Yes, and like the early Swift Boat ads they have managed to get at least excerpts of it played on the news all weekend. The thing is that even the liberal news guys think it's stupid. When you watch the TV mega-preachers 1/2 their audience in black, for some of them.
Now some hard hitting Freeper ads on the depravity of the mainstream denominations might be "turn about is fair play". Maybe video of the S&M filled gay pride day celebrations followed by the support given to such orgs by certain legacy denominations.
This doesn't pass the smell test..
If you can't beat'em, join'em ...
If this is true, the homosexual perverts are getting a tiny taste of what they'll receive at Heaven's gates.
"just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire." (New Testament, Jude 1:7)
"22 " 'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable. "
Leviticus 18:22
And what doesn't the UCC understand?
The UCC (Unclean Condom Catcher's) need to do some scripture reading...
They should have a commercial showing the real life Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (gay guys dressed up as nuns) who french kiss in front of churches in San Francisco --- which I consider a hate crime.
UCC's doctrine is obviously based on the "making crap up" theology.
What lost souls.
Saw an interview of the head of the church that made the ad, she is a lesbian. Godless birds of a feather..grind together!
In a sane world, yes, gays are turned away from church and rapists are turned away from the White House.
Having emerged from the bigotry of the previous scene, featured laughing and smiling on screen as that "commitment" is "proclaimed" are a couple of fresh faced preteen girls (one Asian, one white), the aforementioned Hispanic man, a black couple, what appears to be an elderly Jewish couple, and two thirtyish women (presumably lesbians) who are arm-in-arm.
Written text interrupts the scene, announcing, "Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we." A narrator then proclaims the United Church of Christ's commitment to Jesus' extravagant welcome: "No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here."
I have been observing that commercials are increasingly promoting a product or service that isn't really needed by anyone. Without the ability to earnestly say, "This is why you need this product," they must invent reasons why the target audience should consider it. For example: where I live, the local cable company promoted their broadband service by comparing DSL unfavorably with it, suggesting that the further you live from the phone company, the slower your download speed. This idea was furthered by a scene in which a grinning boob who wants DSL calculates with one of those measuring wheels where he would have to move to get faster DSL service.
In order to counter what its press release described as "relentless erosion," The United Church of Christ had to invent a reason why people should come to their church. Being "the gay-friendly church" apparently wasn't expansive enough -- they wanted to reach out to Latinos and blacks too, even though I don't remember either of those groups complaining that they didn't have churches where they were welcome.
The UCC all but admits this is an attention-garnering stunt. As the press release says, "In an age of media saturation, if you are not visible on television, the popular assumption is that you do not exist." They are trying to stoke the controversy about not being seen into a censorship issue, which might be covered this time around because it is not a conservative group crying foul.
Will this work? I don't know. But what I do know is that this fits nicely with the rabid blue-staters who fear God as interpreted by George W. Bush.
Catholic churches are open to all, though if you're homosexual then you might not like the message.
This reminds me of an old episode of Dragnet, the TV show. (Paraphrased from aging memory) There was a theft at a church. Friday and Gannon go to speak to the priest. The priest tells them how the baby Jesus was taken from the church's manger scene the night before.
Friday asks how the burglers gained entry.
The priest explains that the doors to the church are never locked.
Friday says "You never lock the doors? Even to theves?"
The priest says "ESPECIALLY TO THIEVES!"
Homosexual Agenda Ping.
More on the "church bouncers" TV ad from the United Church of Christ [sic].
Details about the ad, how they lump in racial prejudice with the "gay is good" crap.
It's not an ad, it's a little piece of dung-like propaganda designed to make Bible believing Christians look like racial bigots. I hope the ad acts like cold water in the face to anyone who still thinks that homosexuals just want "tolerance".
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That's the UCC commercial. It should be titled "Strawman 101."
BUT: if a homosexual enters one of our churches, they will hear that homosexuality is a sin and they need to repent. (And all other sinners will hear that they need to repent from their sins, myself included.)
People living in flagrant sin will not teach Sunday School, serve as deacons or elders, nor preach the Gospel.
The Presbyterian Church In America; "We're the intolerant Presbyterians"