And I thought I was Chair of the “Just say no to Ken Blackwell Campaign!”
Sunday’s Columbus Dispatch reports that Blackwell, himself, continues to encroach on my job everytime he opens his mouth and alienates more citizens.
In a compare/ contrast the candidates on the issue of faith, Blackwell responds to the question,” Is homosexuality a sin, and can gays be cured?” Blackwell answers,
” I think homosexuality is a lifestyle, its a choice, and that lifestyle can be changed. I think it is a transgression against God’s law, God’s will. The reality is, again,… that I think we make choices all the time, And I think you make good choices and bad choices in terms of lifestyle. Out expectation is that one’s genetic makeup might make one more inclined to be an arsonist, or night make one more inclined to be a kleptomaniac. Do I think they can be changed? Yes.”
Blackwell has the unquestioned backing of the most conservative evangelical Christians in Ohio, led in part by Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church, Reformation Ohio, Ohio Restoration Project and the Center for Moral Clarity. (see previous Blackwell post)
The Columbus Dispatch enlightens the rest of Ohio with some of the rhetoric shared at Parsley’s church:
The Rev. Tommy Bates, a Pentecostal preacher from Kentucky, described the beast rising out of the sea: a horned, multi-headed creature with the body of a leopard, paws of a bear and mouth of a lion — just like in the Book of Revelation. This, Bates said, was the political system of Babylon, the evil kingdom in the Bible that was opposed to God and his people.
But there to stop the beast was the Rev. Rod Parsley — the overseer of a worldwide ministry headquartered at World Harvest in southeastern Columbus, an outspoken critic of popular culture and a nationally known Republican ally. “The Lord spoke to me and said, ‘I chose Rod Parsley to push this beast back for a season,’ ” Bates said.
“He said it was Pastor Rod Parsley who I chose to alter the election, the presidential election. Not a Democrat, not a Republican situation, but the spirit of the Antichrist … that came walking in America.” Now, Bates said, that creature was returning, with “a great whore riding on the beast’s back. … She is identified with a city, a political city called Babylon which is going to usher in the Antichrist.”
Gag…..And Parsley’s goal, they report:
Parsley already has a network of 1,000 churches, a television ministry and a local congregation of 12,000, but he is driving to enlarge his fold even more. Over four years, he has set a goal of preaching the gospel to 1 million people, converting 100,000 of them to Christianity and registering 400,000 voters.
I suppose that’s because he already has his million dollar home complete with $1,000 playhouse Search Parsley ( re: Fairfield county tax records.)
This is NOT the pocket I would want ANY elected official to be in.
