J as an openly gay man | Michael Re | The Guardian

Contents:

• J AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN
• WHY HAVE SO MANY CHRISTIANS AND CHURCH BEE PRO-GAY?
• WAS J CHRIST GAY?
• BRAZIL: NETFLIX 'GAY J' PARODY FILM BAN OVERTURNED
• GAY J
• BIG GAY AL'S BIG GAY BOAT RI
• BIG GAY AL
• ‘GAY J’ AND A WEED-SMOKG MARY: BRAZILIAN CHRISTMAS PARODY ON NETFLIX SLAMMED BY PASTORS, POLICIANS
• 'BEG GAY WAS NO LONGER WHO I WAS': THIS HOLLYWOOD DIGNER MET J A SUPERNATURAL MOMENT
• 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS

J AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN

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Then later seen savg the boys along wh other homosexuals om the bikers when they changed the fn of fag om an offensive term for a homosexual to a term for a biker or Harley rir. It seems clear now that this is ls a negative repudiatn of fay and more a posive exhortatn to jo affirmatn of a gay liftyle and is at least one new parable, that of the two young men. Before, one might have thought that, given Mary's virgy, Joseph's attu was reflectg the ambigui of his stat the fay; but now seems more probable that we have here a classic example of the Frdian triangle: over-posssive mother, hostile father, gay have we known so ltle about all of this before?

The classilly ted Pl, who was himself gay, saw that same-sex activy was imil to the succs of Christiany the highly homophobic societi which he lived.

WHY HAVE SO MANY CHRISTIANS AND CHURCH BEE PRO-GAY?

” When Christians ignore or flat-out reject the unmistakably clear biblil statements nmng homosexual relatnships, they are playg to the enemy’s temptatn to jtify disobedience by makg feelgs and perceptns more important than God’s sign and standards. The scriptur which tradnal Christiany unrstands to nmn homosexualy [such as Levic 18:22 and 20:13; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corthians 6:9-10; 1 Timothy 1:9-10] have eher been mistranslated, yanked out of ntext or were only appropriate to the culture of that time.

WAS J CHRIST GAY?

By flt, then, they were easily shaped and swayed by the six pots of a brilliantly signed “Gay Manifto” spelled out a book lled After the Ball: How Ameri Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays the 90s.

Origally published as an say lled “The Overhlg of Straight Ameri” that was published a gay magaze, the thors laid out this plan which has been executed perfectly the Uned Stat. “In the early stag of any mpaign to reach straight Ameri, the mass should not be shocked and repelled by premature exposure to homosexual behavr self. “In any mpaign to w over the public, gays mt be st as victims need of protectn so that straights will be cled by reflex to assume the role of protector.

First, the mastream should be told that gays are victims of fate, the sense that most never had a choice to accept or reject their sexual preference. Over the past 25 years, gay characters, on TV pecially, have ptured the hearts of Amerin viewers bee they were attractive, funny, smart—the kd of characters viewers would like to be. The imag might clu: the Ku Klux Klan mandg that gays be burned alive or strated; bigoted southern misters droolg wh hysteril hatred to a gree that looks both il and ranged; menacg punks, thugs, and nvicts speakg olly about the ‘fags’ they have killed or would like to kill; a tour of Nazi ncentratn mps where homosexuals were tortured and gassed.

BRAZIL: NETFLIX 'GAY J' PARODY FILM BAN OVERTURNED

He claims that sce there was no term for homosexualy ancient tim, the fact that J did not ascribe to the l of his culture impli a subversn of heteronormativy.

Brazil's far-right Print Jair Bolsonaro once said he would rather have a ad son than a gay son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, lled the Netflix show "garbage" on Twter, addg that Porta dos Fundos "do not reprent Brazilian society" may also be terted :More on this story. A qutn to self-proclaimed gay Christians: Where is homosexual behavr ever held a posive light, pleasg, praised, or emed a sirable practice acrdg to the Bible, our playbook?

It is wh the Christian’s right to believe the Spir of the Word, not jt a sgle scripture, to base his or her beliefs that homosexualy is a s for which J Christ died, and fivens and a new life is available to all who repent and are born aga. “Not only will you stop reprentg what the Word of God says about homosexualy your bs, your bs WILL acmodate and be supportive of our liftyle – or we’ll make you pay. Also a childhood iend of Trey and Matt claimed Big Gay Al is supposedly based on a real life rint Fairplay, Colorado who cross-drsed and lived out of town.

GAY J

"Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ri" was also nomated the Outstandg TV - Individual Episo tegory for the 1998 GLAAD (Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) Media Awards.

BIG GAY AL'S BIG GAY BOAT RI

This piece about an upg "gay J film" is one of those exampl that monstrat a good petn never go away, even when the issue addrs has long sce been settled (or was never really an issue the first place). The "gay J film" petn first h the fan 1984, and by the end of 1985 more than a ln Christians had wrten prott letters an attempt to have the non-existent movie referenced banned.

Followg the efforts at verifitn, a statement was read on the air sayg that although the attorney general had received between two and three thoand letters over a perd of several weeks ncerng the supposed gay-J movie, no evince uld be found that such a project ever existed. ) The central character of the film is actually a young gay male ntemporary Ameri whose sexual obssn wh J helps him to unrstand the "hidn meang" of the Gospels.

BIG GAY AL

You hear ttimoni of others who once intified as gay that now live “straight” liv—some even marryg a person of the oppose sex and velopg a seemgly fulfillg relatnship.

E., same-sex attractn), and I believe we place homosexualy a special tegory of s when we treat so differently than other stggl we face as a fallen people.

Now, when I e the word stggle, I am referrg to a person who has not accepted homosexualy as beg morally right, but who daily fights agast the sir wishg they didn’t exist the first place. By the time such dividuals reach my office, they have promised themselv 100s of tim that they will never lt after the same sex aga or look at homosexual pornography aga or engage other homosexual activi aga.

‘GAY J’ AND A WEED-SMOKG MARY: BRAZILIAN CHRISTMAS PARODY ON NETFLIX SLAMMED BY PASTORS, POLICIANS

Hope Symptom Eraditn Mimiz the Pervasive Realy of S and our Dperate Need for J, Our ReemerSome people hold to the ia that homosexual or heterosexual temptatns are only ss if they are acted upon.

That is, unls their righteons uld be found Christians who wrtle wh eher heterosexual or homosexual lts, we mt hate such ss, but not be threatened by their prence. This article's ntent is marked as MatureThe page Big Gay Al ntas mature ntent that may clu arse language, sexual referenc, and/or graphic vlent imag which may be disturbg to some.

'BEG GAY WAS NO LONGER WHO I WAS': THIS HOLLYWOOD DIGNER MET J A SUPERNATURAL MOMENT

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10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS

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