My concern was that he and other members of the article would fall into a flame war after his post and be completely offended, not understanding the nature of Free Republic. I in no way want to bring disrepute to FR.
I did read his posts and elected not to call the moderators. He was not advocating a political position as much as explaining his side. He does not have the characteristics of a troll.
Since I seldom see principals from a news article post on FR, I felt that it was newsworthy enough to ping the people who has posted on the thread, plus wagglebee. If our desire is to seek truth I believe that everyone who posted should be alerted that new information was available.
I will certainly agree with wagglebee that the DMN article was too kind to the church, while the thread from WCBSTV.COM in NYC was too harsh and very agenda driven.
This is what we often see in our media driven society, where a simple news story explodes across the country. Everyone listens to a small slice of the story and forms an opinion. And opinions from either coast are very different than they are here in the Bible-belt.
As I’ve said before, my main opposition is to the radical homosexual agenda. However, I WILL NOT have Bill O’Reilly or anyone else saying that I hate homosexuals, because that is simply not the truth. After reading more on this subject, it became obvious that while some are pushing an agenda, but that the Cecil’s loved ones do not seem to be behind this.
I alerted the media for one reason only, and that was to remove the Homosexual Agenda Ping. I do not feel that it is appropriate to dishonor the memory of any person and I wanted to avoid that possibility.
I’m glad you brought the post to our attention. I tried to be somewhat middle of the road, but it could be deemed to be somewhat harsh depending on your viewpoint.
I see some points on both sides. I do however have to come down on the side of the church in this instance.