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cbayer

(146,218 posts)
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 02:27 AM Jul 2014

'Jesus' Went To The Chicago Gay Pride Parade With A Very Important Message

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/02/jesus-chicago-gay-pride_n_5551388.html

The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz

Posted: 07/02/2014 12:16 pm EDT Updated: 07/02/2014 12:59 pm EDT

Protestors at the 2014 Chicago Pride Parade on June 29 held up signs quoting the Bible and saying "Homo Sex Is Sin," but their message was negated by the appearance of Jesus himself (kind of), who proudly brandished a sign that read, "I'm Not With These Guys."



The awesome picture was snapped by Nathaniel Vitkus, a Christian social justice activist and volunteer with The Marin Foundation's "I'm Sorry Campaign," which is "the original activism of love apologizing to the LGBT community for the ways Christians have caused harm."

In contrast, the people holding the "Homo Sex Is Sin" signs were representing a group called Official Street Preachers, which says on its website that, "the PURPOSE of the Official Street Preacher's website is to edify, train and exhort the body of Christ in the biblical method of public preaching."

Fortunately, "Jesus" was there to set them straight. And "Mary" showed up too with a message of her own.



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'Jesus' Went To The Chicago Gay Pride Parade With A Very Important Message (Original Post) cbayer Jul 2014 OP
Love the guy with the 'Secretly Gay' sign shenmue Jul 2014 #1
It's a cute stunt but it completely ignores the real problem. n/t trotsky Jul 2014 #2
Huh Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #3
Thanks for your kind remark. trotsky Jul 2014 #4
It's purely thought-provoking satire. Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #5
Alright, well thanks for shitting on my opinion anyway. trotsky Jul 2014 #6
Anytime Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #7
The same place we are left with when atheists disagree with each other. stone space Jul 2014 #9
I see your point but it is a moment. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #10
St. Francis of Assissi: okasha Jul 2014 #8

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
4. Thanks for your kind remark.
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 09:47 AM
Jul 2014

The problem is, both sets of individuals strongly believe their god supports their point of view - and NOT the other group's.

So where does that leave us? They can scream at each other all day long that the other side aren't "real" Christians - and the kicker is, both are right - according to themselves.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
9. The same place we are left with when atheists disagree with each other.
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 10:51 PM
Jul 2014
So where does that leave us?


We get to choose sides.

If we are lucky, the side that we choose is cleverer and more engaging than the side that we don't choose.

That's not always the case, of course, but fortunately for us, that does indeed seem to be the case here.

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