Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 10:15:21 EST
From: TCCP00D@prodigy.com (MR ANDREW B EDDY)
Subject: Re: LifeLine's Dialing Dollars For Their




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     To: letters@desmoine.gannett.com
   From: TCCP00D
Subject: LIFELINE'S DIALING DOLLARS FOR THEIR GOD
   Date: 11/20/95 10:37 AM

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

November  19, 1995
Broward Log Cabin Club of Florida
P.O. Box 1281, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33302
(305) 563-3626

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           LifeLine's Dialing Dollars for Their God

November 19, 1995, Des Moines, Iowa, The Des Moines Register's William
Simbro.  Carl Thompson, senior vice president for the long-distance
carrier, Life-Line, alledges that all gay women and men are in league with
the devil."

10% of Life-Line's Corporate profits are utilized for fundamentalist
political activist because, according to Thomas the money earned is "God's
money.... We are right-wing fundamentalists and proud of it.... We believe
the church should rule over the state.... We are here to take over for
Jesus."

Broward Log Cabin Club of Florida believes in in free speech and freedom of
religion  but also believes in abiding by the "Golden Rule" and holds dear
our Constitution, Bill of Rights and our national pledge "One nation under
God with Liberty and Justice for All."

Too many radical evangelical fundamentalist utilize Sunday's pulpit not to
spread the message of love but one of brimstone, fire and fear. They
neither practice nor preach about the Sermon on the Mount. They
intentionally turn their backs on the "Two Greatest Commandments" which
instructs us "to Love the Creator with our heart and soul and secondly to
Love our Neighbors as ourselves."  They have rewritten the meaningful
Beatitudes when, according to Christians, Jesus said "Judge not, and ye
shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive,
and ye shall be forgiven."

We support Lifeline's rights under the Constitution. We support Thompson's
right to free speech and freedom of religion.

Yet, intelligent people who understand that "We are All God's Children"
readily comprehend that "Freedom from Religious Persecution" is a right
that no radical can deny any citizen of this great country. It was that
beacon of hope which lead so many to the distant shores of this Great
Nation, and still does.