Larry Tomczak spent his Nov. 18 WorldNetDaily column attacking Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg for being gay. He complained that “multitudes in the media are giddy about his ascendancy but are downplaying the issue of his homosexuality and gay “husband” for political reasons,” while “millions are being desensitized to acceptance of homosexuality through multiplying gay characters in entertainment, pervasive gay pride events and children propagandized in schools.” Never mind that Tomczak’s gay-hating rants are also a form of propaganda.
Tomczak also attacked Buttigieg’s Christian faith: “Whether it’s Mr. Buttigieg or simply people we know, a person claiming to be an authentic Christian and a practicing homosexual is, according to Scripture, a counterfeit convert.” He then listed “10 biblical reasons true Christians are not practicing homosexuals,” in which two of the reasons involve it being a “contradiction of biblical teaching,” another declaring that homosexuality “cannot be justified” and the final one insisting that “Homosexual behavior can definitely be changed in anyone humbling themselves and repenting, as evidenced by multitudes throughout the world who testify to their freedom in Jesus Christ.”
Actually, trying to pray the gay away generally doesn’t work.
Nevertheless, he further tries to convert Buttigieg: “Here’s the deal: Whether a high-profile figure like Pete Buttigieg or an ordinary person, God offers hope, forgiveness and freedom to everyone who repents and believes the transformative and liberating message of the gospel.”
Fellow WND columnist Michael Brown similarly attacked Buttigieg for being gay and Christian:
It would be one thing if Mayor Pete Buttigieg was a non-religious man, taking swipes at the Bible as an out and proud, secular, gay man. It’s another thing when he claims to be a follower of Jesus. The hypocrisy, let alone the butchering of the Bible, is all the more glaring.
Brown admitted Buttigieg has a point when he criticizes evangelicals who treat Trump has a savior figure — something Brown himself is guilty of — then ranted: “Yet Buttigieg has absolutely no right to respond to a question about perceived Christian hypocrisy when he is a living example of Christian hypocrisy. He professes to be a committed Christian, yet he practices what the Torah calls ‘detestable’ and the New Testament calls ‘contrary to nature.’ Worse still, he celebrates this publicly. And how can he possibly discuss ‘the question of what ethical content at all Christianity even has,’ when he overthrows Christian ethics based on his sexual desires and romantic attractions?”
Brown then attacked Buttigieg for claiming to be a good Christian despite committing the “fundamental error” of being gay:
As for Jesus, when He came into the world, He was quick to forgive all manner of sins, including adultery. And He died to pay for our sins. But He warned that unrepentant adultery would be punished by the fires of hell, something far worse than the death penalty.
May the mayor of South Bend experience a personal awakening. And may he learn to bow to the morality and wisdom of the Word rather than twisting it to fit his own experience.
Funny how both Tomczak and Brown demand that Buttigieg bow to their religious will rather than letting him be a Christian in the way he believes is best.