The
pattern is now completely predictable: Gay activists and their allies overplay
their hand, and the liberal media says, "Well done! We fully support your
intolerance."
Last
week, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed fired Kelvin Cochran, the city's fire chief with
30 years of service behind him. As the mayor's statements made abundantly
clear—and as we documented in the article, "The Mayor of Atlanta Declares
War on Religious Freedom"—Cochran was fired because of his biblical
beliefs that homosexual practice was abhorrent in God's sight. (Cochran also
spoke against fornication, with specific reference to heterosexual promiscuity,
along with bestiality, pedophilia and other sexual sins.)
The
mayor's actions were so egregious (in keeping with the pattern of intolerance
in the name of tolerance) that Christian leaders, both national and local,
gathered in Atlanta on Tuesday to protest Cochran's dismissal.
Not
to be outdone, the New York Times editorial board released an opinion piece
earlier the same day, defending the mayor's actions and repeating the claim
that Cochran was not fired for his beliefs but for his poor judgment. Their
reasoning is as spurious as was the mayor's, but coming from the Times, it is
even more dangerous.
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