Bishop Eddie Long sex scandal. - Religion, God, and Theology

Attorney B.J. Bernstein on Friday filed a fourth civil lawsuit against the Lithonia pastor, with allegations similar to the previous three suits. According to the suit filed in DeKalb County, Long "uses monetary funds from the accounts of Defendant New Birth and other corporate and non-profit corporate accounts, to entice the young men with cars, clothes, jewelry, and electronics."

http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/bisho...th-620773.html

Photos have also come out of him taking pictures of himself in muscle shirts and sending them to teenaged males.

Oh, btw he is very anti-gay.

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CNN has said "Long frequently denounces homosexual behavior."[15] Long has ministered “homosexual cure” programs to recruit gays and lesbians for what he called “Sexual Reorientation” conferences and his church offers an ongoing “Out of the Wilderness” ministry to help convert homosexuals into heterosexuals.[16] In 2004, Long led a march with Bernice King to her father Martin Luther King, Jr.'s grave against same-sex marriage and to support a national constitutional amendment to protect marriage "between one man and one woman."[17] Flagg's suit claims that Long presided over a "covenant" ceremony between the two of them. Flagg's attorney said "it was essentially a marriage ceremony, with candles, exchange of jewelry, and biblical quotes".[11] A 2007 article in the Southern Poverty Law Center's magazine called him "one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement."[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Long

His congregation is over 20,000 people.

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09-24-2010 , 04:57 PM

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"to entice the young men with cars, clothes, jewelry, and electronics."

How is this any different from the NBA or the NFL?

Plus...there's only 3 out of 25,000 that are accusing him of anything. That's a pretty low number if you compare that to Catholics.

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09-24-2010 , 05:00 PM

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"to entice the young men with cars, clothes, jewelry, and electronics."

How is this any different from the NBA or the NFL?

lol good one

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09-24-2010 , 05:05 PM

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if it's true he better hope he don't get locked up or else he's going to get slice and diced.

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09-24-2010 , 05:12 PM

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at least 4 actually, there are more who have filed complaints before and after the news broke and their accusations are currently being vetted

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09-24-2010 , 05:26 PM

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at least 4 actually, there are more who have filed complaints before and after the news broke and their accusations are currently being vetted

My bad.... didn't know Howard considered it a "violation" on him.

"The men, now all in their 20s, came forward this week with separate lawsuits alleging that Long lavished them with expensive jewelry, a private plane and luxury hotel rooms, and then used his status as a spiritual leader to force them into sex.
Maurice Robinson and Anthony Flagg were the first two accusers, followed a short time later by Jamal Parris and Howard Grinder."

For years these guys didn't find anything wrong with taking all this booty while giving up their booty....but now that the goodies have stopped.... all of a sudden... it was a bad thing?

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09-24-2010 , 05:30 PM

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This just in....News flash.... One of the accusers was arrested this summer and found guilty of stealing an iPad and an iPhone from the church.

Gotta put a lot of weight into allegations from a criminal.

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09-24-2010 , 05:30 PM

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If their motivation is justice or revenge, it doesn't matter. If they're telling the truth, this guy should get the book thrown at him. There is nothing I despise more than a 'spiritual leader' taking advantage of his congregation.

Sadly, if these accusations prove to be true, he'll just be another in a long line of corrupt church leaders.

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09-24-2010 , 05:35 PM

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I agree.

However... you have to wonder about the validity of the story.

These guys were not children.... they were 17 and 18 years old. According to them...they received jewelry and money for sexual favors. One of the accused is on jail for stealing from the church.

Now... how much jewelry and money would it take for you to do something sexual to another man? Howard...don't answer.

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This looks more like BBV4L material than RGT. Why do you keep posting this stuff?

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09-24-2010 , 06:20 PM

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The hypocrisy of some church leaders?

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09-24-2010 , 06:24 PM

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http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/55...ban-me-204579/

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09-24-2010 , 07:18 PM

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waaaaaaa.... him need a diaper change? Him not happy? Him no got sense of humor?

Go troll elsewhere.

Win!

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09-24-2010 , 07:19 PM

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This looks more like BBV4L material than RGT. Why do you keep posting this stuff?

Its an important issue to be honest. This guy is a person who attempts to 'cure' homosexuality

Here is the quote from the Southern Poverty Law Center

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"one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement."

It's an issue thats beginning to get alot of coverage. Its not some guy with 50 followers whose going to burn a book. This guy has over 20,000 followers around the nation. He is a significant player in southern baptists.

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09-24-2010 , 07:25 PM

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Theres nothing wrong with a guy paying young men to have sex with him ... unless you are a Christian leader who preaches homophobic hate. And even then, you have more issues with your "God" and congregation then you do with me.

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09-24-2010 , 07:27 PM

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Braney Frank on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher:

"I think there's a right to privacy. But the right to privacy should not be a right to hypocrisy. And people who want to demonize other people shouldn't then be able to go home and close the door and do it themselves."

That's all.

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Let he without sin throw the first stone. --- Saul

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Let he without sin throw the first stone. --- Saul

Good saying but i dont think the preacher reads RGT.

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Let he without sin throw the first stone. --- Saul

bible, read it

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Good saying but i dont think the preacher reads RGT.

Good point.... I'll email it to him.

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Good saying but i dont think the preacher reads RGT.

He probably does, but he tells his church not to.

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He probably does, but he tells his church not to.

I see what you did there

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09-24-2010 , 11:01 PM

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Theres nothing wrong with a guy paying young men to have sex with him ... unless .

Lol I think there is something wrong with it from a legal POV. I learnt POV from JD who learnt POV from gayadultmatchmaker dot com

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09-25-2010 , 10:17 AM

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Lol I think there is something wrong with it from a legal POV. I learnt POV from JD who learnt POV from gayadultmatchmaker dot com

And you said you couldn't be taught..... See what a little effort can do for you?

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Between 1997 and 2000, the pastor earned $3 million from the charity, Bishop Eddie Long Ministries Inc.

"We're not just a bumbling bunch of preachers who can't talk and all we're doing is baptizing babies. I deal with the White House. I deal with Tony Blair. I deal with presidents around this world. I pastor a multimillion-dollar congregation,"

"You've got to put me on a different scale than the little black preacher sitting over there that's supposed to be just getting by because the people are suffering."

Nice bling, dude!

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