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NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:59 PM Jan 2019

Christian Hate Group Denounces Parents Magazine for Putting Gay Couple on Cover

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/01/18/christian-hate-group-denounces-parents-magazine-for-putting-gay-couple-on-cover/




Christian Hate Group Denounces Parents Magazine for Putting Gay Couple on Cover
By Hemant Mehta, January 18, 2019

A conservative Christian group is furious that Parents magazine features a gay couple on its latest cover because they look happy and normal and NOT DEVIANT IN THE LEAST. That image goes against the bigotry that groups like One Million Moms (Twitter followers: 3,600) want to spread.

The Christian group put out this press release condemning the cover:

Parents is using its magazine as a platform to promote the pro-homosexual lifestyle. Even if families do not personally subscribe to the publication, they should be warned that it could be displayed in waiting rooms of dentist and doctor offices, where children could easily be subjected to the glorification of same-sex parents.

This agenda will be a deal breaker for most conservative families, so, with this information, many of our supporters and families may choose to cancel their subscription to Parents. After all, most conservative and Christian families will disagree morally with the magazine’s decision, and subsequently, will not want to support its content.


If your family is traumatized by seeing this cover, then you have a shitty family. It’s that simple.
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Christian Hate Group Denounces Parents Magazine for Putting Gay Couple on Cover (Original Post) NeoGreen Jan 2019 OP
Well, that it just too F'en bad for the creepy christian group of misfits. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2019 #1
For reference... Major Nikon Jan 2019 #2
West Wing had it right....years ago! Moostache Jan 2019 #3
who commits most of the USA crime, glbt or christians? nt msongs Jan 2019 #4
The question should be reframed as "who has a higher RATE of crime"... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #5
Yep, it's the religious groups that go in for crime and have many misfits in society. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2019 #7
I'll have to go buy that issue. roody Jan 2019 #6
Now I've heard it all...a 'Christian Hate' group...seems like the two words don't go together... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #8
None the less, we would be taken to task if we dared to ask... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #9
OMM is a front group for the "American" "Family" Association Major Nikon Jan 2019 #10
Figures. I am not surprised. Being cowards, they are hiding behind these acroynms to disguise ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #12
I'm suspect their faith in Christ is genuine. Mariana Jan 2019 #17
Funny...I see them going together all the time. FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #11
Christian hate groups are hardly a new thing. Mariana Jan 2019 #14
They. Are. Not. Christians. akraven Jan 2019 #13
If they aren't Christians, what are they, exactly? Mariana Jan 2019 #15
Worshippers of something no one can conceive of - hate.nt akraven Jan 2019 #16
They do not worship hate. That's a misuse of the word worship. Mariana Jan 2019 #18
Satanists in disguise. akraven Jan 2019 #19
What makes you say Satanists are the bad guys? Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #22
I don't think most of them are. I know a few; mostly college kids, confused. akraven Jan 2019 #23
I'd actually take Satanists over JWs any day of the week, and twice on Sunday. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Jan 2019 #20
Yes. They. Are. Iggo Jan 2019 #21

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
5. The question should be reframed as "who has a higher RATE of crime"...
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:16 PM
Jan 2019

...per unit population.

Just sayin'.

SWBTATTReg

(24,001 posts)
8. Now I've heard it all...a 'Christian Hate' group...seems like the two words don't go together...
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:18 PM
Jan 2019

but like a lot of us here at DU, we're finding out the truth on a regular basis. A Million Moms...sounds classy but it turns out to be a HATE group in disguise. Maybe this why they have a limited following, considering the name that they picked for themselves (a Million Moms vs. 3600 twitter followers...go figure).

One Million Moms, a group that's ranting and raving hate against a cover on a magazine depicting two fellow Americans, who simply happened to have children and are gay.

First of all, to the magazine. Thanks for an interesting cover story for the month.

To the Million Moms: You are acting really classy and you should be really proud of yourselves for showing others your hatred and bigotry. Maybe you need to look at yourselves a little more closely and decide if you want to be considered a 'conservative' group that is bigoted in the extreme OR something better, and be more classy in front of your own kids, eh?

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
9. None the less, we would be taken to task if we dared to ask...
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:20 PM
Jan 2019

...what is the common element/thread in all this hate?

SWBTATTReg

(24,001 posts)
12. Figures. I am not surprised. Being cowards, they are hiding behind these acroynms to disguise ...
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 02:27 PM
Jan 2019

their true intent, to insult and belittle fellow Americans.

Thanks for the heads up, Major Nikon.

Disgusting that they use the word 'christian' to describe themselves.

Mariana

(14,965 posts)
17. I'm suspect their faith in Christ is genuine.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 08:00 PM
Jan 2019

There's nothing magical about Christianity that transforms all Christians into good people. There are plenty of really rotten people who are Christians, but remember that they don't see it that way. They really believe this is what God wants them to do.

Mariana

(14,965 posts)
14. Christian hate groups are hardly a new thing.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 07:51 PM
Jan 2019

The various Ku Klux Klan groups have always been explicitly Protestant Christian.

Mariana

(14,965 posts)
15. If they aren't Christians, what are they, exactly?
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 07:52 PM
Jan 2019

Are they members of some other religion? Are they atheists? What do you think they are?

Mariana

(14,965 posts)
18. They do not worship hate. That's a misuse of the word worship.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 08:05 PM
Jan 2019
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worship

1 : to honor or show reverence for as a divine being or supernatural power
2 : to regard with great or extravagant respect, honor, or devotion

My question is serious. They believe they are Christians. You don't agree. What do you think they are?

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
22. What makes you say Satanists are the bad guys?
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 04:46 PM
Jan 2019

Was there some suggestion their track record isn't superior to xians?

For that matter, was there some suggestion the mythology doesn't say Satan's track record isn't superior to the Jehovah Monster's?

akraven

(1,975 posts)
23. I don't think most of them are. I know a few; mostly college kids, confused.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 04:52 PM
Jan 2019

OMG...…… the Jehovahs………. we have fun with them. I'm agnostic; I think there's something out there better than we are.

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
24. I'd actually take Satanists over JWs any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 04:57 PM
Jan 2019

But I was referring to the guy with a body count in the millions, relative to the guy with a body count of ten, according to the mythology.

Response to akraven (Reply #13)

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