"The Truth About Comments..."

I moderate all comments to "The Unbearable Truth... Fear Eats The Soul."  While comments are always welcomed, I don't publish spam, hate speech or patently false information posted in the guise of commentary.

Just the other day, a gentleman submitted a comment to my post: "The Truth Is Eloquent..." which was about UFC Fighter "Suga" Rashad Evans' recent statements in favor of marriage equality and equal rights for GLBT people.  This is a comment that I elected not to publish at the time, but I am sharing here as an object lesson:

Greg Haislip has left a new comment on your post:
"I used to be addicted to men, but 7 years ago Jesus set me FREE! (YouTube video) I made the switch from being married to my first wife by ditching her and our 2 sons to go into the gay life-choice. Today I am FREE, DELIVERED and married to a beautiful woman of God. I won't go back! ALL HAIL KING JESUS!!! "

Now, I have to take issue with more than a few things about his "comment."

Issue No. 1 - If Greg has been "freed" from his "addiction" to men, why on earth is he trolling the internet looking for blogs like this one?  I mean really, what brought you here?  I would think if you're free and delivered, you'd avoid coming into contact with the thing you say you've been delivered from... this blog is about same gender loving people.

Issue No. 2 - I don't have any issues with religious people per se... I'm a former clergyman myself and I have a deep and abiding faith in God.  And it's for that reason that I believe in letting all men believe whatsoever they will. My advice to Greg is found in the scriptures: "Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth." - Romans 14:22 (emphasis mine).

Issue No. 3 - Greg seems to define "free" and "delivered" as "married to a beautiful woman of God." Well, if  if you've read my story here, you know that I too was once "married to a beautiful woman of God." So just because in every state in the nation,  a gay man can marry a woman, that does not mean that you are not gay.  It just means that you happen to be married to woman, and perhaps that you are living in deep denial about the true nature of your own heart.

Issue No. 4 - Whereas Jesus never uttered a single word about gays, why take his name in vain?  My sage advice, as a man who understands you quite well is this... look deeply into your heart, and then ask yourself, "Why do I feel the way I do when I look at a man?"  "Why do I feel like I do when I think about men?" Then, pray and ask God, "Did you make any mistake in me...?" "Is my heart the way you made it?"  Then, when you've got these answers in hand, ask yourself  if trying to live the one life God has given you as you think others want you to is worth lying to yourself and to others including your wife about the true nature of your heart.

Greg, I wish you well, but sorry, I won't let you preach lies and falsehoods in the name of soothing your demons... 

"Fear Eats the Soul"