02-04-2012, 06:59 PM
nauseating, repugnant, and i hope lightning strikes the dirty fucker.
how dare he??
full story:
http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/new-birth...28502.html
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A ceremony held Sunday at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, in which Bishop Eddie Long was wrapped in a sacred Torah scroll and carried upon a throne, has the Internet abuzz and Jewish religious leaders offended and questioning its appropriateness.
New Birth Baptist Church Some Jewish leaders said a service in which Bishop Eddie Long was wrapped in a sacred Torah scroll and carried upon a throne was offensive.
"He's a king. God has blessed him," said Rabbi Ralph Messer before covering Long in a scroll "[that] may still have the dust of Auschwitz and Birkenau." Messer referred to the Nazi extermination camps in Poland where millions of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
A Torah's use in a ceremony ordaining Long as "a king" is offensive to many Jews, said Bill Nigut, Southeast Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League.
how dare he??
full story:
http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/new-birth...28502.html
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A ceremony held Sunday at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, in which Bishop Eddie Long was wrapped in a sacred Torah scroll and carried upon a throne, has the Internet abuzz and Jewish religious leaders offended and questioning its appropriateness.
New Birth Baptist Church Some Jewish leaders said a service in which Bishop Eddie Long was wrapped in a sacred Torah scroll and carried upon a throne was offensive.
"He's a king. God has blessed him," said Rabbi Ralph Messer before covering Long in a scroll "[that] may still have the dust of Auschwitz and Birkenau." Messer referred to the Nazi extermination camps in Poland where millions of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
A Torah's use in a ceremony ordaining Long as "a king" is offensive to many Jews, said Bill Nigut, Southeast Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League.