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Ah that good old American bank, otherwise known as the “Mega-Church” (although the only thing they truly worship is fear and the money they swindle people out of like a maniacal robber baron). Good to see they’re still at it.

Tony Gutierrez / AP msnbc

ARLINGTON, Texas - The High Point Church in Arlington, Texas canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay. Officials at the nondenominational High Point Church knew that Cecil Howard Sinclair was gay when they offered to host his service, said his sister, Kathleen Wright. But after his obituary listed his life partner as one of his survivors, she said, it was called off. “It’s a slap in the face. It’s like, ’Oh, we’re sorry he died, but he’s gay so we can’t help you,”’ she said Friday.

Wright said High Point offered to hold the service for Sinclair because their brother is a janitor there. Sinclair, who served in the first Gulf War, died Monday at age 46 from an infection after surgery to prepare him for a heart transplant.

The church’s pastor, the Rev. Gary Simons, said no one knew Sinclair, who was not a church member, was gay until the day before the Thursday service, when staff members putting together his video tribute saw pictures of men “engaging in clear affection, kissing and embracing.”

‘It’s not that we didn’t love the family’
Simons said the church believes homosexuality is a sin, and it would have appeared to endorse that lifestyle if the service had been held there. “We did decline to host the service — not based on hatred, not based on discrimination, but based on principle,” Simons told The Associated Press. “Had we known it on the day they first spoke about it — yes, we would have declined then. It’s not that we didn’t love the family.” Simons said the decision had nothing to do with the obituary. He said the church offered to pay for another site for the service, made the video and provided food for more than 100 relatives and friends. “Even though we could not condone that lifestyle, we went above and beyond for the family through many acts of love and kindness,” Simons said.

Wright called the church’s claim about the pictures “a bold-faced lie.” She said she provided numerous family pictures of Sinclair, including some with his partner, but said none showed men kissing or hugging.

The 5,000-member High Point Church was founded in 2000 by Simons and his wife, April, whose brother is Joel Osteen, well-known pastor of the 38,000-member Lakewood Church in Houston. Now High Point meets in a 432,000-square-foot facility in Arlington, near Dallas.

Wright said relatives declined the church’s offer to hold the service at a community center because they felt it was an inappropriate venue. It ultimately was held at a funeral home, but the cancellation still lingered in some minds, she said.

Please contact the High-Point “Church” (ie Bank) and let them know that you think their decision to deny services for a fellow human being because he was gay was wrong and was most certainly not “Christ-like.”

2500 E. Arbrook Blvd Arlington, TX 76014

P.O. Box 150478 Arlington, TX 76015

Phone Number: 817.394.3000 Fax Number: 817.394.3001

General church E-mail here: ChurchEmail

Other email addresses for the “church”:

Abel Pena – abel.pena@highpointchurch.com

Glenda Simons – glenda.simons@highpointchurch.com

Joseph Davis – joseph.davis@highpointchurch.com

Bobby Yanick – bobby.yanick@highpointchurch.com

Robert Baxter – robert.baxter@highpointchurch.com

So there are Sex Offender laws in place now in this country that are overzealous in the extreme. To prove a point, I provide you with these two stories shared with me from various friends. Bear in mind that both stories are from practically opposite ends of the COUNTRY, which only drives home the proof that the entire country is fucking crazy.

Example one: Don’t moon someone! You could become a Sex Offender! (Unfortunately, this story has been moved to the Orlando Sentinel’s archives, which are not free to the public, so I will have to paraphrase the story for you. Basically, during a road rage incident on Highway I-4 in Florida, a teenage (possibly 20 something) boy dropped his drawers and mooned the other vehicle involved in the road rage incident (keep in mind, he mooned them, rather than pulling out a gun and blasting them away). Because the family in the car that received the mooning included a 14-year old boy (who probably found the mooning outstandingly hilarious), the moon-er is to be prosecuted as a sex offender, which will include having to list himself as a sex offender on the public sex offender website, not live within 100 yards of a school, list himself as an offender on job applications, etc.)

Example two: Go ahead, fuck that corpse. Necrophelia isn’t considered a sex offense.

I’ll be at Old Street Saloon this coming Fri (Aug 11th) for a good old time. Even if you’re not farther south in Ohio than Dayton, it’s still worth the drive down (it’s in Monroe, which is about half way between Dayton and Cincinnati). It’s a cozy little bar, very homey, and we ALWAYS have a rip-roarin’ drunken old time. They serve their drinks in BIG jugs down there and they’re still priced the same as any other place. For directions and info, visit Old Street’s website. I’ll be partying with the hostess of the night, Quasi, and my dear friend Alana Reign!

Come one come all! It’s a combo show this Saturday Aug 4th, two for the price of one! This Saturday is our first of many “Masque Hostesses” shows. In addition to it being the Hostesses show, it’s ALSO the 3rd anniversary of my 29th birthday! A positive extravaganzarama (to borrow a phrase from a dear old DJ friend) for your entertainment!! In attendance will be:

Hostess eXXXtraordinaire Alexis O’Hara

Thursday Night College Girl Hope Sexton

Everybody’s Big Momma Montana McDaniels

as well as yours truly, The Mayhem Maven Ms. Sinthia D. Meanor

Come on out and play, I’d love to see all of you there!!