Posted on 03/24/2006 10:40:10 PM PST by TFFKAMM
More than 25,000 evangelical Christian youth landed Friday in San Francisco for a two-day rally at AT&T Park against "the virtue terrorism" of popular culture, and they were greeted by an official city condemnation and a clutch of protesters who said their event amounted to a "fascist mega-pep rally."
"Battle Cry for a Generation" is led by a 44-year-old Concord native, Ron Luce, who wants "God's instruction book" to guide young people away from the corrupting influence of popular culture.
Luce, whose Teen Mania organization is based in Texas, kicked off a three-city "reverse rebellion" tour Friday night intended to counter a popular culture that he says glamorizes violence and sex. The $55 advance tickets for two days of musical performances and speeches were sold out, but walk-up admission was available for $199.
After stops in Detroit and Philadelphia in the next few weeks, Luce wants to unleash a "blitz" of youth pastors into the communities to do everything from work with the homeless to find new ways to bring others to Christ. He challenged youth leaders to double the size of their groups in the next year.
And then he plans to return to San Francisco next year to chart their progress.
That's bad news to Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, who told counterprotesters at City Hall on Friday that while such fundamentalists may be small in number, "they're loud, they're obnoxious, they're disgusting, and they should get out of San Francisco..."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
"It" is singing:
I know I got demons hanging on me and I like it!
(apologies to the Rolling Stones - - but then again......)
I was in the Bay Area in 1993 going to one of the East Bay refineries. Of course flew into SFO. Definitely an evil presence in the area. A spiritually demonic dark cloud hovers over that city. The city knows it, and revels in it. That will be its damnation.
"I think what Blzbba meant is that they shouldn't travel long distances to a strange city to preach to people many of whom have themselves traveled long distances to a strange city because they didn't want to be preached to..."
That's exactly what I meant.
Evangelicals aren't going to suddenly embrace the "alternative" lifestyle espoused by these leftists anymore than these pervs are going to suddenly embrace an evangelical lifestyle when confronted with it.
Thus, total time wasteage.
Ahhhh! Isn't "diversity" wonderful, firmly embedded in the City Of Tolerance? Oh, wait a minute. Not that kind of diversity!
I predict a net loss of evangelicals to SF.
I don't see how any conservative can....
..although!....there are many who must live in and around the area.
Sure! Why not like it? The thing most fellow conservatives don't get, I think, is that you can have a different opinion from the establishment and live here happily. 98% of people who live here actually do have a 'live and let live' attitude and are not out to convert anyone to any so-called lifestyle. Call it 'tolerance' or whatever, but it does exist here. Just don't mistake that for 'unwilling to call you on it'. Which for someone who likes to debate issues based on facts, is a great thing.
Plus, it makes for lively dinner party conversation.
"God" doesn't give up on people btw...people give up on people.
Yeah, all they need now is to shout "And we're in your fa-a-a-a-a-a-ace!"
Those "Nuns" are men...*cringe*
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