I was on QCG this morning when somebody wrote about some anti-gay Christian conference called "Make America Straight Again." It's set for Pride weekend in Orlando, FL, and she was trying to get people gathered together to protest the event. I don't live anywhere near Orlando, but the name grabbed my attention so I decided to check out the event's webpage to learn more about it. And then I learned that it doesn't have a webpage -- just a Facebook event page without an agenda or start time and a two-minute YouTube promotional video.
From the video:
But this next bit from the video actually did grab my curiosity. Same for Husband Mark. In fact, I rewound the video to make sure that I actually heard what I thought I heard. Check this out:
Anyway, about 16 people have indicated on Facebook that they're going to attend the conference. Two of those 16 were listed about as being speakers. In other words, if I were in Orlando, I would rather spend my time attending some Pride event than protesting this event.
From the video:
Hello everybody! Pastor Boyle here from Revival Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, with a very important announcement to make! We're going to be hosting this June 14th, 15th, and 16th a conference exposing the reprobates. The name of our conference is Make America Straight Again. That'll be a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday -- the 14th, 15th, and 16th of June. We're gonna have preachers like Pastor Tommy McMurtry, Pastor Steven Anderson, Pastor Roger Jimenez, Pastor Aaron Thompson and many others who have already been known for making a vocal stand against the sodomites and their filth that they've been spreading into the homes and families across the world and the United States of America. We've chosen this place and time because this is their Gay Pride Week in Orlando. They're going to be out proud of who they are and daring someone to say something and we're gonna go ahead and take them up on it. This conference is going to be explaining our view or rather God's view on it.The video doesn't particularly concern or interest me. Mainly, it sounds like a really long revival meeting.
But this next bit from the video actually did grab my curiosity. Same for Husband Mark. In fact, I rewound the video to make sure that I actually heard what I thought I heard. Check this out:
In fact the verse that we've chosen is Ecclesiastes 1:15 and the Bible say "that which is crooked cannot be made straight." And another verse that follows that is Ecclesiastes 7:13 and the Bible reads "consider the work of God for who can make that straight which he hath made crooked." God's asking the question once someone's been who can then bring them back? And the answer is: no one.Which calls up the question for me: That's the Bible verse that they've chosen for this particular conference?? I mean, if you can't straighten out something that's been made crooked, then how can America make itself straight again?? What am I missing here??
Anyway, about 16 people have indicated on Facebook that they're going to attend the conference. Two of those 16 were listed about as being speakers. In other words, if I were in Orlando, I would rather spend my time attending some Pride event than protesting this event.