Tuesday, June 15, 2010

When religious right talking heads feud, it's fun, fun, fun!

Believe it or not, there are some religious right talking heads who don't get along. And when they launch barbs at each other, it's fun to watch.

Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out spotlighted a post from Randy Thomas of the ex-gay group Exodus International. The post was about a recent Time magazine article spotlighting "Gay Day at Disney." Maybe it's just me but I got the impression that Thomas was calling the article into question for showing lgbts in a normal environment having fun just like others attending Disney.

Besen took Thomas to task over this quite adequately.

But there was one portion of Thomas's piece which caught my eye:

Within the Christian community it also bothers me when Christian activists will go into these events, take a few tabloid TMZ worthy pictures and then post those as the only representation of what gay people are trying to do to our country. I always maintain that stigmatizing (anyone) is not Christ-like.

To answer your question, yes he was talking about our "friend" Peter LaBarbera. It's no secret that Thomas and LaBarbera don't get along. One can chalk it up to different philosophies. Thomas is from the school of the "let's passively aggressive attack lgbts while at the same time claiming to minister to them," while LaBarbera is from the school of "gays are nasty, period."

Last year, this difference of philosophy exploded in an over-too-soon, but highly entertaining feud between LaBarbera, Thomas, and of all people, Matt Barber of the Liberty Counsel.

I found it hilarious to read these so-called "fishers of men" stoop to a level of bitchy sniping not seen since the classic motion picture The Women.

Who knows what will happen this time. Maybe LaBarbera will ignore Thomas's swipe.

I hope not though. The world would be so much more fun if religious right folks sniped at each other like the following:



Oh well, I can always dream.

Related posts:

Gay sex quote causes three-way feud between Porno Petey, the Liberty Counsel and Exodus International

Matt Barber seeks to end feud with Porno Petey by painting the Liberty Counsel as liars


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