Comments on Advance Indiana™: Anti-Gay Pastor Tied To Black Expo Sued For Coercing Young Men To Have Sex With Him

Black Expo receives taxpayer dollars to put on the...

2010-09-23T08:24:10.858-05:00

Black Expo receives taxpayer dollars to put on their event every year. This is a person who was paid to speak at this year's event as you note. Fair game.

Why mention Eddie Long in the same breath as IBE? ...

2010-09-23T08:02:56.127-05:00

Why mention Eddie Long in the same breath as IBE? Long is a national figure who had got paid for his participation - like so many other preachers. What's your purpose?

Okay, if these charges are true, it's an abuse...

2010-09-23T07:41:11.924-05:00

Okay, if these charges are true, it's an abuse of power and predatory. I'm not sure of the ages of the (now three)young men when these things took place, but some of the relationship building allegedly started as young as 14.

Beyond the damage to the kids involved, the abuse of power, and the hypocrisy is another issue: Black churches often focus on homosexuality... meanwhile, single parent families are devastating the Black community as well as Black men.

Related to the lack of parents: Violence in Black communities is rampant - particularly gun violence. School dropout rates are high, unemployment is high, etc.

If I were to prioritize the issues to address in a black church, being gay wouldn't even make the list.

Beyond the personal damage inflicted in this case - the dramatically misplaced priorities is a much greater "crime" than the hypocrisy.

What's more, this church is a prime example of why they need to tax churches. A Bentley?!? Really?!? Why am I forced to support this organization by granting them tax-exempt status?

This doesn't necessarily bespeak hypocrisy - o...

2010-09-23T06:20:15.508-05:00

This doesn't necessarily bespeak hypocrisy - or unhealthy self-loathing for that matter. Only a person with very low standards always meets them.

It will look more like hypocrisy if (a) what you call his anti-gay comments were couched in terms of "how could anybody even THINK of doing something so gross and depraved" (while personally thinking it was very sexy and attractive) or (b) he now says "well, it's different in my case" or "I was entrapped."

A third man has filed a suit as well. link I see...

2010-09-22T21:44:04.017-05:00

A third man has filed a suit as well.

link

I seem to recall several prominent leaders of local black churches speaking out against the HRO when it was being debated in the council a few years back.