It won't be our undoing?

by Michael G. Mickey
(6-26-08)

Leviticus 18:22: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

As many of you know I have warmly embraced Kentucky as home since retiring from law enforcement and leaving the state of my birth, Virginia. Since moving here, I've found the people to be pleasant, conservative, and, for the most part, Christian. All of these factors make for a happy life for me.

Last week I was driving in Lexington when I noticed colorful banners up downtown advertising a "Lexington Pride Festival" for our community which I learned just today was voted by The Advocate magazine as one of the "10 Best Places for Gays and Lesbians to Live."

What can I say? On most days, Lexington and the surrounding area is a wonderful place for anyone to live. It will not, however, be so come Saturday morning when downtown Lexington will become Gomorrah, Kentucky in spirit, much to the disgust of those who of us living here who believe the Bible to be the Word of God and the practice of homosexuality an abomination as defined by God Almighty!

For your disgust, I offer you a link to an editorial by Merlene Davis featured in the Lexington Herald-Leader. In it, Davis writes, in part, the following:

A friend stopped by ­Monday to ask when the Lexington Pride Festival was scheduled. He seemed to have just heard about it and was either saddened or shocked that city officials would allow anything so ­deviant to take place.

The festival in Cheapside Park will be a ­celebration of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and ­transgendered community; at the same time, Lexington's Diversity Festival will be held a couple of blocks east on Main Street.

That's a lot of different faces in Lexington at the same time.

”What about the ­children?“ my friend asked, speaking of the Pride Festival incredulously.

I had been hearing about gay-pride celebrations throughout the country for years and had even tried, lamely, to cover one in San Francisco during the ­summer of 1983. Admittedly, I was surprised at some of the things my country eyes ­witnessed that day.

But San Francisco is not Lexington, so I have no concerns that what happened there 25years ago is what will happen at Lexington's first public celebration of gay pride. Being gay is not that shocking any more, thanks to public awareness, which is what a public celebration should foster.

I'm with the man who spoke with Davis on the topic! I am ashamed that city officials would sanction such a deviant event. Not only that, I wonder what wickeds will be promoted as a result of it. As the man asked Davis, I'm wondering how our kids will be impacted if, somehow, they are exposed to it.

But our modern society says...

Regardless of what society says today, it is not "okay to be gay" but that's exactly the message those most intimate with this event want to convey to our kids which Davis documents in her editorial as plain as the nose on your face!

The following excerpt, once again, is from Davis' editorial:

Mary Crone, president of the Gay and Lesbian Service Organization, said making the celebration more public, as opposed to being relegated to the grounds of a private farm as has been the case in years past, might be ­unsettling to some ­Bluegrass residents, but it brings comfort to others, especially young people.

She said she works with young people who know they are different but who aren't sure of their sexual ­orientation and are frightened.

Those young people don't always have supportive ­parents or any other safety net they can rely on.

A public celebration of gay pride gives those teens a point of reference in the ­future when they need ­support.

Crone is bluntly demonstrating that one of the purposes of this festival is to undermine parents, both Christian and otherwise, who don't want their children engaged in the lifestyle, daring to liken it to a "safety net!"

Crone, her organization and all of Satan's minions will be throwing out a net in Lexington Saturday - one to snare as many into rebellion against God as possible! They will do so with the city's blessing which makes the title of Davis' editorial quite humorous to me: "Pride fest will not be our undoing."

While Merlene Davis and all those supportive of the event don't believe a day of homosexual acitivism is going to be "our undoing", if the event is successful it is going to be the undoing of someone at the very least. Doesn't giving Satan a free run at young and impressionable minds like those Crone hopes to throw a net over typically result in something of that sort occurring?

If any of my readers live in the Lexington area and would like to see the cherry placed on the sin sundae that is going to be served up Saturday, Davis' editorial indicates they will have people dressed in drag for a "show" at about 5:30 p.m.

Me? I won't be attending the event. My yard is dry so I'm praying for rain - a nice sideways rain that just goes on and on and on until I can drive through the city without fear of my 7-year-old asking me why two men are kissing on the street corner.

Lord help us!