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EDITOR’S NOTE: As you know, there is a war raging in this country between those who are for the homosexual agenda and those who are adamantly against the homosexual agenda. We here at BCNN1.com know very well about that war because we fight it every day as our over 200 sites in our network are constantly attacked by homosexual groups and individuals who fight against us. As Christians, we stand against every point on the homosexual agenda simply because it is against God’s stated will and it is a satanic attempt to disrespect God by turning His creation upside down. In addition to that, homosexuality goes against nature itself. However, we do love all sinners including homosexual sinners, and we try to reach them with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. We say with Johnny Hunt, “we love the sinner and we hate our own sin.”
Now, anyone who knows anything about some people in the homosexual community will know that these people can be some of the most vindictive, emotional, and vicious attackers known to mankind.
As Bishop Eddie Long poked through a salad in his church office one summer day in 1999, he shot a weary look at a person ticking off his ministry’s successes.
His Atlanta megachurch had already reached 25,000 members. He had been invited to the White House, built a global television ministry and drove around town in a $350,000 Bentley.
But Long told the visitor who had come to write about him that the pressures of being a high-profile pastor could be brutal.
“You don’t want any of this,” he said in a raspy baritone as he shook his head. “You don’t want any of this …”
Long didn’t get more specific about those pressures.
Today, the 57-year-old minister, known for his public crusades against homosexuality, faces serious allegations.
On Tuesday, two young men who were members of Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church filed lawsuits claiming he used his position as their spiritual counselor to coerce them into sexual relationships.
The men — Anthony Flagg, 21, and Maurice Robinson, 20 — allege Long used a private spiritual ceremony to mark a “covenant” between them, with both becoming his “spiritual son.”
Flagg alleges that Long then used that relationship to take him on overnight trips where they shared a bedroom and engaged in kissing, masturbation and “oral sexual contact.”
Robinson, who claimed Long engaged in oral sex with him, said the pastor would cite Scripture to justify their relationship.
“We categorically deny the allegations,” Art Franklin, Long’s spokesman, said in a written statement. “It is very unfortunate that someone has taken this course of action.”
Franklin said “our law firm will be able to respond once attorneys have had an opportunity to review the lawsuit.”
The men’s lawyer, Brenda Joy (B.J.) Bernstein, would not make them available for comment.
With that said, and in light of the fact that the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy was not repealed on yesterday, could this be another satanic, vicious homosexual attack against a prominent man of God who has stated that ‘homosexuality is not God’s way’? In our opinion, if this is the case, “fellow brethren”, Christian leaders, such as T.D. Jakes, Tommy Barnett, Tony Evans, Myles Munroe, A. R. Bernard, Kenneth Ulmer, Samuel Chand, Paul & Jan Crouch, Mark Chironna, Gary Oliver, Jeff Rosensweig, and others who know Eddie Long and his character, should stand up, use their influence, and make a statement to defend this brother against these charges. They should use their power to get on news shows quickly, use the power of their television broadcasts, use the power of their radio broadcasts, use the power of their e-mail lists to stand with this brother and kill this accusation graveyard dead in one day, within 24 hours, if, in fact, they believe Eddie Long is innocent of these charges. And if something did go down that was inappropriate, we perceive Eddie Long to be the kind of man who will confess it himself, seek forgiveness from his church and others, and will be preaching better on Sunday. Fellow brothers, ask yourself this question: “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
