The pastor who told Oprah Wey that "Beg gay is a gift om God" returned to the talk superstar's program to expound on his msage of good news to the GLBT muny.
Contents:
- 'BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD': THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVG
- OPRAH GRAPPL WH GIFT OF GAY
- GAY IS A GIFT
- EPISPAL PRIT CLAIMS 'BEG GAY IS GIFT OM GOD'
- BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
- IS OPRAH GAY? FALLY, CONFIRMATN
- OPRAH TACKL NEW ISSUE: 'GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD'
- BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
- REV. ED BAN CLARIFI OPRAH REMARK: BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
- REV. ED BAN TO OPRAH VIEWER: BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
- WATCH OPRAH POWERFULLY STAND UP FOR GAY RIGHTS THIS 1997 CLIP
- OPRAH THIS IS BLASPHEMY! BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
'BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD': THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVG
Watch Oprah's exprsn as a mister tells her, "Beg gay is a gift om God." * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
In January 2009 Ed Ban, the rector here at All Sats Church Pasana, Calif., was a gut on The Oprah Wey Show and spoke the words, "Beg gay is a gift om God.
The segment recently aired aga (on OWN, the Oprah Wey Network), and so nearly three years later, we are fdg that "beg gay is a gift om God" is the gift that keeps on the gift that is givg (as the 2009 segment mak the rounds aga via YouTube and on Facebook) is a new wave of email feedback rponse to a fah lear standg up and speakg out agast relig based bigotry aimed at LGBT people. ShameAnd then there was this one:Subject: A Msage of Thanks to Ed BanI ught your nversatns wh Oprah and the followg media prattle regardg your statement that beg gay is a gift om God.
I am not sure that I believe God, but I would have to believe that if there is a God, and he ma all people his own image that I would have to be, even as a gay man, good. And whenever we wonr whether that work is makg a difference, I hope that the words of thanks to an Epispal prit om a man who isn't sure that he believ God will be another gift that keeps on givg:The gift of hope that we n, by steppg out and speakg out agast LGBT discrimatn, heal some of the "very hurt people out there" who have been wound by the wolf of homophobia hidg the sheep's clothg of the Christian Gospel. And the gift of teachg that the shame is not proclaimg that beg gay is a gift om God.
OPRAH GRAPPL WH GIFT OF GAY
* oprah being gay is a gift from god *
RelatedhomophobiaChristiany and homosexualylgbtGay Rightsqueer voicPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Sedrick, who dialed to the show via Skype, merely blks as Oprah's preachermen guts clare the gifts of his gayhood. One of those home llers, a 33-year-old gay man om Atlanta named Sedrick, explaed how growg up a Christian home ral Alabama ed him to see his sexualy as a hdrance velopg a fulfillg spirual rponse, Rev.
“Well, you are the first mister I've ever heard say beg gay is a gift om God, I n tell you that, ” Wey said, but her shock was light, not disgt.
When people are born, they have that type of orientatn, so he (Sedrick) is gay by Dive right.
GAY IS A GIFT
The Rev. Canon J. Edw Ban Jr. om Southern California has ma no secret that he supports gays and lbians and same-sex marriage. But his recent pro-gay ments on the Oprah Wey show have stunned even the popular talk show host herself. * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
… How did we get to a place today where Sedrick and untls other gay people have failed to regnize themselv as holy (whole-y) men and women … failed to embrace their rol as Way Showers? As a young man stgglg to e to terms wh his sexualy, I feared that wearg the multilored hat, srf and glov would make me look “gay” ont of my peers, so her gift sat uned on a shelf my closet, bee I was too ashamed to wear public.
I'd wear them wh pri, happy if they ma me look “gay” for the rabow is now the symbol of gay pri.... Though I and the gay muny have e a long way sce I was 12, there are still many gay people today who ially reject the gift they've been given. Explag that the Bible n be ed eher to jtify nmnatn or to open the way to clivens, a pastor who told Oprah Wey that "Beg gay is a gift om God" returned to the talk superstar's program to expound on his msage of good news to the GLBT muny.
