'The militance of sodomy'

The religious right is clearly alarmed by what Joel Stockstill has dubbed the "militance of sodomy". According to Pastor Stockstill, homosexuality is "the quickest way to rouse the unquenchable anger and judgment of Almighty God".

Stockstill claims: "Throughout history we see 2 direct instances of total destruction from God toward cities that were overrun with homosexuality. Sodom and Gomorrah were so annihilated that nothing remains but the Dead Sea. Pompey was totally drowned in a sea of hot, molten lava because of the great stench of perversion that arose from the city in 90 AD."

Stockstill clearly has not read his bible. In Ezekiel 16:48-49 God explains that Sodom was destroyed because its citizens were "arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." In reality, whether Sodom and Gomorrah even existed is disputed by archaeologists.

Presumably when he talks about 'Pompey', Stockstill is referring to Pompeii, famously destroyed by volcano in 79 AD. Again, there is no particular connection with homosexuality.

Self-proclaimed 'prophetic voice to this generation', Stockstill is typical of a whole group of Christian leaders who attempt to poison the minds of their followers against gay people by spreading myths and falsehoods.

"Today in our great nation that same foul spirit of Sodomy is growing in influence and leverage" says Stockstill in his latest blog post. "Day and night the workers of iniquity work to not only change the laws of our nation toward them but change the very minds of our people to accepting this unthinkable wickedness."

Stockstill is a prime example of why we need to push ahead with legislation that enshrines equal rights for same gender loving people.

Link: For The Bible Tells Me So