Hoping to strike a balance between black and gay voters, presidential candidate Barack Obama enlisted Andy Sidden for his controversial Embrace The Change gospel tour. It would seem, however, that Sidden's not entirely uncontroversial.
The North Carolina-born Reverend (pictured, looking creepy) once worked with the massive gay-founded Metropolitan Community Church. In July of 2002, while working as a pastor at South Carolina's MCC-Columbia, Sidden campaigned to join the ranks of MCC's elders. He didn't get his wish. Less than one year later, the United Church of Christ - an equally inclusive church - asked Sidden to lead their pack. Sidden agreed.
In doing so, however, Sidden may have inadvertently destroyed MCC - Columbia.
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• Jennifer Lopez popped over to David Letterman's Late Show to announce she's pregnant with a leather baby.
• Jeanne Phillips aka Dr. Abby supports gay nuptials: "I believe if two people want to commit to each other, God bless 'em. That is the highest form of commitment, for heaven's sake."
• Romney v. Giuliani over taxes. Tonight's debates should be interesting…
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Tammy Faye Messner made an appearance on Larry King last night. Hopefully you all had a chance to hear what she had to say - if not, you're in luck, because reader Alan sent along this collection of clips from the interview, including Tammy Faye discussing how the gays lent her a helping hand after Jim Bakker fucked her over.
Son Jay also points out that Tammy Faye helped provide the bridge between the Evangelical movement and gay churches, particularly Troy Perry's Metropolitan Community Church. Even if you're not Christian or religious in any way, shape or form, you can't deny Tammy Faye's impact on our world. And, despite the terminal cancer, she's still as cheery as ever. And her eyelashes still look swell!
Here's the transcript of Tammy Faye's appearance. Read it and weep - literally, it's heartbreaking.
