MN "journalist" John Townsend outs gay pastor because of his religious beliefs

Lavender Magazine, in one of its rare moments of political investigative reporting, outed the Rev.Tom Brock, a Lutheran with a penchant for slamming gays and lesbians. It turns out, Brock had been attending Courage, a Catholic support group for gays and lesbians who want to be straight. But critics say Lavender violated the group’s confidentiality in writing the article, prompting some to call the ethics employed by the magazine and its reporter, John Townsend, “suspect.”

MinnPost’s David Brauer spoke with Stephen Rocheford, president of Lavender who admitted sending Townsend into the confidential Courage meeting undercover. The magazine also admitted that it knew the meeting was confidential, but published statements from the meeting anyway. 

Rocheford defended his article.

“I personally, and Lavender Magazine as a matter of policy, do not believe in outing anyone.[hmm, seems to me there must be some exception] People are allowed to be crazy and dysfunctional in their lives. There’s one exception: a public figure who says one thing and does another. This is not the first homosexual minister who denounces homosexuality in public and engages in it in private.” 

Read the whole article at The Colu.MN

So who decides who gets outed and who doesn't, the Lavender Magazine Magisterium? Maybe setup some groups and hunt them down like witches. That will make the world a better place; out everybody you hate.  A pastor finds that acting out on his homosexual desires leaves him empty and broken. Tragically, if he is not lying to people by supporting that lifestyle politically and spiritually, those who make themselves his enemies will seek and destroy. 

HT StellaBorealis