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By: Emilio

Emilio — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:57:31 +0000

Well, this is something at least! I had been wondering for ages what Joyce’s stand on homosexuality was and couldn’t find anything on the net. I grew up with her teaching and even though one of my friends dismissively calls her “a housewife preacher”, I love the way she teaches. Even though she is being very dispomatic with the above statement, I believe the time is coming when she will have to really “come out of the closet” about her position and speak more clearly to her gay audience. It is a bit ironic, though, that her ministry should extend to afflicted people thousands of miles away (which is great) yet the not any less pulpable afflictions of many gay people under their nose should remain unnoticed…

By: RCM

RCM — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:46:39 +0000

Thank you Priya Lynn, but I do think it is a good thing that she at least thinks it is wrong to kill people for it. The way I see it, if people who think gay=evil just don’t kill (or torture, or in any other way aggressively punish) everyone who disagrees, then the rest of us might find some way of convincing them to see sense.

If what she said turns out to be popular with the far right/Christian Fundamentalist factions, then I’ll decide I misunderstood, and use her books for compost.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:11:28 +0000

RCM, what she’s in essence saying is “Gays are evil, but that’s no justification for killing them.”. It takes a lot of steam out of your opposition when you start with “we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others.”, its a contradictory message.

By: RCM

RCM — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:24:08 +0000

I personally approve of her not supporting the bill, even if she does believe that gay is a “lifestyle choice”. Thinking gay is a choice might be ignorant and misguided, but she is not backing the destruction or even criminalization of those she is ignorant and misguided about. She is not advocating murder in the name of God, I regard that as good. Not wonderfully revolutionarily fantastic, just good.

By: Maurice Lacunza

Maurice Lacunza — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:29:16 +0000

Thanks Priya. I wrote a little song about it. It goes like this:

Irony and Gayery, live together in perfect buggery, side by side they saddle in a homo-rectory!

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:22:33 +0000

I think Maurice is right. Joyce gives away her anti-gay position with this statement: “As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others.”.

She then says “However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God’s word to justify bigotry and persecution.” which is ironic given that she is hiding behind religion herself to justify bigotry and persecution.

By: Maurice Lacunza

Maurice Lacunza — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:49:43 +0000

The following quote reveals Joyce Meyer’s true color: “…our motivation and intent is not to interfere with Uganda’s political agenda or internal affairs.”

I wrote Joyce a letter two years ago asking for clarification about her stand on homosexuals. After a banter of emails, none of which clarified her position, she finally had the staffer send me the usual love the sinner/hate the sin letter.

Joyce is anti-gay. Don’t be deceived by her politics.

By: Stefano A

Stefano A — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:18:14 +0000

penguinsaur:

Again you’ve nailed it!

While I admit I was pleased to reader her statement (setting aside the unfortunate use of “lifestyle choice”), I couldn’t help but wonder what impact her statement might actually have.

I could find no public release on the Joyce Meyer Ministries web site in which this position was publicly proclaimed.

It’s one thing to send a private correspondence (e-mail) that gets blogged about, and quite another to place the statement up front on their web site (or make statements in broadcasts) to stating the position.

Like you, I couldn’t help but wonder how far this news would reach, or if it even would make it into Uganda.

By her closing remark:

With this statement, our motivation and intent is not to interfere with Uganda’s political agenda or internal affairs.

I couldn’t help but parse this to nuance no intention at all to present this statement to the Ugandan public.

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