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Related: About this forum'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.htmlThe 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
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Love the guy with the 'Secretly Gay' sign
trotsky
(49,533 posts)2. It's a cute stunt but it completely ignores the real problem. n/t
The forecast didn't call for rain on the parade today...
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trotsky
(49,533 posts)4. Thanks for your kind remark.
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.
Tetris_Iguana
(501 posts)5. It's purely thought-provoking satire.
I don't think there's more to it than that.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)6. Alright, well thanks for shitting on my opinion anyway.
Take care.
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stone space
(6,498 posts)9. The same place we are left with when atheists disagree with each other.
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.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)10. I see your point but it is a moment.
But we need more moments like this.
okasha
(11,573 posts)8. St. Francis of Assissi:
"Preach the Gozpel every day. When necessary, use words."