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Jesus-Gay Billboards Defaced
The Indy Channel ^

Posted on 04/25/2007 12:04:49 PM PDT by Abathar

INDIANAPOLIS -- At least two billboard signs that seek to get people to re-examine homosexuality by using biblical references have been vandalized in Indianapolis.

The campaign, coordinated by the Jesus Metropolitan Community Church, of Indianapolis, carries a message some consider shocking, 6News' Derrik Thomas reported.

In order to deface the billboards, vandals had to be daring, using extension ladders. There have been no arrests, but the debate rages.

The billboard proclaims that Jesus affirmed a gay couple. "Lie, lie, lie," is scrawled in red paint above the original message on a sign on 10th Street.

Twenty-two billboards were placed strategically around the city. The Rev. Jeff Miner, of the church that paid for the billboards, was disappointed by the vandalism.

"There was a sense of disappointment, a sense of shock. That's OK," Miner said. "We're going to share a positive, powerful message how the Bible affirms gay people and we know there is going to be some opposition as we try to get that message out here."

In addition to the billboards, church volunteers have placed about 2,000 yard signs around the city. Many of them were pulled out of the ground almost as fast as they were put in.

Curt Smith, of the Indiana Family Institute, criticized the vandalism, but said the Bible does not confirm the billboards' message.

"I think homosexuals are noted in the Bible in a couple of key passages that were an example of sexual sin that is decried by God," Smith said.

The billboard campaign is scheduled to run for 30 days. One of the damaged billboards was fixed by Tuesday afternoon. The second one might be repaired by the end of the week.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: antichristian; blasphemy; celebrateperversity; championsofsin; christianleft; dontlookitup; homosexual; homosexualagenda; indianapolis; jesus; lyingliars; misleadtheflock; religion; revisionisthistory
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To: FortWorthPatriot

By the way...Jesus discriminated all the time. He enjoined his followers to show discrimination in many things. He did however, teach them on appropriate discrimination, both specific and contextual.


61 posted on 04/25/2007 12:52:18 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: zot

Ah, for the selective definition of words when reading scripture.


62 posted on 04/25/2007 12:53:25 PM PDT by GreyFriar ( 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead)
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To: USMCWife6869
I can’t even begin to understand how they can convince themselves that that passage can be interpreted to mean that. I’m at a total loss.

Not that much of a stretch for someone with a warped,perverted mind. If two men were in the same house together, why surely they must be having sex. For the rest of us, it doesn't even give the least bit of hint of homosexual activity.
63 posted on 04/25/2007 12:54:06 PM PDT by usastandsunited
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To: montag813

Based on the picture of the billboard it looks like Clear Channel owns it.


64 posted on 04/25/2007 12:54:56 PM PDT by az_illini (Why? Why? Why are there no flying cars? We were promised flying cars.)
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To: Abathar

That verse has nothing whatsoever to do with homosexuality.


65 posted on 04/25/2007 12:55:40 PM PDT by itsahoot (The GOP did nothing about immigration, immigration did something about the GOP (As Predicted))
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To: Abathar
If they insist on trying to pervert what our Savior said and did, they're going to pay dearly or it---though not necessarily in this life.

Still waiting for the "Mohammed affirmed a gay couple" billboards.
66 posted on 04/25/2007 12:56:17 PM PDT by Antoninus (I won't vote for a liberal, regardless of party....)
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To: Xenalyte

No, I passed on that because I had read Brown’s resource materials about 25 years ago.


67 posted on 04/25/2007 1:00:58 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Fred Thompson 2008)
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To: The Blitherer
8The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Or as paraphrased in the words of the Tridentine Mass right before communion:

"Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima mea."

What healing your body of sickness, or your soul of evil has to do with "affirming gay couples" is beyond me. Seems contradictory.
68 posted on 04/25/2007 1:03:09 PM PDT by Antoninus (I won't vote for a liberal, regardless of party....)
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To: Red Badger

Thanks!


69 posted on 04/25/2007 1:03:18 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Fred Thompson 2008)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
You mean Holy Blood, Holy Grail and its follow-ups?

A couple weeks back, I got this book:



It is an excellent debunking of the Rennes-le-Chateau myth, and quite an enjoyable read.
70 posted on 04/25/2007 1:03:32 PM PDT by Xenalyte ("A cat can give birth to kittens in the oven. That don't make 'em biscuits." - Quanell X)
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To: lepton
"By the way...Jesus discriminated all the time."

Yes sir, he sure did. Glad you brought that up.
71 posted on 04/25/2007 1:03:59 PM PDT by FortWorthPatriot
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To: Xenalyte

I don’t remember exactly what I read, but it had to do with Jesus surviving the crucifixion, marrying, establishing a dynasty, etc. It drew from some old, old traditions. And of course, “The Passover Plot.” Nothing really new there either.

I guess I’ll have to get around to reading “The DaVinci Code” one of these days, and your recommendation looks interesting too.


72 posted on 04/25/2007 1:07:33 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Fred Thompson 2008)
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To: Abathar

I wonder how the Right Reverend Miner would spin the first 16 verses of The Letter of Jude?


73 posted on 04/25/2007 1:11:47 PM PDT by Hat-Trick (Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
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To: USMCWife6869
I can’t even begin to understand ...

Mathew 8:5 In Greek (transliterated)-- "kai legon kurie o pais mou bebletai en te oikia paralutikos deinos basanizomenos" (and saying, Lord, my servant lies at home paralyzed and grieviously tormented)

(Vulgate: "et dicens Domine puer meus iacet in domo paralyticus et male torquetur")

"pais" (puer) is the word used for servant. It literally means "boy", "young man".

To the sexually deviant, such a reference could only mean "catamite" (catamitus), a boy kept by a pederast, and not the natural and obvious understanding "young male servant."

Apparently the Roman centurian could only have been a pederast. And the boy is paralized because his "daddy" got a little too rough. If that were the case, then Jesus would not have been praising the Roman for his "great faith", but sheer audacity to approach Him knowing how He felt about men lying with men (Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:27)

75 posted on 04/25/2007 1:17:06 PM PDT by nonsporting
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To: subterfuge

It is an utter abomination. To see the image of Christ coupled with such perverted nonsense makes me physically ill.


76 posted on 04/25/2007 1:18:57 PM PDT by Homeschool Christian Mom of 5
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To: SavageCrusader

He’s too busy out desecrating solidiers’ funerals.


77 posted on 04/25/2007 1:20:36 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Fred Thompson 2008)
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To: Homeschool Christian Mom of 5
It is an utter abomination. To see the image of Christ coupled with such perverted nonsense makes me physically ill.

I'd say that as little as 10 years ago this country would have properly exhibited some outrage. Now, not so much. And still, liberals claim rights have been taken away and the Bush administration is oppresive. It's an upside-down world we live in now.

That said, if this happened in FL, there would be a much stronger reaction---especially by ME!!!

78 posted on 04/25/2007 1:24:48 PM PDT by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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To: SavageCrusader

If he showed up a the funeral of a friend or family member of mine, he wouldn’t leave in one piece.


80 posted on 04/25/2007 1:27:39 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Fred Thompson 2008)
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