EPISPAL PRIT CLAIMS 'BEG GAY IS GIFT OM GOD'
Fortunately, our muny there are gay affirmg ngregatns. They unrstand the Gospel of clivens that puts all of the same tent for * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
Ed Ban, a clergyman at Pasana's All Sats Epispal Church, that "Beg gay is a gift om God" durg the third episo of Wey's special seri, "Bt Life Week.
Ban, who appeared on the episo as a panelist, ma his assertn, to which Wey replied, "Well, you are the first mister I've ever heard say, 'Beg gay is a gift om God, ' I n tell you that. "You are the first two misters I ever heard say, 'Beg gay is a gift om God, '" Wey rrected at that pot.
BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
You go Oprah! This vio was a sigh of relief for me. I wish I had seen this entire episo of Oprah but to many peopl surprise jt bee I'm gay don't drive me to DVR every episo of Oprah. Hope you fd this vio enjoyable :) * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
"Gay and lbian people are clearly outsts many areas of our life, and is so important for them to unrstand that when God ma them, God said, 'You are good. Ban n also be viewed, Wey shar viewer feedback, cludg one viewer who claimed to have been "appalled, " and who wonred, "How many gay people did this man of the cloth lead down the wrong road wh his ment? Another viewer exprsed the oppose reactn: "You don't know how eeg felt to hear that statement, and I was sure any gay person that heard was awe.
IS OPRAH GAY? FALLY, CONFIRMATN
The vio below featur "Pastor" Ed Ban on one of Oprah's spirualy shows claimg that beg Gay is a Gift om God. There are plenty of problems wh this statement g om a supposed 'Christian' pastor. Let's list a few.... * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
The pastor add that, "Most of the mail that I received, and voice mail, like thirty to one, was appreciative for the affirmatn that beg gay is a gift om God. "Some of is the most vrlic stuff I have ever read, llg for the rcissn of my ordatn, sayg I didn't know what I was talkg about and sayg, 'Show me where the Bible says that beg gay is a gift om God. His profsnal memberships clu the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn, the Boston Onle Film Crics Associatn, The Gay and Lbian Entertament Crics Associatn, and the Boston Theater Crics Associatn's Ellt Norton Awards Commtee.
Om Southern California has ma no secret that he supports gays and lbians and same-sex marriage. But his recent pro-gay ments on the Oprah Wey show have stunned even the popular talk show host herself.
Appearg shocked, Wey rpond, "Well, you are the first mister I've ever heard say, 'Beg gay is a gift om God, ' I n tell you that. Gay and lbian people are clearly outsts many areas of our life and 's so important for them to unrstand that when God ma them, God said you are good. "Another menter praised Ban and said was "eeg" to hear Ban's yet another said: "Though I agree that beg gay is not a gift om God, but rather a sexual preference and th a choice, I also believe love and acceptance of all, no matter what.
OPRAH TACKL NEW ISSUE: 'GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD'
Last Thursday I posted about the Reverend Ed Ban's appearance on Oprah durg her Bt Life Week's spirualy episo, on which Ban told a gay male * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
In a ntroversial move last year, Ban opened his church to perform marriage ceremoni for same-sex upl a week after the California Supreme Court had legalized homosexual marriage stirrg more ntroversy on Wey's show this month, Ban has been flood wh lls and emails, some wh posive words and some wh cril remarks.
Profsor of Psychology and Fellow for Psychology and Public Policy the Center for Visn and Valu at Grove Cy College Pennsylvania, don't believe Ban's ments help the ongog bate over the Bible and homosexualy.
"Correctn: Friday, January 23, 2009: An article on Wednday, January 21, 2009, about an Epispal prit's ntroversial ments on homosexualy rrectly tled Warren Throckmorton as director of the College Counselg Service. It is time for Christians to e out and let the world see the Church as was created to be: a vehicle of love and jtice, not a bastn of bigotry and homophobia.
BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
The Reverend Ed Ban's rponse to a qutn om a gay man on Oprah yterday that "beg gay is a gift om God" ('s not mentned the show summary) has set the Oprah fom boards on fire, wh so-lled Christians angry at the statement. The show, on spirualy, was broadst as part of Oprah's "Bt Life Week". A sermon om Rev. Ban entled "Spirual Practic for the Weary" which addrs marriage equaly and was livered last year at All Sats Church Pasana, AFTER THE JUMP... * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
It is time for people of fah to speak out agast the relign-based bigotry that has for too long fueled the fir of homophobia that perpetuate vlence agast LGBT people and plant the seeds of self-loathg LGBT youth. Relatedchristiany-homophobialgbtrelign-homosexualyGay Christiansbible-homosexualyPopular the CommunyYou May Like. One reporter dared to go where others fear to tread: Are Gayle Kg and Oprah are a romantic relatnship?
REV. ED BAN CLARIFI OPRAH REMARK: BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
In January of 2009, Oprah Wey voted an hour of her daytime talk show to explorg spirualy. … The episo featured a panel of spirual teachers, cludg Rev.d Ed Ban, a rector of All Sats Epispal Church Pasana, California. Durg the broadst, the panel answered qutns om dience members and those vio-nferencg om home. One of those home llers, a 33-year-old gay man om Atlanta named Sedrick, explaed how growg up a Christian home ral Alabama ed him to see his sexualy as a hdrance velopg a fulfillg spirual life. In rponse, Rev. Ban said simply and lovgly, “Beg gay is a gift om God.” * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
I don't know that she and Gayle are necsarily dog each other but I thk they are the emotnal equivalent of…But back to the new news... Last night at Glamour's Women of the Year Awards New York Cy, a reporter asked Gayle if the two were together.
And the fact that Gayle needs for a date on a Saturday night only mak her more genue. Troy Perry went on to start the Metropolan Communy Church which particularly misters to the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muni. In a prev article I wrote the “Sacramento Valley Mirror” which I have a weekly lumn entled, “Christiany and Society, ” I elucidated the passag tradnally ed to nmn gay people and showed that they alt a ntext of the need to propagate, wh idolatry and exploatn, as well as wh acts agast nature where heterosexuals engage homosexual acts undoubtedly to var pagan i.
REV. ED BAN TO OPRAH VIEWER: BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
Oprah tackl new issue: 'Gay is a gift om God' * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
The last bastn of the civil rights movement is the stigma and excln of gay people om our church and om our secular society.
WATCH OPRAH POWERFULLY STAND UP FOR GAY RIGHTS THIS 1997 CLIP
In a 1997 Oprah Show segment, Oprah fends her cisn to terview Ellen DeGener, who at the time, ma the historic cisn to publicly e out as gay. * oprah being gay is a gift from god *
Most gay people have been born that way and like the old Sunday School sayg go, “God don’t create junk. If you’re gay, you have been blsed by God that you are pable of lovg another human beg. There is no reason not to assume that God bls the monogamo gay uple every b as much as He bls the heterosexually married uple!
When done a ntext of monogamo mutual love, the Bible don’t affirm or nmn homosexualy. Many gay people walk around wh guilt and shame bee they thk that they are nmned before God and their fellow man. If you’re gay, you have been given the gift of the pacy to love by God, your creator.
He also published a blog lled A Christian Voice for Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Rights and the webse Radil Christiany. Wh wi ey, Wey rpond, "Well, you are the first mister I've ever heard say, 'Beg gay is a gift om God, ' I n tell you that. Gay and lbian people are clearly outsts many areas of our life, and is so important for them to unrstand that when God ma them, God said, 'You are good.
OPRAH THIS IS BLASPHEMY! BEG GAY IS A GIFT OM GOD
"You … you are the first two misters I have ever heard say, 'Beg gay is a gift om God, '" said Wey. "You don't know how eeg felt to hear that statement, and I was sure any gay person that heard was awe, " one of Wey's Inter msage board wrers reportedly rpond.
"On today's show, " another viewer mented, "I was appalled by the pastor's remark that beg gay is a gift om God. How many gay people did this man of the cloth lead down the wrong road wh his ment?