Jan 25, 2009

Christian groups attack Obama on LGBT rights

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The Obama administration is coming under attack from conservative Christians who view its positions on abortion and LGBT rights as threatening.

A section on civil rights on the White House website that refers to the LGBT community, has been taken as evidence of what LifeSiteNews refers to as 'a radical homosexualist policy agenda.'

The American Family Association is one of the groups leading the charge: "This is only the beginning of Obama's plans to reshape society. His view is that unborn babies aren't worth protecting and that homosexuals deserve special rights."

Baptist News has a lengthy article on its site that focuses negative attention on positions taken by Obama:

President Obama campaigned as a social liberal, and -- if his website is any indication -- he intends to deliver on several controversial issues, from supporting same-sex civil unions and the repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act to overturning the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy to being a staunch supporter of abortion rights.


In CovenantNews.com under the title heading White House Website Now 'Sodomite Publication' we find the following vitriol penned by Jim Rudd, the editor of Covenant News:

Civil officials who approve of homosexuality, make the civil government a vile cesspool from which the abominations vomit out across the land. By displaying such a contempt for the administration of Justice by promoting this criminal behavior, "such civil officials are not only the source of the defilement, they are the criminals, and a hostile enemy authorizing the destruction of the society in which we live."


In contrast to the intolerance on display by these groups, the White House website entry titled 'Support for the LGBT Community' opens with a quote from Obama that calls for mutual respect and dignity - link here.