Rev. McKissic, but…it IS something
to think about.
My daddy taught me that men who are truly secure in themselves
are not threatened by someone who is different from, yet equal
to them. My parents taught me that REAL Christianity is not
about obeying a bunch of rules, but about treating EVERYONE
with love, respect and dignity like Jesus did. It’s
about helping people and showing them the unconditional love
of God regardless of perceived differences. Real Christianity
is about loving everyone because we are all God’s children.
We’re all created equal. And in spite of what makes
us different, God loves us all just the same. I don’t
know WHAT the good Rev. McKissic is talking about. Evidently,
he doesn’t either.
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