United Liberty
The Complicated World of Bigotry
Fri, 04/02/2010 - 9:10am | posted by Michael O. Powell
In the greater Seattle suburb of Kirkland, a very quaint and beautiful area where I would love to live someday, there is a grade-A @$$hole who has led a fevered vendetta against gay rights. He’s the pastor of Antioch Bible Church (where he’s been for over two decades) and has not only been a firm opponent of gay marriage, but of anti-discrimination legislation and domestic partnerships. He is arguably to the right of many gay marriage opponents from far more conservative areas of the country.
It’s worth noting that the pastor in question, Ken Hutcherson, is black. Whatever solidarity he is supposed to have as an ethnic minority for a sexual minority is apparently quite lost on him. Ken Hutcherson’s existence shouldn’t be shocking to those with life experience outside of textbook indoctrination. I’ve met many racists and homophobes, some white, some Hispanic, some Asian, and they all come in many different colors, shapes and sizes. It’s nearly a waste of time to confront them about it. Bigotry is not something people like to admit, and if you mention it they tend to act like they’ve been unfairly attacked.
Now that the high emotion surrounding the passage of the health care bill is in the past, it is very important to remember this. Racism and xenophobia is rampant in the culturally homogenous society of Japan, where even those of Japanese ancestry who were born elsewhere have difficulty being accepted. I’ve personally heard very disparaging remarks towards blacks from Hispanics, heard bigoted comments towards blacks from Indians, heard whites say horrible generalizations about black people and vice versa. Racism is not a homogenous factor of one particular ethnic or political group; it’s the result of the natural tribal instinct that we share with our primate cousins.
As emotional as I got after hearing that “homo” had been shouted and that allegedly racial slurs were shouted at a tea party rally, these rational, nuanced thoughts came back days later. If the book Game Change is to be believed, Bill Clinton was heard saying to Ted Kennedy that a few years ago Obama “would be getting us coffee” and Harry Reid was talking about Obama being free of any “Negro” dialect. Given all of that, I think it’s obvious that bigoted views are more common among conservative rural and suburban voters, whose exposure to minorities is usually encountering homeless who beg for change on the off times they visit the city, than their urban liberal and libertarian counterparts who have actually had friends of more than one ethnicity. (If you don’t believe me, look up any of Tom Tancredo’s speeches.) It’s sad that anyone is still thinking and talking in bigoted terms, but it seems to be a permanent factor in our society.
Pastor Hutch has a quibble
09 April 2010
Dear Prayer Warriors,
The Snoqualmie Valley Record is not fair! Following is an ad I wanted to purchase and run in their newspaper but the Publisher made a personal decision not to run the ad citing his paper is read by families and children and the content is not appropriate for them, even though every statistic quoted here is the truth.
Let the people of the Snoqualmie Valley decide if they will allow the truth to be suppressed. If anyone is interested in picking up this ad and running it, the advertising dollars are available for you.
Pastor Hutcherson
Text of ad:
The National Day of Silence, sponsored by GLSEN is upon us again. According to GLSEN’S website, “On the National Day of Silence hundreds of thousands of students nationwide take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools.” In other words, the purpose of the day is to stand in solidarity with homosexual victims.
The illusion that the homosexual lifestyle is a normal way of living has been successfully propagated by promoting a “victim” image for homosexual persons, and by the pseudo-science alleging a ‘gay’ gene.
The following evidence does show that homosexual persons are indeed victims — but overwhelmingly of their own behavior, not that of others:
Homosexuals account for 60% of all syphilis cases and 17% of
all hospital admissions in the United States1
25-33% of homosexuals and lesbians are alcoholics2
30,000 sexually abused children in Los Angeles were victims of homosexuals3
50% of suicides can be attributed to homosexuals; homosexuals are 25 times
more likely to commit suicide than the average person4
The median age of death of homosexuals is 42 (only 9% live past age 65)5
The median age of death of lesbians is 45 (only 24% live past age 65)6
43% of homosexuals admit to 500 or more partners in a lifetime
and 28% admit to 1,000 or more in a lifetime7
As parents and school board members, why are we excited about promoting this lifestyle? If any other lifestyle produced these statistics, would we be having a day to celebrate it?
Oh…and God called; He wants His rainbow back!
1”Changes in Sexual Behavior and Incidence of Gonorrhea.” Lancet, April 25, 1987
2Kus, R. “Alcoholics Anonymous and Gay America.” Medical Journal of Homosexuality, 1987,
3Kaifetz, J. “Homosexual Rights Are Concern For Some,” Post-Tribune, 18 December 1992
4 Kaifetz, J. “Homosexual Rights Are Concern For Some,” Post-Tribune, 18 December 1992
5Bell, A. and Weinberg, M. Homosexualities: a Study of Diversity Among Men and Women.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978
6Fields, Dr. E. “Is Homosexual Activity Normal?” Marietta, GA
7Bell, A. and Weinberg, M. Homosexualities: a Study of Diversity Among Men and Women.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978
09 April 2010
Christians so many times just talk about their dissatifaction with the culture but don’t take action. To bring you up to speed, as a counterbalance to the upcoming “Day of Silence,” I submitted an ad to the Snoqualmie Valley Record highlighting the statistically proven, negative aspects of the homosexual lifestyle. The newspaper refused to run my paid ad. Let them hear from you! Tell them you are unhappy about being discriminated against for your views of the truth! You can reach them at (425) 488-2311 or by emailing editor@valleyrecord.com.
Tonight the groundbreaking movie of our time, “Letters To God” opens in theaters all over the country. Please pray the Lord will use the testimony of the true life characters in the movie to change millions of lives. The first weekend of a movie release is the most critical in terms of its success, so please take your family and friends to see it. They will be blessed!
Pastor Hutcherson
I am a bigot and i affirm liberty.