One wonders- is this ultimately what Bob Emrich and others within the SFMM family support for LGBT folk in Maine/ America as well?

Below is an email Bob is sending to his faithful- decide for yourselves:

Subject: from Uganda to Maine

Maine Jeremiah Project

I have just recently returned from two weeks in Uganda, ministering the Word among village pastors and Churches.

It was a refreshing change of pace from the last year spent on the "marriage referendum".

My trip to Uganda took me away from email, cell phones and the internet (also from electricity, running water, etc.). But I was able to see the Spirit of God working apart from the many distractions that we are faced with every day in Maine. I visited almost 20 remote villages and spent time with the believers. One of the common sentiments expressed there was that "in order to have a healthy village, there must be a strong and healthy church". That is one of the important lessons we have been learning here as well.

We will have more to say about that later.

But as I work my way back into ministry here at Emmanuel Bible Baptist Church (Plymouth) and with the Maine Jeremiah Project, I wanted to share the following article I found in Uganda's largest daily newspaper. I had tucked it into my journal and found it yesterday as I reviewed some of my scribbling.

I think it speaks for itself, but I hope you will wonder, as I do, where our own culture lost its way.

God bless,

Bob Emrich

Maine Jeremiah Project

Not every human right is right

Thursday, 26th November, 2009

Ronald Hanyerere

One Sunday morning, I was going to church when I met a lady who was so skimply dressed, one would think she was a sex worker. I initiated a conversation with her, only to find out, she was going to church.

I sarcastically told her she was smart and God would hear her prayers, but not those of the people who were going to sit near her. To my surprise, the lady responded with a verbal tirade: "It is my right to dress the way I want. Who made you judge over those whose prayers God answers?" she shouted.

This whole concept of human rights grates my nerves. It has made people un-african, mean and self-centered.

One can now shamelessly stand up and tell you: "I do as I please. You have no business in my affairs." A sodomist can now swear to you that what they do in the privacy of their bedroom does not concern the public.

No wonder when a brilliant MP comes up with a Bill against homosexuality, the human rights activists baptize him an enemy of the people.

It is high time politicians, religious leaders, cultural leaders and all concerned Africans woke up and defended the African heritage against the moral confusion of Western civilization. This civilization is eroding African moral pride.

The so-called human rights activists have hijacked the driver's seat and are sending nations into the sea of permissiveness in which the Western world has already drowned.

Every evil that has penetrated our society comes disguised as a human right and is watered by a group of elites who have attained education in the West. These elites have come back to impose on us practices that our forefathers deemed abominable.

You find them holding conferences in five-star hotels and lecture rooms delivering speeches aimed at breaking marriages in the name of human rights activism.

These activists force their unsuspecting disciples into believing that everything the West does is right. That is why they always refer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

When the world gets compressed into a small global village in the name of globalization, it does not mean that the African should throw away what belongs to him.

Not every human right is a right, and not every right is a human right. As Africans, we should defend our heritage even when human rights activists are misleading our society.

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Bob Emrich

www.MaineJeremiahProject.com

Hey Bob! A lil "FYI": Uganda's anti-LGBT bill is NOT your garden variety hypocrisy of "Love The Sinner: Hate The Sin". We're talking HUMAN EXTERMINATION, as well as jail time for those who try to protect the LGBTs in Uganda.

But of course, you're perfectly fine with this- aren't ya?

"Refreshing change of pace"- not exactly the phrase I would use to describe hanging out with people who want to kill LGBT people... but it certainly does give insight into Reverend Bob Emrich's mindset.

susanbAnthony~~Good Article Thanks

You know we do not have to worry about the Christians

Coming out and Standing UP and Saying.

Bob Emrich is A Serpant in the Grass

A Big ONE that America Should Wipe Out.

Unless the American Christian has NO Shame.

Mr. Leach while pointing out the shabby way that he feels the GOP treats Snowe and Collins.....forgot to mention the shabby way Democrats are treating "Blue Dog Dems".....

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"Civilization requires civility".....translated....Civilization requires the silencing of everyone except supporters of the current Radical Liberal Progressive agenda.....Good luck with your tour , Mr. Leach.

To a certain extent, I agree with susanbAnthony: referenda on civil rights of minorities usually brings out a certain uglyness in the human condition. It was unfortunate that, in this case, it was wrapped around Maine's Christian churches.

I have been going to town meetings in Maine since the early 50s...while they are sometimes lively and sometimes boring, over the decades I have been impressed by how citizens of diverse beliefs try to agree/disagree with respect, cognizent of the fact that they will continue to be neighbors, and that they have shared interests in local government functioning with some degree of amity.

This past Summer, at a public meeting in Waldoboro, I watched in disbelief as a disgruntled majority shouted down both a guest of the town who had been invited to make a brief educational presentation, and the minority of the citizens who were intereted in hearing said presentation. While there are many factors underlying this loss of civility - not the least of which is hate radio - it bodes ill for the future of our American experiment in democracy.

Pokeyboy~~I do not know>I go back and forth about what you say is Hate Radio

As I see It there is plenty of Hate to go around on both sides

I guess I choose to think that the Radio is at Least Waking up People to Debate Things.

