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Drudge: "ELTON JOHN: 'I WOULD BAN RELIGION COMPLETELY'"
Drudge ^ | 11/11/2006 | Someplace in the UK

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ac; gayreligion; godhating; hatespeech; homosexualagenda; moralabsolutes; persecution; selfishness
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To: beyond the sea

Thanks for the corrections!! I always appreciate it when the actual facts are brought into a discussion.... :^)


161 posted on 11/11/2006 5:39:04 PM PST by Enchante (America-haters and Terrorists Around the World Celebrate Demagogues' Victory)
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To: Bosco
"Organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate."

The images above are of this terrible religion that "Sir" Elton John hates, and that "Sir" Elton John mocks.

He hates it because it reminds him of what a worthless life he lives.

I read last week he spends over $25,000,000 a year on himself (shopping, food, clothes, fawning staff, vacations, etc).

This is what he represents. Contrast the two for yourself.

When he finds himself in Hell, he should not be surprised.

162 posted on 11/11/2006 5:39:41 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: Enchante
:-)

Thanks for being cool about that. I was waiting to get "flamed".

;-)

163 posted on 11/11/2006 5:40:28 PM PST by beyond the sea ( Now that Nancy Pelosi Galore is in charge, it's never too late to start drinking.)
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To: SkyPilot

Looking at those pictures, one would never guess that Elton John is gay. /sarcasm


164 posted on 11/11/2006 5:43:35 PM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Bosco
Where are the thought police when you need them... Oh ya that is right, we don't need or want them. This guy is about as unconstitutional as you can get. He obviously has no clue as to the founding of this great nation to get away from oppression of religious beliefs.

Never bought his music, and I wouldn't even download it free if available.
165 posted on 11/11/2006 5:44:28 PM PST by LuxMaker
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To: beyond the sea
Thanks for being cool about that. I was waiting to get "flamed".

Not from me - I truly am always trying to be reality-based (unlike most/all of the political left), so real facts are always welcome to me. And as for spelling, I'm usually pretty obsessive about correct spelling, so it really bugs me to spell someone's name wrong, but I'm grateful for the correction.
166 posted on 11/11/2006 5:45:54 PM PST by Enchante (America-haters and Terrorists Around the World Celebrate Demagogues' Victory)
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To: Enchante
You are a breath of fresh air. Thanks for the pleasantness.

Have a good weekend.

167 posted on 11/11/2006 5:49:12 PM PST by beyond the sea ( Now that Nancy Pelosi Galore is in charge, it's never too late to start drinking.)
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To: Bosco

Elton John is a sick, lost homosexual and in the end, GOD will ban him. I pity him. The wages of sin is death.


168 posted on 11/11/2006 5:51:13 PM PST by pallmallman (ww2.)
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To: Enchante

Yeah, thought I would be flamed for saying I liked Barbara's song 'Second Hand Rose'. When I was young, I bought all her albums on 33 LPs. Lost all of them by now. And I wouldn't download any of her stuff for free now...


169 posted on 11/11/2006 5:52:52 PM PST by gb63
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To: Bosco
If John Lennon were alive today he'd be leading it with a vengeance," he said.

I was never a fan of John Lennon but his only hit "Imagine" pretty much summed up his feelings on life.

Imagine there's no Heaven

.....

No hell below us

.......

Imagine all the people

Living for today

Imagine there's no countries

.......

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

Imagine no possessions

.............

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

I saw nothing of the alleged genius that the media has been trying to pile on this guy ever since his death. He was nothing more than a hardcore Marxist and anti-Christian.

170 posted on 11/11/2006 6:05:21 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I was just thirteen, you might say I was a musical proverbial knee-high...)
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To: meandog
...possibly, what Sir Elton is so upset about is the amount of hatred and death done in the name of religion....

Ha! Yeah, 'possibly":

British pop music star Elton John has attacked the Catholic Church and its position on condom use as a reason for the demise of 60 of his friends to the sexually-transmitted disease, AIDS


171 posted on 11/11/2006 6:27:47 PM PST by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.iwo.com/heroes.htm)
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To: dead; Riverman94610
Has anybody asked Leo Sayer or that guy who sang the Pina Colada song for their thoughts on religion?

The liberal media has calls out to 'Right Said Fred' and '4 Non Blondes' so they can impartially weigh in on this issue.

172 posted on 11/11/2006 6:30:39 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Imagine...

Yeah, it was called Pol Pot's Cambodia.

173 posted on 11/11/2006 6:37:40 PM PST by AndrewC
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To: meandog
Possibly, what Sir Elton is so upset about is the amount of hatred and death done in the name of religion (i.e. current Islamic extremists, Spanish Inquisition, Crusades, Cromwell and William of Orange's campaigns in Ireland)

He should be really upset about communism then, since in the last century more people were killed by their own communist governments than in all wars (including so-called religious wars) in recorded history combined.

174 posted on 11/11/2006 6:39:34 PM PST by semaj
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To: Bosco

...ahhh, the ruminations of "Sir" Elton; taketh up thy 'sword' Sir Elton, and smite them in that special place.


175 posted on 11/11/2006 6:43:12 PM PST by He Rides A White Horse (Unite)
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To: dead
Has anybody asked Leo Sayer or that guy who sang the Pina Colada song for their thoughts on religion?

I'm awaiting input from either "Charo" or "Mr. Whipple" to decide what to believe about this.

176 posted on 11/11/2006 6:54:32 PM PST by Stultis
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To: Bosco

God loves the sinner, but hates the sin.


177 posted on 11/11/2006 7:09:01 PM PST by ViLaLuz (Stop the ACLU - Support the Public Expression of Religion Act 2005 - Call your congressmen.)
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird; AFA-Michigan; Agitate; Alexander Rubin; AliVeritas; ...
I have never, to my knowledge, had the misfortune to hear Elton John's music. And I am sure you agree that his miserable and ignorant opinion means squat. But many people share this opinion, that's why this is noteworthy.

This is indeed the crux of the matter. In order to promote and comfortably live the "gay" life as well as the secularist hedonist life, religious believers must become second class citizens and our rights of speech, association and religious expression taken away from us. That is indeed what they want.

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178 posted on 11/11/2006 7:45:01 PM PST by little jeremiah (Jesus' message is not "BUY MORE STUFF"!)
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To: Bosco
"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."

It is sad. Throughout the sixties and seventies, there was no violence in the world. I wish Sir Elton could take us back. Peace, love, music and unicorns.
179 posted on 11/11/2006 7:49:44 PM PST by kenth (There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count, and those who can't.)
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To: SkyPilot

Thanks for the pictures.


180 posted on 11/11/2006 7:53:40 PM PST by little jeremiah (Jesus' message is not "BUY MORE STUFF"!)
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