I’m just worried about the altar boy
It’s gotten to where if some politician or Christian godbag speaks out against the evils of homosexuality, I’m pretty much gonna assume he’s gay. This week, a prominent Southern Baptist preacher was arrested for soliciting gay sex from an undercover cop. Yeah, yeah. But then, poking around a bit (ahem) into this guy’s background, I stumbled on something interesting from 2004:
SBC Pastor Robes To Reach Recruits— Appearing much like Robert Schuller and/or a Catholic priest, Lonnie Latham, pastor of a South Tulsa Baptist church, now appears in his pulpit in robe and all the trimmings. The church’s liturgical service on Sunday morning included an altar boy, also robed appropriately, who assisted in lighting the candles for the service.
This kind of pissed off some other Baptists because, well, this isn’t really the Baptist Way. Some Baptists wear robes, but…. altar boys? Why the fuck does a Baptist need an altar boy?
Oh.
Of course, the official reason that Pastor Latham decided to dress up in robes and have an altar boy and all the accouterments was to better reach the heathens (read: Catholics) in his South Tulsa neighborhood. Because of course Catholics are drawn to church the way magpies are drawn to shiny objects.
Now, I’m not saying Latham deliberately, consciously went into the altar boy-business to give himself the opportunity to emulate certain Catholic priests that have been in the news. But subconsciously, ya think there was something going on?
P.S. I realize this is a tad mean-spirited. But Latham is a big wheel in the Southern Baptist Convention and these freaks are preaching for women to get back in the kitchen and for gays to be treated like goddamn vermin. Don’t have a lot of patience for them.
3 Responses to “I’m just worried about the altar boy”
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Charlie says:
Speaking of closet cases, Fred Phelps is the worst of them.
(I’ve seen you around a lot of the blogs I read. I saw you commenting at I Blame The Patriarchy, and again at Michael Berube Online. I’m not sure if you’ve been around awhile and I just happened to notice you, or if you’re new on the scene. Either way, welcome.)
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Violet Socks says:
Hi, Charlie. Thanks for the welcome. I’m not new on the scene, but I used to post under a different moniker. When I started this blog (a whole week ago!) I decided to be Dr. Socks everywhere.
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Marc Mielke says:
I’ve actually been assuming the same thing. After all,to be bothered about gay sex, you really have to be thinking about it rather often, don’t you?
