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On 28 Mar 2001 03:12:43 GMT, crward@netins.net (Charles R Ward) wrote:

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] There was a guest column in the paper last week.  This is from
] a preacher.  You may want to put your irony meters in standby.
] 
] "Sickness of the hour is 'heterophobia'"
] First he tells of receiving a letter accusing him of homophobia. 
] The meat of the article though is in the middle.
]      "I preach that no matter what the issue, no one has the 
]       right to do wrong, but everyone has the right to choose 
]       between good and evil, right and wrong, righteousness and 
]       sin.  Homosexuality is evil, wrong and a sin.  And as long 
]       as it is a sin, I both can and must preach against it.  But
]       again, as wrong as it is, it's your choice."

Excuse me while I pick my balls from the ground...

]      "Most people believe homosexuals are a few misguided people 
]       who believe that up is down, bad is good and right is 
]       wrong.  I tend to agree."
]       
] Finaly, he addresses the writer of the letter he received.  Irony
] meters should still be in safe mode.
] 
]      "And now, more directly to you, write of that letter.  Since
]       it would be a strange occasion indeed that I would speak 
]       solely on the topic of homosexuality, aside from other 
]       pitiful transgressions, I find it interesting that you 
]       would pick only this issue upon which to mount your revolt. 
]       And then to engagein not a good-natured discussion but 
]       innuendo and accusation.  That seems another ill of this 
]       society: just plain defensiveness.  People are always 
]       getting uptight, wanting to deal with the messenger instead 
]       of the message."
]       
] I just OCR scanned the column, and will be putting it on my web 
] page,   <http://showcase.netins.net/web/myplace/rant.html>
] 
] We return you now to your regularly sheduled rants.
] 
] That was the first time I used OCR on my scanner, I had to fix
] up the output file some.

It really was worth the work. What a danger for the rest of the world.

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