A nationally prominent retail store has announced it will sell "gay pride" T-shirts in support of presidentially proclaimed "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month."
Old Navy will sell rainbow-styled T-shirts as part of the its "Love Proudly: Pride 2011" campaign. The shirts reportedly went on sale June 1 and will be available at select stores throughout the country. Old Navy announced it will donate 10 percent of the proceeds to the "It Gets Better Project," a pro-LGBT campaign.
Gary Cass of DefendChristians.org says Old Navy is promoting a lifestyle that is in "complete rebellion against God."
"Rather just focusing on giving good products to their customers, they want to use their products now to advocate for a very controversial topic, much less a very immoral and very deadly topic," notes Cass.
Now I could say that it's very interesting that this article (by the American Family Association's One News Now) omits the fact that the "It Gets Better" project combats the issues of bullying and suicides amongst lgbt teens, but why bother?
I think it's relatively clear why this fact wasn't mentioned.
And I could say that Gary Cass is yet another charlatan in the conservative evangelical movement looking to make a name for himself by pulling the martyr card - although attacking Old Navy is a step up from defending the discredited Paul Cameron and churches who performed "exorcisms" on gay teens. And that this is the second time he has attacked the "It Gets Better" project
But again why bother?
Here is the point I want to make:
It's just a damn t-shirt, not the end of American society as we know it.
And it is yet another example of how far Christianity has fallen in this country and how far it will continue to fall until someone (preferably a true person of faith) steps up and calls out people who use the faith to divide and gain material prominence for themselves.
just substitute the word filth for faith and you've got it right.
ReplyDeleteGary Cass is not "defending Christianity" as the name of his site claims. He is attacking people he clearly considers morally inferior to himself. The fact that the latter is so easily conflated with the former underscores a serious problem with "defenders of morality" in general.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I believe that all religions are rooted in a common unity I don't know that we have a figure that would be accepted as a true person of faith by all. If we could recognize what's behind the representatives of any and all faiths we could come together. For me God is best left undefined and simply recognized as source and communed with.
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