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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: Voter#537
Maybe GOD will Ban Elton.

He already has. Read Romans 1:18-32
21 posted on 11/11/2006 1:33:55 PM PST by tfelice (Romans 8:29-31)
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To: Bosco
This just exemplifies the idiocy and selfishness of some gays and the left. Rosie O'Donnell's recent comments about "the goodness in the world" is another prime example.
22 posted on 11/11/2006 1:33:58 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: IronJack

he believes it promotes hatred of gays.
That's like accusing a mirror of promoting ugliness. The "hatred," which is really nothing more than rejection, is the result of homosexuality's abhorrent practices, not any "promotion" on the part of religion. Yes, religions, including Christianity, tend to reject homosexuality, but because it is a sin, not out of sadism.

And in the end (!), if the pressure against homosexuality causes a person to reassess his commitment to that abominable lifestyle and seek redemption, then the pressure saved him from the fruits of his sin.

And that is the ultimate in compassion, not the enabling mentality that permits a person to destroy himself.




This is solid analysis. This is why I read this site.

Well done.


23 posted on 11/11/2006 1:34:18 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Bosco

Good grief.

I use to respect Elton John, because he seemed to be gay, but not to be the kind of activist nutcase that some are.

Apparently I was wrong.


24 posted on 11/11/2006 1:34:29 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: Bosco

Queen Mother? Nah. Mother of all queens, maybe ...


25 posted on 11/11/2006 1:34:38 PM PST by IronJack
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To: beaversmom

And GOD, sir john, has already banned homosexuality.

Payback will come in a later life... it's called judgement.


26 posted on 11/11/2006 1:35:21 PM PST by MrRights
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To: Bosco
Really, the guy's 60YO and hasn't figured out the user's manual yet? Does he really think he's an authority on anything other than how to be a freak?
27 posted on 11/11/2006 1:35:25 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: DaveLoneRanger
No, please. This is Elton John, man. Please don't sing, either.
28 posted on 11/11/2006 1:35:34 PM PST by unspun (What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
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To: DaveLoneRanger

Shut up and, um, shut up.


29 posted on 11/11/2006 1:35:34 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: meandog
hatred and death done in the name of religion

Which pales in comparison to the hatred and death done in the name of atheism.

30 posted on 11/11/2006 1:36:05 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (This tagline has been suspended or banned.)
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To: Bosco
One of his good friends in Caleb Quaye, who played guitar in Bluesology with Reginald Dwight before he was Elton. Played on his first couple of albums. Spectacular guitar player.

Now, Quaye is an Evangelical Christian who instructs church worship leaders through the Foursquare Denomination. I saw him a couple of months ago at my church, and Quaye specifically mentioned that he talks to Elton regularly and witnesses to him, too. You never know....
31 posted on 11/11/2006 1:36:13 PM PST by hoppity
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To: Bosco
Eltie is afraid that when the Muzzies take over England, he and his lover will be beheaded in Piccadilly Square.
32 posted on 11/11/2006 1:36:51 PM PST by RetiredArmy (November 7, 2006: The day America screwed the US Military! Thanks USA.)
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To: Senator Goldwater

Thank you.


33 posted on 11/11/2006 1:37:17 PM PST by IronJack
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To: Bosco

ROTFLOL.


34 posted on 11/11/2006 1:37:28 PM PST by freekitty
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To: Bosco


Religion isn't the problem Elton.... sin IS!!!


35 posted on 11/11/2006 1:38:31 PM PST by dcnd9
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To: Bosco
Let's make sure we understand what he's saying: ALL religion should be banned.

This includes Islam right Elton- since it calls for gays to be murdered. Will we be seeing you leading the ban Islam movement in London?

36 posted on 11/11/2006 1:39:01 PM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for president Bush-pray for our military-pray for our congresss-pray for our nation)
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To: Bosco

Well, he's right, you know.

If everybody just got together and gave a big peace hug they would have to drop all their weapons and war would just simply cease to be a problem.

At least until the terrible body odor became too much to bear and they would go right back to being the same old way.


37 posted on 11/11/2006 1:39:07 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Bosco

Now that the RATS have taken power, maybe religion will be banned here in the USA. It seems a fitting thing for a Godless party to do.


38 posted on 11/11/2006 1:39:13 PM PST by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: IronJack
That's like accusing a mirror of promoting ugliness

Homosexuality is hatred of one's very self, a hatred so deep that it one seeks to be the opposite of what he is.

39 posted on 11/11/2006 1:39:18 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (This tagline has been suspended or banned.)
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To: Bosco
I'd ban Elton John completely, but that's just me.

Regards, Ivan

40 posted on 11/11/2006 1:39:40 PM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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