Palin church promotes converting gays

[sunnystarr]

Posted by a blogger at http://mudflats.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/palin-2006-vetting.pdf

Sep 5, 8:52 PM EDT

Palin church promotes converting gays

By RACHEL D’ORO
Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sarah Palin’s church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.

“You’ll be encouraged by the power of God’s love and His desire to transform the lives of those impacted by homosexuality,” according to the insert in the bulletin of the Wasilla Bible Church, where Palin has prayed for about six years.

Palin’s conservative Christian views have energized that part of the GOP electorate, which was lukewarm to John McCain’s candidacy before he named her as his vice presidential choice. She is staunchly anti-abortion, opposing exceptions for rape and incest, and opposes gay marriage and spousal rights for gay couples.

Focus on the Family, a national Christian fundamentalist organization, is conducting the “Love Won Out” Conference in Anchorage, about 30 miles from Wasilla.

Palin, campaigning with McCain in the Midwest on Friday, has not publicly expressed a view on the so-called “pray away the gay” movement. Larry Kroon, senior pastor at Palin’s church, was not available to discuss the matter Friday, said a church worker who declined to give her name.

Gay activists in Alaska said Palin has not worked actively against their interests, but early in her administration she supported a bill to overrule a court decision to block state benefits for gay partners of public employees. At the time, less than one-half of 1 percent of state employees had applied for the benefits, which were ordered by a 2005 ruling by the Alaska Supreme Court.

Palin reversed her position and vetoed the bill after the state attorney general said it was unconstitutional. But her reluctant support didn’t win fans among Alaska’s gay population, said Scott Turner, a gay activist in Anchorage.

“Less than 1 percent of state employees would even apply for benefits, so why make a big deal out of such a small number?” he said.

“I think gay Republicans are going to run away” if Palin supports efforts like the prayers to convert gays, said Wayne Besen, founder of the New York-based Truth Wins Out, a gay rights advocacy group. Besen called on Palin to publicly express her views now that she’s a vice presidential nominee.

“People are looking at Sarah Palin as someone who might feasibly be in the White House,” he said.

[TlalocW]

1. Lives impacted by homosexuality?

Is that when a gay or lesbian crashes into your car?

Actually, if you pray for people whose lives are impacted by homosexuality, isn't there a pretty good chance that God will answer those prayers by making the heterosexuals "dealing" with it more tolerant? Wouldn't that be nice?

TlalocW

[jhrobbins]

5. Actually, I had an 'impact' with a homosexual just the other day.

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

2. Ugh. Just ugh. I hate this sort of mindset in my fellow Christians.

A twisted parody of love.

[denem]

3. Why am I not surprised?

and I acknowledge immediately the Rev Ex-Gay Donnie kept me out of Team Obama for months.

Gay rights are the canary in the coalmine. But when they start going after the Jews, you know whats coming down the shaft.

[old mark]

4. Converting gays into what? nt

[Heather MC]

6. I fucking hate these kinds of Christains

Damn God was blessing me more when I was out running the streets, and telling people God didn't exist.
these people are sooo stupid, they don't get it, and they ruin the word of God for people who stay away because they don't want to be like that.
It fucking turns my stomach
and yes I am cursing and proclaiming I love God at the same Mother fucking time,
and you want to know why, because my God has loved me and been with me since the begining of my fucking life
his word declares he will never me nor forsake me.
As he was with moses so he is with me!
God was with moses from the beginning

these dipshit christian they miss the most basic simpliest mission of God
GOD is LOVE
Love doesn't keep a record of wrongs
Love doesnt' boost
God sent his son For all not just the judgemental dick heads who point the finger of blame
never mind the 3 fingers pointing to their shame.

They forget the script that it's God heart desire that people come to know him
what does that mean IT'S A PERSONAL CHOICE IF God understands that who the fuck are these people to try to convert anyone, YOU CAN BE GAY AND LOVE GOD. ANd God will Love you with all his fucking heart

Let he is without sin cast the first stone
aka Sarah Failin when your daughter stops getting knocked up, then you can tell others how to live
WHY Don't you work on converting your daughter from being a WHORE that's what the Right-Wing really think when a girl gets pregnant out of wedlock
FUCK THEM
FUCK THEIR CONVERT
and LEVI KEEP FUCKING BRISTOL
Amen
:rofl:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. On Bill Maher's show tonight, GOPAC Chairman Richard Steele denied Palin was a

religious "freak" (as Maher put it). Maher read a quote from Palin about how the U.S. is on a mission from God in Iraq. Steele was very defiant and said the quote proved nothing. Unfortunately, Palin is not going to sit for questions. But the evidence of her fringe beliefs (she's a Holy Roller) are starting to mount.