{"id":1168,"date":"2005-03-31T09:24:19","date_gmt":"2005-03-31T13:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/nateptest\/2005\/03\/31\/religious-unity-achieved-in-jerusal"},"modified":"2005-03-31T09:24:19","modified_gmt":"2005-03-31T13:24:19","slug":"religious-unity-achieved-in-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/natep\/2005\/03\/31\/religious-unity-achieved-in-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious unity achieved in Jerusalem!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

During Holy Week, it’s traditional for Christians to pray for the peace
\nand unity of Jerusalem (at least, it’s been traditional in the last
\ncentury).<\/p>\n

Who’d have thought we would get it so quickly?<\/a>  All it too was the threat of thousands of homosexuals in the streets.<\/p>\n

International gay leaders are planning a 10-day WorldPride festival
\nand parade in Jerusalem in August, saying they want to make a statement
\nabout tolerance and diversity in the Holy City, home to three great
\nreligious traditions. <\/p>\n

Now major leaders of the three faiths –
\nChristianity, Judaism and Islam – are making a rare show of unity to
\ntry to stop the festival. They say the event would desecrate the city
\nand convey the erroneous impression that homosexuality is acceptable.\n <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The best part of this is how the alert was spread.  I can’t help but laugh….<\/p>\n

\n

The American evangelical leader who helped to galvanize the opposition,
\nMr. Giovinetti, is the senior pastor of Mission Valley Christian
\nFellowship, an independent church that meets in a hotel in Southern
\nCalifornia….
\nBy all accounts Mr. Giovinetti played a crucial role in spreading the
\nfirst alarms among religious leaders about the gay festival.
\nHe said he had first heard about WorldPride from a congregation member
\nwho had told Mr. Giovinetti that he was gay for many years and still
\nmonitored gay Web sites….\n <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So some ex-gay who couldn’t control himself and went cruising
\non-line for porn–I mean, taking it upon himself to monitor websites
\nfor items of obscene or poor taste– went tattling after he relieved
\nthe urge, the need, the duty to “monitor.”\n<\/p>\n

What went through the reporters’ minds when they heard that<\/span>?\n<\/p>\n

I’d try to be outraged, but I’m rolling on the floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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