For the Record …

As my friend, Dr Jill Carroll, pointed out: Americans seem to demand that Muslim clerics rise up and denounce any extremist behavior to prove Islam is not a violent religion. Why don’t Christians feel that same responsibility?

So, as a Christian minister, I should state for the record that these so-called pastors who advocate the killing of gay and lesbian people, or putting them in concentration camps with electrified fences do NOT represent me, my faith, or the Jesus I know. These religious fanatics must be labeled for who they are: extremists, violent, unChristian, and dangerous to America.