Monday, July 6, 2015

Why did Charisma News run this story?


My initial reaction was why no media coverage.  Thinking I may have missed something I began a search,,

Why is Charisma News lying by implication?  You see this "event" occurred in 2013!

Like Michael C, I came across this article
Is this article a two year old re-print?

I searched "Seattle pride assault" and ended up reading a story about two gay men (Steven Briggs and Patrick Dettling) who traveled to the Seattle Pride event this past weekend and ended up hospitalized by a group of men and women who beat them while using homophobic slurs.
I'm not interested in the minutiae of the 2013 incident, as it is beyond the scope of what I want to present.  It did happen; as with the Father Morris spitting incident, I do not condone violence of any kind.  What I am interested in
Obviously this is horrible and a terrible crime to humanity....My question is why has charisma NEVER had an article or even mentioned the hundreds of thousands of beatings to LGBT?....Not to mention the 16 deaths of transgender this year alone?.....I obviously abhor violence on anyone regardless if they are for or against LGBT rights but lets not pretend you care about tolerance when you NEVER speak up to defend the LGBT from brutal violent attacks and even death.
Or,
A related point is that Charisma has many articles describing the imprisonment of Pastor Saeed Abedini, who truly should not be imprisoned. He should be released, as should everyone in any country who is imprisoned for blasphemy or related "crimes". However, have you ever read about atheists who are imprisoned in Islamic countries, or have you seen Charisma advocate for their release? I haven't. The case of Raif Badawi in Saudi Arabia is just as despicable as that of Pastor Abedini, but is never mentioned. Badawi was convicted of setting up an Internet forum that "violates Islamic values and propagates liberal thought." He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, 1000 lashes (to be meted out 50 strokes at a time), and fined 1,000,000 riyal. The first 50 strokes have been delivered, and for a while his case was being re-examined to see if he could be convicted of apostacy - which carries the death penalty. All for simply advocating freedom of speech and freedom of thought.
And, why?  What is the point?  Is it because you are trying to use this event as a way to debase gays and lesbians even further?  That to me is the very definition of bigotry.

Christian Preachers Brutally Beaten at Gay Pride Festival — Charisma News

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