Let It Ring

"Let it ring to Jesus, 'cause I'm sure he loves me too. And I get down on my knees, and I pray the same as you...." ~Amy Ray
I'm sick of the hypocrisy coming from so-called "Christians" like Rick Perry. They are the same as the Pharisees in the Christian scripture, and we all know how much Jesus approved of their behavior. Yeah, I'm of the Jewish persuasion, so perhaps I have no business talking about Jesus, but I think he was a great teacher, and I agree with a lot of his ideas. Still, I'd like to know when homosexuals became public enemy #1. Jesus has NOT ONE WORD to say on the topic himself. There's a bit of a letter by Saul of Tarsus that vaguely discusses it, but to be fair, I am told that passage refers to child abuse perpetrated by the Greeks of the time, not a modern gay relationship. If you read anything out of context, it can take on false meaning. People also need to realize, Jesus was not Establishment. He championed compassion towards the poor, not telling them to pull themselves up by some imaginary bootstraps. I'm all for working and earning what one gets, if one is able, but there is no way of getting blood from a turnip, as they say. Upward mobility barely exists in this country (and Time magazine is my source). Opportunity has ceased to knock, and there is massive suffering. Yet Rick Perry puts a video on YouTube bashing gays? What a great platform for a presidential candidate. Jesus once said something about getting the beam out of your own eye before you get the speck out of your brother's eye, and I must say, it's as timely now as it was 2000 years ago.