This is from “Christianity Today.” The brain trust of the social conservative movement has spoken:
Q: In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?
JTP: At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it’s wrong. People don’t understand the dictionary–it’s called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It’s not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we’re supposed to do–what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we’re supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I’ve had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they’re people, and they’re going to do their thing.
The interview demonstrates several self-contradictions.
The man claims to support individual rights, and says “When politicians start talking about being a Christian, I just worry” — but he loves James Dobson.
He believes states should go their own individual separate ways on abortion, but thinks that’s somehow representative of what conservative churches want, and he clearly doesn’t feel the same way about marriage for gay people.
I always want to ask people like this, “Do those gay friends of yours know they’re your friends? Or are you talking about some neighbor you were nice to for a moment because you wanted to borrow his hedge clippers?” Bet the hypothetical farm, the latter almost perfectly describes these “friendships.”
This guy is almost as bizarre as the amount of attention he receives. If one of my friends told me I couldn’t be around their children, well, toodles, “friend.” Nasty macho types like “Joe” shouldn’t be around ANY children.
Lord help us if this man procreates.
I guess he already has. Lord help us even more.