Sister Mary Timothy, of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, shouts at Christian youths holding a rally on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn
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..."
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Sister Mary Timothy, of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, shouts at Christian youths holding a rally on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn
You've got to love it when a city "officially" condemns a group for wanting to live moral, Christian, lives. Satan reels in horror...
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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It looks as though the Satanists are afraid some of that Christianity might rub off on them.
What is *Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence*? I mean, her name and all *sounds* Catholic but I never saw a nun look like that.
Do you believe in the Easter Bunny?
Sounds like what the Sodomites might have said about Lot. Look what happened when he left.
What positions would you have a person elected
by his/or/her constituents in SanFran to hold?
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...which is EXACTLY the same rhetoric you'd hear from your average "cultural critics" in academic or hipster circles. But because (gasp) CHRISTIANS are saying it, the sentiments must be symptoms of incipient, queer-bashing fascism.
I think the young lady who made the statement to the effect of, "I came here to get away from people like you," pretty much sums up the SF zeitgeist. The city is under a siege mentality powered by thousands of adolescents of all ages, who've never outgrown their conflicts with Evil Suburban Daddy, and who instinctively react against anything they identify with authority or tradition, no matter how ridiculous, hypocritical or deranged it makes them look to the rest of the world.
Ooookaaaaayy.
Do you believe that you exist?
All those years of work could be going right down the tubes if someone gets convicted and converted. Right out of *The Screwtape Letters*.
On that note, I'm out for the night.
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