Would Someone Please Give Dan Savage a Pulitzer Prize?
Darn, I guess free-alternative-weekly writers aren't eligible.
Below is an excerpt from Savage's brilliant post-Haggard debunking of the ex-gay movement. Click here to read the whole thing; the second Q&A, about Rick Santorum, is pretty great too.
"If you believe that Jesus Christ can change the sexual orientation of a believer, why on earth did he refuse to cure Haggard? He founded a church that has 14,000 members! Thousands were brought to Christ by Haggard's preaching. Mixed in with Ted's meth-fueled gay-sex romps and hypocritical gay-bashings were, without a doubt, thousands of good works.
"Did Jesus help Haggard out? No. Haggard struggled with temptation all his life. He tried to battle off his 'dark' desires, but nothing proved effective. There was no cure for Haggard, no miracle. No matter how long he struggled, no matter how much faith he had, Haggard's sexual orientation remained unchanged. Nothing helped. Not prayer, not Jesus H. Christ on his cross.
"Nothing."
Below is an excerpt from Savage's brilliant post-Haggard debunking of the ex-gay movement. Click here to read the whole thing; the second Q&A, about Rick Santorum, is pretty great too.
"If you believe that Jesus Christ can change the sexual orientation of a believer, why on earth did he refuse to cure Haggard? He founded a church that has 14,000 members! Thousands were brought to Christ by Haggard's preaching. Mixed in with Ted's meth-fueled gay-sex romps and hypocritical gay-bashings were, without a doubt, thousands of good works.
"Did Jesus help Haggard out? No. Haggard struggled with temptation all his life. He tried to battle off his 'dark' desires, but nothing proved effective. There was no cure for Haggard, no miracle. No matter how long he struggled, no matter how much faith he had, Haggard's sexual orientation remained unchanged. Nothing helped. Not prayer, not Jesus H. Christ on his cross.
"Nothing."
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