Comments on: Church Nixes Memorial For Gay Veteran

Family Enraged After Texas Megachurch Cancels Funeral Services For Gulf War Navy Veteran

[gmond]

I thought Jesus loved everyone.

[gmond]

Should start a franchise - the Church of Don't Ask Don't Tell

[meboard]

"We did decline to host the service %u2014 not based on hatred, not based on discrimination, but based on principle," Simons told The Associated Press. "Had we known it on the day they first spoke about it, %u2014 yes, we would have declined then. It's not that we didn't love the family."

There is so much contradiction in this one statement. What a slap in the face of vets, to the family, to an employee, and to true "Christian" values. That's why I've left the "organized" church...bunch of hate filled...better-then-thows, with false values. Yours in Christ...

[thesayer]

haha! you guys are all gay. None of you teach Bible School. What's most humerous about your tirade's is that you're so transparent.

And I'm not saying this because I hate ***. I'm saying it because I know *** and I have gay friends. You all should realize that Gay Politics get in the way of you having real successes in companion legal settlements. Why you require God to sanction it is beyond me. If you left God out of it you could get what you need. A gay bill of rights.

The Sayer~

There, I said it!

[cozzicon]

Actually- the most Christian thing they could have done was actually hold the service.

This doesn't shock me at all. Sad, but that is how these people are.

[gmond]

This isn't a matter of hate or discrimination or principles, it is a matter of willful ignorance and fearful hypocrisy

[l8c6]

This really makes alot of people not want to know God. How sad!
Posted by booder11

It makes me not want to know preachers and their swindling ways of exploiting the ugly side of humans.

[randalds]

I'm waiting for a demon seed like singingrick to come here and pretend to be saddened that this young sailor died before coming to HIS version of christianity and being "saved" from being himself. I'm glad I have had the chance to be one of the early posters in this comment section so I can tell the family that other vets like myself are very proud of their loved one's service and very sorry for their loss. All of us have been where you're at right now and our thoughts are with you.

To Cecil, rest in peace bro, rest in peace.

That said, whatever you do, please don't let the hatred of religious bigots get to you. They may say some of the right words, but they prove they are not christian by their actions and their prejudices.

[cantshutup]

church's steal souls...

[michellem99-2009]

He served this Nation and now ye showed yer true colours when ye would not give this vet a proper service. Where is the Christian love ye preach every Sunday, and ye judge him as ye oaught not. Did ye take this vet's money when he went to yer church. Then maybe ye best give it back to his kin since yer feel that way about him. Yer ' member the golden rule,well some allow greed where where the rule oaught be.

[randalds]

That's just plain sick, disgusting and, unfortunately, not surprising at all. The religious right wing are the most hypocritical group of "Christians" in the world today. If there really was a heaven and hell they'd be burning for all eternity because of intolerances like this. They have no shame.

[micma-2009]

The pastor is probably a closeted homosexual himself.

WOW! Now I understand the descrimination of the gay people. From now on in my life, I will support the gay people. This almost makes me never want to go to church again. I read and teach the Bible and it is an interpretation issue about what the Bible says about gay people. How sad! After reading some history, the Church people did the same thing in the 70's about interracial marriage and also in the 60's about black people. The pastors all across America said the Bible said that black people should be segragated. This really makes alot of people not want to know God. How sad!