Case in point is the case of the Reverend Richard Cizik, a top leader with the National Association of Evangelicals, a political lobbying machine for the X-tian right. He has been forced from his position because, while being interviewed on NPR, he dared to suggest that....wait for it.....he is "shifting" on the issue of gay marriage. He stated that, while he is not yet comfortable with the idea of "redefining marriage," he IS in favor of Civil Unions to provide the same benefits and protections of marriage for gay people.
His second sin during the interview was to admit he voted for Obama in the primaries, and **GASP** he "hinted" that he voted for Obama in the general election.
Cizik was already on shaky ground with the X-tians for daring to suggest that we who inhabit this planet should be better caretakers of the creation God has given us. But, the uproar over the two NPR revelations was just too much, and he was forced from office.
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these the same people who were all up in arms having a hissy fit because they were criticized, and their businesses boycotted, for supporting Prop 8???? It's funny how X-tians will call a boycott of a company for "supporting the gay agenda" so fast it will make your head spin. And now, they have devoured one of their own because he expressed an opinion that did not follow the standard X-tian line. Yet, God forbid we criticize or boycott them. We're infringing on their religious rights or their freedom of speech.
By the way, I have decided to use the term "X-tian" to distinguish the typical hypocritical, fundamentalist, legalistic American evangelicals who are not true believers, from true followers of Christ. Jesus gave two "commandments" to his followers: love God and love your neighbor. That's all a religion devoted to Him should worry about. All the rest is bullshit.
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