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Lesbian Pastor Refuses to Wed Straights Until Gays Allowed to Marry in NC
http://teapartybase.com ^ | 08/09/2011 | n/a

Posted on 08/09/2011 8:09:59 PM PDT by massmike

Pastor Nancy Petty, the lesbian spiritual leader at Pullen Memorial Baptist church in Raleigh, N.C., has a message for her state: Legalize same-sex marriage — or else. Until gay unions are legislatively permitted, Petty plans to no longer sign marriage licenses — an action that will potentially have a profound impact on her congregation.

In addressing same-sex marriage, Petty said the following to her congregation:

“Do we, Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, want to continue to participate in offering religious ceremonies that carry with them civil and human rights that are not afforded to all people? Or will it be our practice and the practice of our ministers to honor all marriages equally by only offering religious ceremonies, thus not acting as agents of the state and perpetuating the unjust marriage laws of our state?”

The church has a long history of advocating for progressive policies. According to ABP, its former pastor, Edwin McNeill Poteat, was a leading advocate for progressive Christianity within the Southern Baptist Convention in the early 1900s.

The pastors who followed also took stances on issues related to organized labor, the Vietnam War and, obviously, gay rights. As a result of the latter, the church was removed from the Raleigh Baptist Association, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1990s.

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TOPICS: Religion; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: apostasy; attentiontramp; baptist; celebratesin; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; livinginsin; moralabsolutes; sodomites
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Pastor Nancy Petty

1 posted on 08/09/2011 8:10:06 PM PDT by massmike
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To: massmike; little jeremiah

homosexual agenda ping


2 posted on 08/09/2011 8:11:01 PM PDT by massmike (Massachusetts:Stopped hanging witches;started electing Kennedys.Coincidence?)
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To: massmike; Revolting cat!; wagglebee

Where is the singles and swingles church sponsored orgy this weekend?

Will there be coffee and upside-down cake?


3 posted on 08/09/2011 8:13:23 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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To: massmike

Why would a heterosexual couple want to be wed by a queer? Just ask’n


4 posted on 08/09/2011 8:13:29 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: doc1019
Do we, Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, want to continue to participate in offering religious ceremonies

To celebrate sin?

5 posted on 08/09/2011 8:14:40 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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To: a fool in paradise

?


6 posted on 08/09/2011 8:16:11 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: massmike

So the ugly dyke fake “pastor” is holding her congregation hostage.

How “Christian” of her.


7 posted on 08/09/2011 8:16:19 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: doc1019

Why would a heterosexual couple want to be wed by a queer? Just ask’n


Exactly. Tell her to go screw herself.


8 posted on 08/09/2011 8:16:40 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: doc1019
Why would a heterosexual couple want to be wed by a queer? Just ask’n

Precisely my first question.

9 posted on 08/09/2011 8:16:52 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: doc1019
Why would a heterosexual couple want to be wed by a queer? Just ask’n

I was about to make a similar comment...

If you are going to married in a Church -- why in the world would you want the service to be presided over by an apostate? Does not compute...

10 posted on 08/09/2011 8:17:48 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: fwdude

I get the feeling most of her congregation munches carpet.


11 posted on 08/09/2011 8:18:03 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: massmike

That’s okay since there’s no such thing as a lesbian pastor so the marriage would be invalid anyway.


12 posted on 08/09/2011 8:18:52 PM PDT by TSgt (When in the Course of human events...)
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To: massmike
Do these people ever really read the Bible?
13 posted on 08/09/2011 8:19:15 PM PDT by Razz Barry (Round'em up, send'em home.)
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To: dfwgator
I get the feeling most of her congregation munches carpet.

I have no doubt that you're right. It's an empty threat, because there are probably so few "weddings" actually performed in that "church."

14 posted on 08/09/2011 8:21:50 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: Razz Barry
"Do these people ever really read the Bible?"

Only the parts that tickle their ears, which is sad for them.
15 posted on 08/09/2011 8:22:00 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy ("A man may be a fool and not know it, . . . but not if he is married." - H. L. Mencken)
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To: massmike
Pastor Nancy Petty, the lesbian spiritual leader at Pullen Memorial Baptist church in Raleigh, N.C. ...

Puke me a river. These people are Baptist in Name Only (BINO, see what I did there??) What Bible believing straight couple would want a lesbian to officiate their wedding?

16 posted on 08/09/2011 8:22:00 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: TSgt

And biblically speaking, there is no such thing as a female pastor.


17 posted on 08/09/2011 8:22:35 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: massmike

Want to take bets on when this church will refuse to do marriages until inter-species marriages are recognized and sanctioned by the state?


18 posted on 08/09/2011 8:24:01 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy ("A man may be a fool and not know it, . . . but not if he is married." - H. L. Mencken)
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To: doc1019

You can say that a thousand times. Heretics, every one.


19 posted on 08/09/2011 8:24:10 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: massmike
Until gay unions are legislatively permitted, Petty plans to no longer sign marriage licenses

Sign up for a job, get a job offer, accept the offer along with the responsibilities of the job, and then refuse to perform the job. Yep -- works for me.

Pastor Nancy must be related to our President.

20 posted on 08/09/2011 8:24:16 PM PDT by mlocher (Is it time to cash in before I am taxed out?)
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