The Gospel According to Jack Black: An Anti-Prop 8 Fiasco
December 3, 2008 by Randy
Filed under Activism, Christianity, Church, Civil Rights, Culture War, Dance, Gay, Homosexuality, Politics, Public Policy, Video, art
I guess it isn’t shocking that Hollywood decides to stigmatize and stereotype people of faith. However, this is spectacularly … ignorant. More thoughts and video after the jump.
Warning: the following video is offensive to just about everybody. Or at least I would hope that would be the case.
So… It would seem that Jack’s version of Jesus is stuck in the Old Testament and completely ignorant of how Jesus would not flippantly disregard the Old Testament law but fulfilled the Law by paying the price for sin Himself.
But my guess is that no one on that stage was really very concerned about portraying Jesus accurately. This is a perfect example of how different the gay culture war is compared to the true civil rights movements of the past. Martin Luther King would have never condoned this type of protest or characterization of an “opponent.” I know that this lazy and cheap shot at people of faith is not reflective of how most who would identify as gay believe is fair or accurate. It will be my prayer that these actors will come to know the Living Christ and take some time to understand those they oppose instead of stigmatizing them as ignorant and selfish.
Hat Tip to Ryan and Breitbart TV.
MORE: Michelle Malkin posted about this as well.
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