#2. You make it seem like the hawks that want war with Iran actually care about the plight of gays in Iran, like this might even be one of their reasons for wanting war with Iran. That’s a funny leap of imagination. How, exactly, are those gays doing in Iraq, now that it is liberated? And, where do y’all stand on that? Your man Bush take care of that yet?

The assumptions that run through this post would be laughable, if they weren’t so divorced from reality. Are they giving him an award? Or having a dinner meeting? Inter-religious dialogue: does it have no part in the gaypatriot world? Might these folks be engaging with this precisely because they would like to challenge him on various issues? And why would political folks who often claim that religion should be respected in the public sphere–why would you want to censor or silence religious voices as they attempt to deal with a potentially violent–religiously violent–situation? #1 makes it seem that only some churches are acceptable (read: only some interpretations of God’s voice and activity in the world count). Placing “churches” in quotes? Wow. (Mind you, the comment doesn’t even reflect reality, but nevermind.) Shouldn’t Quakers and Anabaptist sects be given some respect, having settled the country early on and all? More so, simply because conservatives claim that religion should be respected?

The protest before the event positions the protesters as clairvoyant tea leaf readers…before the event even takes place! As if you’ve read the script for the dinner meeting. As if you actually even know a thing or two about the deep, rich, and productive ecumenical dialogues that take place in nyc. Nah, none of that, just more of the same: histrionics.

Breathing examples of “useful idiots”.

I gotta hand it to Ahmadinejad – he must have real self control to keep from laughing out loud when these fools prostrate themselves at his feet. Is Barry attending the dinner?

I applaud the Log Cabin Club for participating in this event… I hope to be there myself (whoops, I had better leave NOW!)

-Martini

Executing gay people will be a problem if we start having creeping sharia courts spring up. Honor killing is already a problem; we just don’t hear about it happing to gay Muslim kids and adults.

Then again, we already know Obama supports radical terrorists; it should be no surprise that he supports this.

As an aside, glad the ELCA (which I’m a nominal member) isn’t in that list.

Is there new leadership? I might have to actually join if they keep this up.

As to Western Elites embracing anti American Leaders. Penny Pritzker – great supporter of Obama is a nice Jewish lady who’d rather support Ahmanadinijad over supporting Israel. Her family owns the Hyatt Hotel Chain, you’d think they might have quietly asked the meeting not take place there.

That list is a cross-section of denominations that are either marginal or dying. I didn’t see Pentecostals, Evangelicals, or representation from a certain church based in Salt Lake City listed among the hosts.

These “churches” aren’t much more than political organizations, social clubs, and day care providers.