Really? Gayer than this?
Posted on 05/05/2012 9:51:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Dr. Ken Hutcherson, the pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Redmond, Wash., posted an announcement earlier this week that many close to him – including his wife – have known for years. Hutcherson revealed that he is the "gayest man I know."
"Coming out of the closet is a difficult decision to make, especially when close, personal relationships are at stake," Hutcherson wrote in his column, Hutch Speaks Out, that was published on WorldNetDaily.
"Will my family abandon me? Will my friends still look at me the same? Will this announcement be worth the risk? These are indeed valid concerns that can make a person live like a double agent for years. And even though this decision is acutely personal, it does help to stand alongside someone else who is ready to announce the very same thing," he continued.
The announcement of the burly NFL-linebacker-turned-evangelical-minister-and-author sent some initial shockwaves through the Christian community. He and James Hansen, one of his ministry leaders who is married with three children, are challenging others, especially evangelicals, to come forward and also admit that they are gay.
But the thing is Hutcherson is not a homosexual, nor does the happily married man have a same-sex attraction of any kind. He is, however, on a mission to take back words, phrases and symbols he believes groups, such as homosexual activists and other liberal organizations, have "hijacked" from the American lexicon.
"Seriously, I am the gayest guy I know," Hutcherson reiterated in an interview with The Christian Post.
"My frustration is that some groups have taken words and symbols away from the Church and from society in general. When I say I'm 'gay,' what I mean is that I am happy, that I am joyful and that I love people. That is precisely what a Christian ought to be so in my opinion we just need to be as gay as we can."
"Dan Savage (a pro-gay activist) says he is gay. He's not gay, not anywhere close. Yeah, he may be a homosexual but he certainly doesn't appear to be happy or joyful when he stands up in front of a classroom and uses profane language. Nope, nothing gay about that."
This is not Hutcherson's first attempt to reclaim symbols. In an earlier story published on CP, Hutcherson talked about taking back the rainbow symbol that has come to be associated with the homosexual movement.
"Rainbows used to mean something very different than they do today," Hutcherson and Hansen wrote on Antioch's website. "It used to be understood as the sign God put in the sky to remind us that even when He's angry about sin, He'd never again destroy the earth with a global flood. But of course, that's not what most people associate a rainbow with today."
Hutcherson's challenge is not just to individual Christians, but to preachers of the Gospel, too. "We've got way too many preachers, or those who call themselves such, preaching a watered-down, lukewarm version of the Gospel," he said.
"We don't have a lot of shepherds but we've got a ton of lost sheep who need guidance and the true word of the Bible. Too many pastors are leading their church astray by saying that homosexuality is okay. It's not," Hutcherson warned. "Preachers need to get out of the pulpits and start selling used cars if that is what they believe."
Hutcherson called out both black and white churches. "Predominantly white churches need to stop being white and start being evangelical by preaching the Gospel. On the other hand, black churches need to stop being so social and start preaching the Word of God – that sex outside of marriage is wrong and that men need to 'man up' and raise their children. The fact is, that applies to both churches."
In emphasizing his point, the larger-than-life preacher compared being married to that of being Christ's bride.
"When I married my wife, she became my bride," Hutcherson said. "No man is going to walk into my house and tell my wife how to act, dress or what to believe. If we are the bride of Jesus then we couldn't let anyone or anything else tell us how to act, dress, or behave either. We're in a war fighting to protect our society but the problem is the Church as a whole doesn't even know we're under attack."
Hutcherson also indicated this wouldn't be his last attempt in fighting to take back words that have been stolen from Christians, and said addressing tolerance will be a priority in the coming weeks.
"We're fighting hard to protect our society but I'd rather be preaching the Gospel than handling many of the others issues," he explained. "But, if I need to I will. I'm not going to back down from reclaiming what the Gospel says to me – it calls us to be 'gay.'"
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To these people, Please read the entire article before attacking the Pastor,
This thread is so gay! LOL!
Some FReepers only read the headlines and then make ignorant remarks.
To these people, Please read the entire article before attacking the Pastor,
You’re saying some people act queerly?
Good idea! The hom mafia destroys lives and lexicons for their agenda. Time to take an initiative and stomp their degeneracy with shock and awe.
Good advice...given the FR propensity for jumping to conclusions before reading an article.
I like rainbows myself.
I’m with the pastor on this one. I call them what they are: queers, sodomites and perverts.
I sympathize with the cause, but don’t think it is going to be very successful. Words like gay, queer, fairy are always going to be part of the homosexual culture, or part of the vocabulary straight people use to describe the homosexual culture. I don’t hear many people scrapping over the word fag, or terms like Fudgesicle. The fact that you felt you had to admonish people to read the article doesn’t bode well for the cause of reclaiming the language. We were created. Language evolves, and sometimes not for the better.
fag [fag] Show IPA verb, fagged, fag·ging, noun
verb
1. to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out ): The long climb fagged us out.
Being gay, I tasted the rainbow and danced with the fairies, so I am completely fag now.
I met Pastor Ken many years ago. What a great testimony. He hated whites when growing up, and turned to football so that he could legally hit them: and God eventually called him to pastor a predominantly white church.
I am gay knowing the pastor has said the things many have failed to do. I am gay knowing that we are taking the word back from the queers. I’m here, I’m gay, get used to it. Happy gay day!
Retake the language!
Most days, FR is the gayest place on the web.
Here in the Puget Sound area, Ken Hutcherson does a brief recorded sermon/message right before Rush Limbaugh’s show begins. Rush has had him on the program a few times, also.
I gotta tell ya:
I’m so glad I read this all the way because, although I don’t follow “The Hutch”, I only heard of him from Rush and a few other venues but reading those first couple of sentences, my heart dropped! I was like, “Oh, no! Not again!”
Glad I read this all the way. *whew*!
I’m gay too.
I refuse to take part in all this depression.
I clean my guns when I start feeling depressed.
Helps every time.
When I was a kid, I thought I’d name by daughter, if I had one, “Gay.” I thought it was such a pretty, happy name.
While we are on the subject, I’d like to take repossession of rainbow and the color lavender.
Really? Gayer than this?
What a queer story.
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