(A note given to a lesbian couple who dined at a NC restaurant owned by Ed McGovern):
God said in the last days that man and wom[a]n would be lover of self, more [than] the lover of God.
That man and woman would have unnatural [affection] for one another. Then, the coming of the Son of Man, who is Jesus. So please, look at your life. See how it hurt everyone around you. And ask the Lord to open your eye before it [is] to[o] late.
The Love of Christ
P.S. my daughter also was gay. It destroy[ed] her life and my grandson.
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I'm a man and I have two sons. Even though neither is named Jesus, are they not, also, a "son of man"? (As are most men around the world)...
I wonder if this restaurant serves pork, shellfish, and/or cheeseburgers, all of which are prohibited by the bible. (As would any meat topping on a pizza...)
"God said in the last days that man and wom[a]n would be lover of self, more [than] the lover of God."
Although I can't say I know from what part he's derived this statement from, it sounds far more like vanity than homosexuality.
Mmhm. Of course the note was given when the people were leaving and had already paid for the food. Because this dick has to know what a big dick he is.
Same sex couples have the same sorts of relationships as heterosexual couples. No one waltzes up to two young hetero lovers and says ahmergherd you're hurting everyone around you simply by being in a relationship!! And like they don't "love themselves more than god" or wtfever that is even supposed to mean.
Aw. Too chickenshit to actually say so to them directly? Whassamatter? Too scared that they'll take your pimply fundie arse to court, and sue you into oblivion via the existing anti-discrimination laws?!
I hope they fucking well do. Make an example of you. After all...:
'For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. '
-George Washington
Nope, not seeing any mention - directly or vague allusions to - sexuality in your precious US Constitution. Nor so much as word one of 'marriage' or even 'God', Jesus' or 'Creator' therein. And remember who helped in writing up the very legal document which became the basis of your free nation.
Enjoy your paradox, Ed. Also your lost profits. The word 'Viral' springs to mind...! Oh, and another word: Backlash. >:D
I'm going to love it when the bad publicity bites Eddie-boy in the butt & his business goes bankrupt!
I love alliteration, too.
It's in poor taste for any couple to physically display affection in public, and if they weren't, it's very poor business for the business owner to make an assumption about his customers' private lives and then critcize them for it.
So from apocalyptic tidings to begging them to see how completely harmless behavior hurts everyone around them; it's a bit backwards, no? You're supposed to build it up, not down. And it was done with a child's grasp of writing to boot, in terms of grammar, spelling, and handwriting.
Ughhhh.
An amusing anecdote of some relevance: I walked into a Books-A-Million for the first time ever the other day, in North Carolina. I was expecting a Barnes & Noble wannabe like Borders used to be. Nope. A solid third of the store was devoted to Christian Bibles of various sorts (including a rack devoted to pink Bibles for girls), and science was confused with new age. There wasn't even a pets section just a rack labelled "Dogs".
I'm not kidding about that part about science and new age being thrown together (or any part, for that matter); the magazine section even had "Science / New Age" on its signage. I had to take this photo (discreetly with my phone, since they seem not to like in-store photos) just to prove to myself that I didn't hallucinate it: http://imgur.com/m4mU9
Thinking about it, maybe we shouldn't be so hard on people like Ed McGovern. If you're brought up in the sort of culture and environment that North Carolina fosters (at least outside the Research Triangle), could you really blame someone for ending up with the sort of ideas he has in his mind? He's well-meaning and earnest enough to write those letters. He's offensively wrong, but he doesn't strike me as an asshole, if that makes any sense.
Please note that a woman being married to a woman is NOT a destroyed life.
Ed, you are a pretty good example of a destroyed life. You can't even spell. Have you even gone to school?
For those who want to know, the name of the place is Sting Ray Cafe, itself on the forbidden list in the Bible. Do they server shellfish? Of course! They also specialize in all the usual deep-fried grunge that helps give the US the fattest poor people in the world.
If you want more comedy, check out the shit storm on Yelp. http://www.yelp.com/biz/sting-ray-cafe-new-bern
"God said in the last days that man and wom[a]n would be lover of self, more [than] the lover of God."
Except that when He said it, nobody heard, because He is invisible and doesn't actually exist, not even dogs can hear Him.
Therefore, it was actually said by a mentally ill bloke who claims to speak for Him. It's really the wittering about a strange fantasy but it's also rather lumpen and is decidedly nasty, being based on rabid concerns and raging emotional needs. That's Bible God for you.
@Anon-e-moose :
Aw. Too chickenshit to actually say so to them directly? Whassamatter? Too scared that they'll take your pimply fundie arse to court, and sue you into oblivion via the existing anti-discrimination laws?!
Not sure if anti-discrimination laws can be applied to the case (though I sure as fuck hope they can), since they weren't refused service (and well, since it's NC...), but yeah, using a note instead of personally confronting them was the act of a chickenshit and a shit-for-brains, since a handwritten note makes very solid evidence if they decide to sue :P
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