(Bob Davies, right)
Exodus claims to love homosexuals, but their message to those infected with HIV: “You are getting what you deserve and God is punishing you for being gay.” On Exodus’ website, there is a commentary by former Executive Director Bob Davies, “A Biblical Response to the Pro-Gay Movement.” In this screed he says:
Those who practice these sins “receive in their own persons the due penalty of their error” (v. 27). In today’s society, homosexuality is reaping a bitter harvest. Homosexual men are six times more likely to have attempted suicide than heterosexual men. Between 25 and 33 percent of homosexual men and women are alcoholics (the national average is 7 percent). Currently, 70 percent of Americans with AIDS are male homosexuals or bisexuals. Homosexual involvement reaps deep devastation in the lives of many who practice it.
It was certainly convenient for Davies to ignore that heterosexuals make up more than 80 percent of cases worldwide - so this is hardly a product of homosexual behavior. Many of the new infections are caused by right wing squeamishness to teaching comprehensive sex education - including condom use.
For political convenience, Exodus also skirts the obvious. In Washington, DC, black residents are hardest hit, accounting for 81% of new reports of HIV infection and 86% of people with AIDS, though the city’s population is only 57% African-American. Based on Exodus “logic” this would mean that the “black lifestyle” is dangerous and should be condemned. Interesting, how they only focus on homosexuality and ignore other demographics and the International AIDS epidemic because they don’t mesh well with the group’s bigotry.
The fact is, Exodus is a bona fide hate group that will say anything to smear homosexuals. Gay sex, when practiced safely, is no more dangerous than any other form of sexuality. Gay people have been around for thousands of years before AIDS and will be on this planet long after the disease subsides or is eradicated. In the grand scheme of the universe, it does not define homosexuality any more than syphilis outbreaks in Europe defined heterosexuality. It is time for Exodus to stop the blame game and act responsibly.
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And by mention of Leviticus 20:13, he (and by default, Exodus International), promote genocide as well:
“Pro-gay churches argue that Christians are no longer under the Law, so we can ignore all Levitical commands, including those which mention homosexuality.
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The important distinction between these laws is reflected in the Old Testament penalty for breaking them: Disobedience to the ceremonial laws resulted in uncleanness (Lev. 11:24f); breaching the moral law meant death (Lev. 20:2f). God left no ambiguity in His description of homosexual acts; they are an “abomination” and “detestable” (Lev. 18:22, 20:13, NAS).”
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And according to Leviticus 20:13 (as mentioned above), gay men “MUST BE PUT TO DEATH.”
Davies and Exodus don’t even attempt to refute this Biblical proposition.
So basically, even if I wanted to ‘save’ my eternal soul by going ex-gay, according to Bob Davies and Exodus International, I’d have to adopt a belief in the ‘morality’ of mass-murder.
Or were they simply endorsing the “hands off” (disease and hate-violence) extermination approach?
Comment by Emproph — May 13, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
Let Exodus continue talking.
Obviously, the group is getting itchy, and they’re finally revealing what they’ve been all along: a cult of Nazi wannabes, and bitter fags who stamped out of the room and sashayed over to Exodus, just because the object of their overnight affection didn’t fuck them.
Soon enough, these guys will be mocked and parodied to no end, just like all of Tom Cruise’s antics these past few years.
If the American public believes Scientologists are some of the kookiest nutballs around, wait till they pay attention and grab ahold of this treasure trove of hilarity and nonstop kookery, known as the “ex-gays”.
These guys are nuts, but really are nothing to be feared in the long run. When it’s all said and done, the cult will be laughed back into the sewers from which they slithered out. The louder and nuttier these guys become, the quicker that’ll happen.
Comment by Scott — May 13, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
I agree with Scott. Their slitherings to-and-fro serve to remind the nation why hate crime laws and ENDA are very much needed. Violence against gays is the natural extension of this type of diatribe. It’s like the little spider thing that comes out of the egg in the movie Alien(s) - it may not kill you, but what it becomes sure will.
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