It seems that whenever a Christian receives any sort of criticism for speaking out against marriage equality, the entire Religious Right immediately begins to complain that said person’s right to free speech is being violated and screaming about how they are facing persecution at the hands of modern-day fascists.
So it is interesting to watch anti-gay activists freak out over the fact that a lesbian pastor has been invited to speak at American Baptist College in Tennessee, as demonstrated by the fact that Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver and Matt Barber are demanding that the college president be fired for allowing it to happen.
Recently, ABC president Forrest Harris responded to the controversy by defending the speech and saying that “it’s sad that people use religion and idolatry of the Bible to demoralize same-gender-loving people” and that “we can’t be guided and dictated by a first-century world view.” In return, Barber and Staver responded by using their radio program today to call for Harris to be fired.
“Hasn’t [Harris] disqualified himself for this particular leadership position,” Barber asked, “when he’s calling God a liar and completely attempting to discredit the truths of Scripture, saying that Scripture isn’t even true? How can he even be in this position of authority and be trusted to carry out the duties of a Christian president of a university.”
“I don’t think he can,” Staver responded. “I think he ought to be removed. I think the alumni and supporters of the association ought to remove him … For a president of a college like that that has a Christian tradition, that person has no right leading that college. They ought to remove him”:
