and your master. and let him know that the acts that he was engaged in were not necessarily meaning that he was a homosexual, or that either of them was. but rather the pastor, bishop long, was releasing his passion and his love for anthony. shayne, what do you think of that, and what mark said, that there s an underlying homophobia, with not only this case but the media and how it s interpreted in the public? you can go back to any james baldwin novel that deals with the church to see the black church as a hot bed of sensuality and at times powerful people exploiting people under them, to yield to those temptations. but the difference here is, if bishop long were accused by women, i think it would be even if he was guilty, there would be a chance he could survive. the fact that the black church has such a strong stance or i should say black churches have a
i agree with that. hang on one second. i want to hear this young man. go ahead, kevin. i feel this is very typical of bishop. he is a family oriented man and he will view new birth as his family so i do see why he would he would delay speaking to the radio before speaking to his congregation. kevin, go ahead. well, we understand the delay but even those of us in c christendom we want to hear from bishop long. we ve bought the books and cds as well and we want him to speak out so the cloud of suspicion can be dispersed. i know it is very tough to listen to this but i want you to listen to what the lawyer of the accused had to say about one of the young men that is accusing the bishop and their relationship and what happened. let s play that and then we ll talk about it. anthony was moved in and
relationship and what happened. and then we ll talk about it. anthony was moved in and lived in that house for approximately at the end of 11th grade when he was 17 years old. and there the pastor started to do what adult pedophiles do with younger people, which is starting to spend time with them, casually watch tv with them and lay his legs on him and then ask him to massage him. and then start explaining to him how special he was to him, and it was special for the bishop to be able to spend time with him. they did devotional readings together. he was over there on a regular basis at this house. what do you think when you hear that? what do you think when you hear that, john? i still have a feeling that those are not the intentions of bishop.
engaged in were not necessarily meaning he was a homosexual or that either of them was but rather the pastor, bishop long, was releasing his passion and his love for anthony. what do you think of that and what mark said, there is an underlying homophobia not only with this case the way it is presented but also with the media and the way it s being interpreted in the public? you can go back to any james baldwin novel that deals with the church to see that the black church is a hot bed of sensuality and at times powerful people exploit people under them to yield to those temptations. but the difference here is if bishop long were accused by women, i think there would be, even if he was guilty, there would be a chance that he could survive. the fact that the black church has such a strong stance, i should say black churches have strong stanceas gens hos agains
to me when i interviewed him in october of last year he said the same thing. i don t believe in gay marriage. it is against god. play number two for me, tom. we re going to talk about a marriage ceremony or commitment ceremony that he is alleged to have had with one of the young men. eventually it turned into such a relationship that the bishop had a ceremony with anthony flag called a covenant. within that covenant it was essentially a marriage ceremony where there was candles, exchange of jewelry, and biblical quotes given in order for anthony to know and for the bishop to tell him, i will always have your back and you will always have mine. so, reverend, is this a matter of hypocrisy? listen, innocent until proven guilty. if the bishop, you know, does come out who knows what he is going to say tomorrow? but is it a matter of hypocrisy here when you hear these allegations? well, i think it s an issue