Comments on Disturbing wrongness of last Monday's Salem City Council meetingTypePad2019-07-24T22:21:13ZBrian Hineshttps://hinessight.blogs.com/salempoliticalsnark/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://hinessight.blogs.com/salempoliticalsnark/2019/07/disturbing-wrongness-of-last-mondays-salem-city-council-meeting/comments/atom.xml/John Klenert commented on 'Disturbing wrongness of last Monday's Salem City Council meeting'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e20240a4ed781a200b2019-11-21T12:51:06Z2019-11-21T23:06:46ZJohn KlenertI would hope that in 2020 a member of the LBGTQ Salem community would run for City Council. Just do...<p>I would hope that in 2020 a member of the LBGTQ Salem community would run for City Council. Just do not get mad.....get elected!!</p>Cary Ballew-Renfro commented on 'Disturbing wrongness of last Monday's Salem City Council meeting'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e20240a49a194d200d2019-07-26T02:02:21Z2019-07-26T04:14:30ZCary Ballew-RenfroBrian, thanks for doing this blog. First, the Salem Alliance minister either doesn't know his Bible very well or (more...<p>Brian, thanks for doing this blog.</p>
<p>First, the Salem Alliance minister either doesn't know his Bible very well or (more likely) is reading from faulty English translations. There are gay and lesbian people all over the place. </p>
<p>Ruth and Naomi (Ruth 1:16-18), (Ruth 4:14-15)<br />
David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 18:1-4; 1 Samuel 20:16-17 (their marriage); 1 Samuel 20:41; 2 Samuel 1:26)<br />
Psalm 133, which is very short and begins "How good it is and how pleasant for men to dwell together in union!"</p>
<p>First gentile conversion was the gay treasurer of Ethiopia: Acts 8:26-39.<br />
Gays can go to heaven: Isaiah 56:3-7</p>
<p>The story of Nehemiah, the eunuch (aka gay) handservant of King Artaxerxes who became the rebuilder of Jerusalem and the temple starts in Nehemiah chapter 2.</p>
<p>King Zedekiah’s gay (court official) Ebed-Melech, who rescued the prophet Jeremiah when Prince Malchiah and others threw Jeremiah into a cistern and he sank into the mud. (Jeremiah 38 - 39) The story ends with the LORD telling Jeremiah to go to Ebed-Melech and say: “Thus says the LORD of hosts…I will surely deliver you…because you have put your trust in me, says the LORD.”</p>
<p>Jesus, praying that men who love one another may be united with Him and God: John 17:18-26.</p>
<p>Jesus healing the Centurion's boyfriend: Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10; John 4:46-53.</p>
<p>SO much for all that. Look it up yourself, and do the translations yourself, and for goodness' sake use a decent English translatiion.</p>
<p>Now, this decision of the city council is quite upsetting to me.</p>
<p>If the property were owned by the KKK would the city be leasing it? No or yes? If you take that pastor's remarks and replace the word "homosexual" with any racial term or religious term such as Black person, or Irish person, or Jewish person - would there not be an outcry? and would not the city refrain from contracting with the organization?</p>
<p>(I put in Irish because at one time there were signs all over the country saying "no Irish need apply".) </p>
<p>How can the city justify this? </p>
<p>For those of us who can't use the temporary facility for whatever reason, please come to Chemeketa Community College library. Lots of parking, on the bus line, handicap accessible, linked to the full CCRLS catalog, and your Salem library card works just fine there. Open Monday thru Friday and even a lot of Saturdays.</p>JT commented on 'Disturbing wrongness of last Monday's Salem City Council meeting'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e20240a499f494200d2019-07-25T12:55:12Z2019-07-25T12:55:12ZJTNot sure how set in stone this is, but something else to consider is the availability of parking at the...<p>Not sure how set in stone this is, but something else to consider is the availability of parking at the Capitol Press building, which seems wholly inadequate. </p>Skyline commented on 'Disturbing wrongness of last Monday's Salem City Council meeting'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e20240a4be90fe200b2019-07-25T07:39:29Z2019-07-25T07:39:29ZSkyline"Skyline, I'm correct and you are wrong. Salem is indeed a liberal town." Brian Hines. Well, Brother Brian; who was...<p>"Skyline, I'm correct and you are wrong. Salem is indeed a liberal town." Brian Hines.<br />
Well, Brother Brian; who was right in that exchange?<br />
Luv ya anyway xoxoxoxo<br />
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