Instead of this PC crap that has let the Politicians bury Us in Their Crap

As long as We Do Not Go To another Civil War

I think that debating and trying to come to a Common Ground

Is and always has been a Good Thing.

I am all for the spirit of this, and I hope it gains some traction. Joe Wilson doesn't make our side look good, nor does he help the conversation, when he does what he did. Even if he were right...because being right isn't always enough.

I'm sure that the left wants more civility, too, because I know they are ready to stop calling all Christians "haters" and people who have don't call climate change a man-made crisis "deniers."

9:59 Pokeyboy How old are you anyway? I have been going to town meetings since I was a small boy. And let me tell you that in the 50's and 60's town meetings were anything but civil. At the end of the day everyone went home and in general agreed to live with the results. And there was always a minority that said "Just wait until next year." I can remember issues where there were 5 and sometimes even 10 separate votes before an issue achieved the 50% necessary to decide it.

Real democracy is VERY messy. That is why the wise men who wrote our constitution created a REPUBLIC, not a democracy.

Well said, seeker. Our republic is messy. What makes it work is, after the fight, people agree to live with the results. When people are bitter and keep swinging after the bell, it doesn't work.

@seeker~~I think pokeyboy stated clearly how old he is.

The part about generally going home and living with the results is pure BS on your part

I am as old as pokeyboy and my town never ever settled down.

The battle at the town meeting just goes on and on and on until the next town meeting.

and@fmrmti~~the same for you>and does your thought process also apply

To Abortion>Ya know I struck a NERVE

NOT sure with You maybe but to A Lot of People / that can not except the Law

And keep on being Bitter and keep Swinging after the Bell>As YOU Say<

Now What do You Say<<<

Well, I lived my first two decades in The County, and folks were pretty consistantly civil, even in disagreement. My next three decades were spent in Washington County, and though debate was sometimes spirited, there was still enough respect so that folks could joke over coffee down at the store the next day...ya never know who needs who to pull em out of a snowbank or off a ledge. But the further south I get - and the further into the 21st Century, the more bitter the intraction.

And I use the term hate radio deliberately. I usually have my onw music playing in the car, but after spending most of a weekend riding with my brother - whose radio is always tuned to Rush & Shawn & the lot - I started listening to the stuff. This sort of thing is not new, Father Charles Coughlin was a supreme hate-monger in the 30s, part of what led to the FCC instituting the Fairness Doctrine, which recognized that we all "own" the airwaves, and that divisive language that pandered to the worst in us was not good for the country, whether it stemmed from the left, right, wherever. When that doctrine came down in 1985, there were those at both ends of the political spectrum that felt that it was an appropriate removal of constraints on free speech.

But I think public discourse has gotten meaner and meaner, and I wonder if facts and decency have any chance in a political/media system dominated by distortions and fury. So many of these folks on the radio are getting rich telling us that we should hate those who differ with us politically, that they are evil, unAmerican or both. I've spent time in both political parties and as an independent, and I just don't think we are a better, stronger country for it. I fear it makesit harder for us to come together as Americans and solve the very real problems that need addressing if our children are to thrive.

Maine Public Radio call-in programs are largely an example of civil discourse described above -- WVOM? Not so much...

Puh-leez! Even Hannity is hardly Father Coughlin.

And Air America and Keith Olbermann? Civil? Sure.

If you don't like it, don't listen. I don't anymore.

Found a tape of Coughlin...

http://www.archive.org/details/Father_Coughlin

I've never heard Air America, though (since we lost free access to our own airwaves & had to "dish up" in order to get any TV) I have seen Oberman...he's often not very civil, I would agree, though the few times I caught him I didn't feel he was advocating hate...violence against others based on gender, ethnicity, religion, etc.

He was more like my cranky great-uncle Jack, a mouthy Checker mechanic who had a wise-a** distain for anyone with money.

(Not like Rush callng environmentalists commies, questioning Max Cleland's patriotism...or advocating HANGING for potheads/recreational drug users...such irony)

Republicans want you to DIE!

STFU

Thank you Congressman Grayson from Florida for both those.

Guess no demo makes the BDN list.

How did this article turn into a gay debate again?

Enough! You LOST.

I love Air America.

Rachel Maddow and Randy Rhodes were my women.

I like lesbians.

Barney Frank will still come to Maine.

Why do all of the moderating discussions refer to Republicans supporting Liberal Democrats? In other parts of the country, except the Northeast and Washington, D. C., discussions go two ways and have responsible Democrats supporting moderate positions. In the 1980s, even Washington, D. C. had responsible Democrats supporting President Reagan.

Since 1995, hate for anyone who questioned Syros and his HATE Machine supporters have been attacked by your paper and most of the main stream media; even with terrible lies to personally smear the people. The debate has not been on issues, but rather personal attacks designed for personal destruction. With the Global Warming crowd, even people claiming to be scientists have smeared any person who questioned the non-supported, but oft repeated scientific answers.

Even one of Maine's Senators threatened to use the police power of the Senate to punish any business that tried to research the truth about the statements made by Albert Gore, jr.; the college flunk-out.

If you would print the truth, your readership would likely increase. Lying to the people does not bring support to your paper; except from those who blindly still believe the earth is flat and all chemistry is a zero sum position.

Sumner