LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY shawnsmalley)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/13/bakker.brown.commentary/index.html

Leave it to the son of Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner to bring out the soapbox on why Christianity's latest trends are the REAL poisoning of the faith. That's one apple that fell very far from the tree, and rightly so!
I only wish he had pitched harder in the direction of suggesting Christians concentrate more on helping the poor and unfortunates and championing environmental causes. Unfortunately, he only hinted at them. I would consider those to be far more important than attacking gay marriage and abortion. After all, the only ones who should be concerned about gay marriage are those same-sex couples who plan to marry and their potential families. It certainly doesn't seem to affect the sanctity of my heterosexual relationships.
But I degress. Back on topic.
Be sure and check out the exchange of comments CNN readers sent in. Far too many fall back upon the Dominionist knee-jerk swill-slinging, completely missing the point of the article - thick skulls and cold hearts, just as one would expect.