Would Jesus Discriminate (dot com)

This is fantastic. The Jesus Metropolitan Community Church has launched an initiative to promote education in religion, not the other way around. The JMCC is a local GLBT church in Indianapolis, Indiana that has put these billboards around the town preaching a new gospel. Anyone can quote Leviticus 18 and 19 TO THEIR OWN MEANINGS (Mankind shall not lie with another man the same way he does with womankind, abomination blah blah) but no one lives Leviticus. This would include the owning of slaves, avoidance of shellfish and the stoning of your bratty children. The JMCC has found enough of an opening in the Bible to make us a home as easily as some would make it a tomb for us. In this endeavor they have found assistance from the national organizations, Faith In America and The Metropolitan Community Church. Without these two powerhouses David wouldn't be able to look Goliath in the eyes. The billboards went up last week and since then have been the subject of scorn and even pathetic vandalism attempts. I'm glad to see that although the graffiti had a lack of artistic vision or theme, the spelling was correct. That's so rare in bigotry.

The beauty is the dialogue now opened on interpreting the word of God. Before the door was closed to any rogue thought outside of a diocese, remember how well that mindset worked with Martin Luther. It's great to see an organization appreciate it's members to the point of standing up for them and recognizing what's most important;





Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.