This is One of Those Times!
By Dominique Oberling
Every once in a while I come across something that is just down right despicable. Even though I try to approach my writing with tact, an open mind, and reasoned discourse, occasionally, there comes a moment in time when I feel led to write more directly and forcefully. This is one of those times!
As Americans, we are watching our beliefs being hammered away, one blow at a time. The inalienable rights given to us from our founding fathers are being removed in the name of safety and security. Our religious beliefs are being challenged on a daily basis while judges are being required to remove the Ten Commandments from their office walls.
And then you stumble upon a news article and you freeze. In the breaking news section at World Net Daily, while I was skimming the article titles to see what I wanted to read, my eyes landed on two words, simultaneously. Jesus and gay. I read it a second time to make sure I hadn’t read it wrong, and sure enough there it was. This is the actual title that had caught my attention: Obama adviser gets laughs from ‘gay’ Jesus.
I now had to read the article for two reasons. One, I realized that Obama has surrounded himself with, yet, another individual who was attacking some aspect of America that we the people cherish and revere, with total disregard. Second, I still couldn’t believe what I was reading was as bad as I surmised or that the article seemed to be inferring. (I guess I’m not as jaded as most - I still believe in goodness).
World Net Daily explains the despicable act perpetrated by one of Obama’s campaigning supporters and friends by saying,
“Larry Lessig is shown at a 2006 seminar for Google employees introducing a clip that depicts an effeminate Jesus singing Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.” The Jesus figure throws off his robe, revealing a diaper-like covering, and eventually is run over by a bus as he sashays through city streets, reports Erick Erickson of the blogsite RedState.”
I scrolled down and watched the youtube video still not able to wrap my brain around someone making a video that depicts Jesus Christ as a homosexual. In a thong, no less! Sure enough there it was. Jesus being depicted as a homosexual singing the popular song “I Will Survive” and running around in a diaper/thong-like underwear!
If that isn’t enough, Lessing makes this comment to his class just before he shows the video.
“This is a little bit touchy to some people. I don’t get it, so just chill. The underlying message here is that Jesus does survive.”
The very first thought that went through my mind was what would the reaction have been if this had depicted Allah? I probably don’t have to tell you, do I? There would have been an uproar so loud Obama would have been shaking in his boots. Add to that the avalanche of death threats that would have been lodged at Lessing and Obama and we would have quite a sizzling brew of angry people. And rightly so.
My second thought was, “Just chill!” I don’t think so! Lessing may “not get it” but I do! That deplorable depiction is of my Lord and Savior. That would be similar to Lessing doing a video of my daughter as a prostitute dancing to NSync! I would be outraged and justifiably so! My guess is that most Americans would be also! So why is it okay to blaspheme the One who gave His life so that I might have eternal life? Just what will this accomplish when all is said and done?
One more thing. Perhaps even more importantly, what does this say about Barack Obama? Is a man who seems to continually surround himself with individuals whose character are questionable at best, really best suited to be the President of the United States? For this author, absolutely not! In order to be qualified to be President, one must be able to respect the world views concerning life, family, and faith of each and every American. Obama seems unable, even unwilling to do so.
In addition, this isn’t the only incident Obama has been tied to directly or indirectly. As Mike Huckabee says in his book, Character Makes A Difference, “character matters.” That character will be tested every single day in the Oval Office and it will take someone of strong, unflinching character to guide America through the difficulties that lay ahead to a better day.
According to World Net Daily who were citing Erickson’s post, Warner Todd Huston of the blogsite Newsbusters said Lessig is
“another close Obama supporter and adviser that seems to hate the things that the average American holds dear. The list of America hating Obama associates is getting longer every day, and now we can add a Christian hating, communist to that list.”
It is time for those of us who believe that character matters and that an individual’s faith should be respected and protected, to use the power endowed to us by our Founding Fathers and vote for anyone other than Barack Obama. As Huston so eloquently stated,
“It’s really hard to believe that any real American can support a man for president of the United States of America who surrounds himself with people who so hate this country and all it stands for.”
And I agree. This is one of those times! Let’s stand together and defend all that we the people cherish and hold dear in this country that was paid for by the blood of our forefathers. Let us come together and stand for what is right and what is good. Let us come together and vote for someone other that Barack Obama for President.
