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I picked up this book at Barnes and Noble. Being a Christian, I was curious about its claim, which is partly that Christians are being jailed for railing publicly about homosexuality. It was written by Donald Wildmon, who now joins the hate brigade led by the likes of James Dobson, Phyllis Schaffley, and Anne Coulter, to name the few.

I was a spiritual child of the 80s, and having been in Christian radio during that time, was no stranger to Wildmon. Both as a volunteer and financially, I supported his attempts to help abused children. I have not really heard his name since then though and am not surprised to see him wind up on the hate bandwagon.

Is there bigotry against Christians? Of course there is. There is bigotry against every cultural sect. Is the media partly responsible? Of course they are. So are Christians to join the fear crowd in spotting a new but old enemy, that of the Big H and holding it responsible for the Christian’s current censorship woes? Well, apart from the obvious ludicrousness, are we not tired of beating this dead Homo horse into the ground…? This constant contention that gay people are the problem is warped, twisted and out of focus, and being undone today with the steady coming out of Christians who are also gay.
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