Comes now the Bishop Eddie Long — noted homophobe, megachurch pastor, buddy of Pres. Bush, and author of "Gladiator, the Strength of a Man" now has male members of his congregation accusing him of "spiritual" masturbation and oral sex activities.

What is it with religious leaders and secret, hypocritical, sexual escapades the nature of which goes in direct contradiction to that which they preach from the pulpit?

Is this a modern day Joseph Smith?

http://gawker.com/5644702/shocker-homophobic-pastor-accused-of-holding-spiritual-gay-sex-ceremonies

From the article:

Once, he even boasted to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that some mothers at New Birth trusted him enough to bring their wayward teenage boys to him for paddling.

"When I say bend over, even on Sunday, they bend over," he said, referring to the boys he paddled. "Why? Because they respect me. Because I first died for them..."

Ego. Power. Add in a little kink. Not too different from JS.

Wow!
>Because I first died for them..."

He thinks he is Jesus!

Would Jesus drive a Bentley? Doubtful.

Please tell me this asshole doesn't own a bentley.. I didn't even know what a bentley was until about two years ago. A kid I worked with had a dream of owning one someday. But a "man of god" driving a car worth more than a quarter-mil?

That's just.. wow. Hopefully the wooden challis fits in the cupholders. Do bentleys have cupholders? Or do they have champagne glass holders? Jesus. How materialistic do people have to get?

The only thing that comes to my mind is the scene from The Exorcist where Linda Blair is jamming a crucifix into her flappy.

"jamming a crucifix into her flappy"..

I'm going to somehow make that my catch-phrase. I've already promised myself I'll use it at least once at Pride next month. ;-)

Rare is the day when something actually makes me lose coffee.

OM-Freakin'-G! Good thing I wasn't drinking a Diet Coke or I would have snarfed it - and it's painful to have a carbonated beverage in your nasal passages! :-)

Mikey - Thank you SO SO much for the laugh (not so much for the visual . . .). I've had the most completely F****** craptastic 3 weeks of my life and this is the best laugh I've had since the 7th!

"Flappy!!" I wasted some good lager spewing it at my monitor! Love it, GLA. Thanks for the much needed laugh.

There was a website called "Conservative Babylon" that would go after the hypocrites in the conservative movement, both religious and "secular." The guy who ran it gave up on the site because he felt he "had accomplished nothing." Anyway, the Eddie Long story is up on ConBab at:
http://home.conservativebabylon.com/category/bishop-eddie-long/

As it stands, the site is very useful as a mini-directory of the sleaze that goes on inside and around the elephant party; from Newt Gingrich to Jack Hyles, they're all there.

Jesus Juice?

"Gladiator, The Strength of Man" sounds like an excellent name for a porn. The title makes me think of the movie Airplane, "Do you like gladiator movies?"

...is that they know firsthand. They're doing the debauching.

I debauched in the shower this morning.

I prefer bauching, myself.

Apparently, the case has been settled out of court:

http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/eddie-long-case-officially-958537.html