T.D. Jakes is a pastor at one of those megachurches, this one in Dallas. And of course, being that he needs the cash to feed his ego, er, his lavish lifestyle, I mean, uh, church, Jakes sermonizes all kinds of anti-gay hate. He has said that he would never hire a sexually active gay person, is (obviously) against same-sex marriage, and has called homosexuality a "brokenness."
Brokenness.
Pot.
Kettle.
Black
See, 'cuz this minister of hate's son was arrested in a sex sting after approaching law enforcement officers in a park and exposed himself to them while masturbating. Yes, indeedy, young Jermaine Jakes pulled out his weenie in front of cops and gave it a little stroke-me-stoke-me to boot.
Daddy done raised a good boy. A good boy so obviously full of self-loathing that he takes to jerkin' off in parks for a good time.
According to the Dallas Voice: "Jermaine Donnell Jakes, 29, faces a charge of indecent exposure after allegedly exposing himself in front of two undercover vice detectives shortly after 10 p.m. on Jan. 3. Senior Cpl. Janice Crowther, a DPD spokeswoman, confirmed Thursday, Feb. 12 that the detectives were both male. According to an arrest affidavit, the detectives were conducting an investigation into citizen complaints of sexual activity when they observed Jakes and several other unknown males park their vehicles in the lot east of the park at 2106 W. Kiest Blvd. The detectives followed Jakes into a wooded area, where he approached them with his penis exposed through his unzipped pants, the affidavit states. Jakes masturbated for several seconds while making eye contact with one of the detectives. Jakes made no attempt to conceal his penis despite people walking and jogging on a trail nearby, the affidavit states. According to court records, Jermaine Jakes listed his place of employment as T.D. Jakes Ministries."
So, the masturbator works in Daddy's church?
The flock is gonna love that. Until Daddy T.D. calls his son a sickness, a brokenness, and offers to counsel the lad to put him back on the ' ahem,' straight and narrow. See, T.D. needs some damage control; his ministry, Potter House, has a membership of 30,000, and that's a whole bunch of money comin' in each week.
Seriously though, when are these supposed 'men of God' going to start checking themselves before they cast that first stone.
Jimmy Swaggart anyone?
Ted Haggard ring a bell?
All of these holier-than-thou-holy-rollers need to take a step back and realize that the world is made up of all kinds of folks, and they ought not be demonizing any one group lest they are secure in the fact that they aren't a member of said group.
Or the father of a member.
All that repression and protesting too much. What miserable people who just make their lives and their children's lives worse while preaching hate and hypocrisy.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard about this latest incident. It's almost become a cliche, hasn't it?
It seems so many children of rigid idealogue often go running in the opposite direction. Or are caught in the trap of not being who their parents demand them to be.
ReplyDelete"All of these holier-than-thou-holy-rollers need to take a step back and realize that the world is made up of all kinds of folks, and they ought not be demonizing any one group lest they are secure in the fact that they aren't a member of said group. Or the father of a member."
ReplyDeleteBob I would suggest they ought not be demonising anyone about their sexuality, ever, in any circumstances. Churches should be about offering a path to enlightenment not about criticism.
Joy: the sad truth is that it has become cliche. Whenever I hear some preacher going off about someone, I figure they're hiding something themselves.
ReplyDeleteFP: Exactly. It does seem to be either act act of rebellion or desperation.
Lou: First off, Hello to The Land Of The Long White Cloud, and thanks for stopping in.
I agree about churches offering postive support and "a path to emlightenment." It's a shame that these kinds of men get all the headlines.
A sad thing too that the police were not looking for the gay bashers who frequent the same places.
ReplyDeleteI guess since gays don't count as humans, those are victimless crimes.