Posted on 11/11/2006 1:23:05 PM PST by Bosco
ELTON JOHN: 'I WOULD BAN RELIGION COMPLETELY'
Sat Nov 11 2006 15:42:55 ET
Sir Elton John wants religion banned completely -- because he believes it promotes hatred of gays.
Speaking to the Observer Music Monthly Magazine the singer said religion lacked compassion and turned people into "hateful lemmings".
The PRESS ASSOCIATION reports: In a candid interview for a dedicated Gay issue of the magazine he shared his views on topics as varied as being a pop icon to Tony Blair's stance on the war in Iraq.
He said there was a lack of religious leadership, particularly in world politics, and complained that people do not take to the streets to protest any more.
Sir Elton said: "I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays.
"But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion. From my point of view I would ban religion completely.
"Organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate."
He added: "The world is near escalating to World War Three and where are the leaders of each religion? Why aren't they having a conclave? Why aren't they coming together?
"I said this after 9/11 and people thought I was nuts. Instead of more violence why isn't there a meeting of religious leaders?
"It's like the peace movement in the Sixties. Musicians got through to people by getting out there and doing peace concerts but we don't seem to do them any more.
"If John Lennon were alive today he'd be leading it with a vengeance," he said.
Sir Elton said people were too busy blogging on the internet to go out onto the streets to stand up for what they believed in.
"They seem to do their protesting online and that's not good enough. You have to get out there and be seen to be vocal, and you've got to do it time and time again.
"There was a big march in London when Britain decided to join the war against Iraq and Tony Blair is on the record as saying 'the people who march today will have blood on their hands'. That's returned to bite him on the ass," he said.
Sir Elton compared his place in British culture with that of the Queen Mother's.
He said: "People come to me and I'm a bit like the Queen Mother. I never get those problems. I don't know what it is with me, people treat me very reverently.
Referring to his "wedding" to long-term partner David Furnish, he said: "It was the same when Dave and I had our civil union - I was expecting the odd flour bomb and there wasn't.
"Dave and I as a couple seem to be the acceptable face of gayness, and that's great."
He pledged to continue to campaign for gay rights saying: "I'm going to fight for them whether I do it silently behind the scenes or so vocally that I get locked up.
"I can't just sit back; it's not in my nature any more. I'm nearly 60-years-old after all. I can't sit back and blindly ignore it and I won't."
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In my home, Elton John is banned completely, always has been.
The MSM will portray anyone who opposes the 'Rat agenda as - racist, sexist, homophobic, etc.
You know, when I was younger there was this line in the bible about the last days when good will be evil and evil becomes good. That always stumped me. Made no sense at all. Now it's so very clear to me. Sick, perverted behavior has become the norm.
"birthday gift: a 15-yr old boy"
I read that story many years ago in a tabloid. The entire article was about the story which the paper treated as a funny prank. It was known by his friends that he liked young boys, so on one of his birthdays, they sent one to his hotel door, dressed only in a bow tie.
I think that Elton John should start with banning the religion of Islam; that would take care of half the population of the world. Perhaps he should visit Saudi Arabia, or Iran, or Iraq. If he is successful, we will listen to him, especially if he visits those countries to "straighten them out." I would then be impressed with him. Otherwise he is just another talking head.
If he tries to ban Islam, he will be "talking without-a-head".
He should stop "thinking" with the smaller of his two heads.
Elton's problems are all the result of his being improperly reared.
So....where's the hatred he's talking about?
He sucks!
Really!
LOL! I wonder if he has the first symptom of AIDS, a pounding sensation in the butt.
I wish he'd just shut up entirely. I never like his singing much.
Muslims killing Muslims, and non Muslims world wide,
Millions living in abject poverty the world over,
And he's more worried about "Gay rights" than anything else?
Sir Elton, you have just given us one more reason to, as you suggest, hate homosexuals.
I wish Sir Elton would stop hating.
When he married that boy I told my wife that this story is not yet over. It's bound to be painful in the end.
I just find this funny that it is news....Drudge? We have serious problems and we are listening to some homosexual who is saying things that are not conservative. Very Strange.
Exactly right, he is probably a member of the Church of Scientology (or should I say Satan, same thing), like the rest of liberal Hollywood. Ban religion? Oh right, just for you gays, no problem. What a flamer.
And religion wants gays banned completely.
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