Comments on: Rev. D. James Kennedy Dies

By: shary

shary — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:37:57 +0000

Rev D. James Kennedy was for Christian Government and Christian elected officials. His image of this country was theocracy at the expense of others. This is something to be highly concerned with.

By: Knowinso Jones

Knowinso Jones — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:13:28 +0000

Kennedy, to be fair was probably
not as antagonistic as his surface
behavior suggests. He was almost
certainly a closet homo himself.
What ??? and hid it for years to
the public, his kid, and his wife ????

To all knowledgeable psychologists
his overt posturing betrayed, and yet
covered, his true nature both to
others and himself. Self deception
(I can’t be a queer, I’m too much
against it) for people like him,
Falwell, and Dobson are the beacon
which navigates their own perverted
secretive fears and egoism.

By: marcusT

marcusT — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:19:00 +0000

The way I came to know about Dr. Kennedy was through watching the egregious anti-gay videotape of his that my mother sent me after I came out to her. He had her absolutely hysterical with his incredible distortions of what “the gays” were like. I spent two afternoons tracking down 47 separate distortions of fact or outright lies in his hour-long videotape. Some could be defended as simple misunderstandings or mistakes on his part. Others, it was clear from the context, were deliberate distortions meant to whip up anti-gay sentiment in his audience and promote discriminatory legislation. I’m sure he did many noble and caring things during his long life and career. I regret that I never saw any of them — only the pain and heartbreak that he brought to so many gay and lesbian individuals and their desperate family members.

By: Michael Hamar

Michael Hamar — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:55:00 +0000

Kennedy was definitely a hate peddling homophobe who harmed the lives of many gays and their families. What perhaps got me the most disgusted with Kennedy was that his Coral Ridge Ministries continued to sell Michael Johnston’s bogus ex-gay material right up until the minute Johnston was exposed in a Southern Voice article in 2003.

In contrast, other gay haters – word was out amongst the fundies BEFORE the Southern Voice article that Johnston had a “moral fall – had the decency to stop selling Johnston’s materials as soon as they learned about Johnston. Not Kennedy. I cannot say that I will mourn the man.

By: homer

homer — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:12:11 +0000

Some day when the history of gay rights in the late 20th and early 21st century gets written, Rev. Kennedy may be lucky enough to get a paragraph or two, maybe a couple of footnotes. People who are against positive social changes never fare well- when was the last time that the KKK appeared on a stamp?

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:44:07 +0000

I can’t offer any prayer for his family. Too many colleagues and followers of his ridiculous line of rhetoric will offer them up on their behalf. My prayers stay with those who were marginalized and demonized by his preaching. Not enough people will remember them.