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Thursday, January 4, 2007

News O, They Will Know We Are Christians By Our…

Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, Jan 4 at 4:58 PM

sex scandals, threats of mass killings, active participation in genocide, and financial wrongdoing.

Yet another mega-church preacher in Colorado is under investigation—this time it’s the uber-conservative Rev. Donald Armstrong, an Episcopal priest and rector for Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in—wait for it—Colorado Springs, Colorado. What the fuck are the putting in the holy water in Colorado Springs anyway? Armstrong is “the third Colorado Springs pastor in two months to be forced from his pulpit for alleged wrongdoing,” the Colorado Springs Gazette points out this morning. Take it away, Newspeak:

Bahahahahaha: Rev. Don Armstrong Under Investigation

Just when I was starting to get bored with all the Bijou Bridge demolition news, the Gazette reports this morning that Rev. Don Armstrong (you may recall him from THIS POST), another Colorado Springs loudmouth pastor against gay and lesbian ordination and marriage, is now under investigation for “possible misuse of church money.” Let your imagination run wild….

Beacons of moral integrity, these gay-hating pastors!

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