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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 09:28 PM
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WH denies they dubbed anti-gay pastor the US "special envoy"; pastor says he has video proof
Oh, the chickens are all coming home to roost in George Bush's "beautiful White House".


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Ken Hutcherson, the famously anti-gay pastor at Antioch Bible Church, just outside of Seattle, has recently been claiming that he is a newly-minted White House “Special Envoy.”

Hutcherson’s supposed full title, which he claimed was bestowed upon him by the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, was: Special Envoy for Adoptions, Family Values, Religious Freedom, and Medical Relief.

Hutcherson apparently used this title during his recent travels to Latvia, where he complained to the U.S. Embassy there about its alleged monetary support for gay rights groups, and where he also reportedly appeared with Scott Lively, an American who claims gays were responsible for (not victims of) the Holocaust.

This morning I called the White House to confirm Hutcherson’s title. I just received an email from White House Spokeswoman Alyssa J. McLenning, who tells me that Hutcherson was never given any such title. McLenning writes:

The White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives did not give Hutcherson the title, “Special Envoy for Adoptions, Family Values, Religious Freedom, and Medical Relief.”

...Hutcherson said the video will show that Hein met with him, knew of his new title, and approved of his mission to Latvia. As Hutcherson put it to me:

I’m gonna prove that I had those meetings, I’m gonna prove that I got that title behind me, and I’m gonna show you the video that says I was coming to Latvia and the purpose why.

http://www.thestranger.com/blog/2007/03/white_house_contradicts_local_pastor_ken
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 09:37 PM
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1. Hmmmm, should I believe the White House?
Hell no.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 09:56 PM
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2. So which is worse?
The nutball homophobe getting appointed "envoy" or the fact that the WH lied about it?

Both make me want to :puke:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 09:57 PM
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3. Neither surprise me one iota. nt
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-19-07 11:00 PM
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4. Not to go off topic but does that guy (Scott Lively) think Hitler was gay
or does he mean that homosexuality was responsible for the Holocaust?
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