A Christian Liberal is NOT an oxymoron.

Posted by XT on February 12th, 2009 in US News

What would cause the Oklahoma State Legislature to act as if a chaplain’s prayer never took place.

Jones is a constituent of McAffrey’s Oklahoma City district. Both believe the objection was raised because of their sexuality. Jones leads the largest predominantly LGBT congregation in Oklahoma City and is himself gay. McAffrey is Oklahoma’s only openly gay legislator.

“As the leader of Rev. Jones’ denomination, I am deeply offended by the treatment he received from the legislature and dismayed by the message of intolerance it sends to the citizens of Oklahoma and beyond,” said the Rev. John H. Thomas, General Minister and President of the UCC. “It is comforting, however, to remember that our prayers are judged at the throne of grace and not in the halls of petty principalities.”

“The Oklahoman” newspaper quoted McAffrey on Wednesday, saying that “because most of Scott’s congregation are gay people and Scott is gay himself, I’m sure that’s the reason why there were negative votes on it.”

It seems that gay people are just too icky to allow them to pray to the same God as the rest of us. At least in Oklahoma. It must suck to have such a small God.

On the other hand, this is just as shocking:

The Obama administration will temporarily extend emergency housing programs for survivors of the 2005 Gulf coast hurricanes that were set to expire at the end of this month.

The Department of Homeland Security will allow states to request a 60-day-extension — until May 1 — of a Federal Emergency Management Agency program that is providing trailers, mobile homes and hotel rooms in four states to about 6,800 households displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

I’ll admit that I don’t know everything there is to know about rebuilding a city. But I know this – it doesn’t take four years to clear a lot and rebuild a house, even if you’re doing it single-handed.

So it’s unbelievable that we could be sitting here, in February of 2009, and still have people in need of “emergency housing.” The emergency is over. This is now “long-term housing.” And what, exactly, is two more months going to accomplish? Are there thousands of homes within two months’ completion? That’s an honest question that I just don’t know the answer to. But it needs to be asked. And it should be answered. But if there are houses nearly ready or not, it’s unbelievable that we are four years past Katrina/Rita and people still haven’t found their way home.

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