I thought we were innocent until proven guilty. Has any gays stepped up to these charges?

“The nature of the evidence is irrelevant; it’s the seriousness of the charge that matters”.

Hypocrisy, Mr. Delgaudio? Naaaaaaah of course not! /sarc

Well gee, I can think of at least two more just-as-plausible scenarios using Mr. Delgaudio’s tissue-paper thin standard of evidence:

“We do not know if this arson and attempted murder was perpetrated by angry Republicans blaming Palin for Obama winning the presidency, but the former Veep candidate has been the target of verbal attacks by the many Republicans (all dastardly liberal RINOs of course) and their apologists in the major media.”

AND…

“We do not know if this arson and attempted murder was perpetrated by Eugene Delgaudio, seeking to mislead the general public by lying and placing the blame on gays in order to generate sympathy for his own bigoted agenda.”

Why is teh gay always the first suspect to these haters?

Where I am leading with this is that it is very suspicious for the perpetrators actually trying to hurt or kill people. For that kind of anger, I would look closer to home for a person or people with a real grudge either against the church or one of the people who was in the church when it started burning.

It doesn’t sound like the local authorities are chasing after mythical gay fire bombing terrorists, but instead following the clues wherever they lead. I hope they catch the criminal(s). All too often these sorts of crimes go unsolved.

Even if it’s entirely possible that a disgruntled gay person is behind each of these incidents, no suspects have been arrested and no convictions have been made.

I recall from my experience in crime reporting that you should never convict someone in print. If the Becket Fund and Delgaudio were making these accusations against named individuals, they could be sued for libel.

Delgaudio is my first suspect. He’s just the type to do it. Rumor (which I’m starting right now) says that he’s an arsonist with a long history of burning down churches. And I’m suspicious that he may have recently flown to Alaska.

So I’m not saying it’s true that Delgaudio personally struck the match but this certainly seems like what he’d do. Hint hint.

REALITY CHECK

OK. Of course I don’t really think that Delgaudio did this. In fact I would be downright shocked.

But his evidence against gays is no greater than I have against him. It’s just false accusation disguized as speculation intended to demonize gay folk for the advancement of Delgaudio’s personal, religious, and political goals.

This is exactly what is forbidden by the ninth commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

No. Over the years, several MCC’s (a GLBTQ denomination) have been targeted by arsonists, without hardly a ripple in the press.

I don’t want churches burnt down, I want them taxed and a burnt down church doesn’t have much taxable value.