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At 03:58 PM 9/5/2002 -0400, you wrote:
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><http://www.afa.net/activism/aa090502.asp>
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>AFA Action Alert!
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>O'Reilly flogs Christians as 'religious fanatics'
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>Popular talk show host comes out in favor of homosexual rights
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>American Family Association said today it was disappointed in popular talk
>show host Bill O'Reilly for his comments on September 3 labeling
>Bible-believing Christians "fanatics."
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>"Mr. O'Reilly makes a living using a hard-nosed, take-no-prisoners
>approach in his interviews, and that's why people love his show. But he
>crossed the line on his show Tuesday night," said AFA Chairman Donald E.
>Wildmon. "There's no need to be insulting to the millions of Americans who
>believe the Bible and have an honest and sincere love for Jesus Christ.
>Why such an intelligent man would stoop to such personal attacks is beyond us."
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>On his September 3 installment of <http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly>The
>O'Reilly Factor, the fiery host bludgeoned guest
><http://www.sbministries.org>Stephen Bennett for his Christian beliefs
>about homosexuality. Bennett is himself an ex-gay who has founded a
>ministry to homosexuals. (To read transcript of program,
><http://www.cultureandfamily.org/report/2002-09-04/m_transcript.shtml>CLICK
> HERE)
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>"We live in a secular society, you're a religious fanatic, with all due
>respect," he told Bennett. When his guest objected to the
>characterization, O'Reilly repeated, "You're a religious fanatic."
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>O'Reilly's views about homosexuality - and especially about Christians who
>believe what the Bible says about that lifestyle - became an issue after
>he granted an interview to The Advocate, a magazine which targets the
>"gay" community. In that interview O'Reilly called Bible-believing
>Christians "Holy Rollers" and "fanatics" who want homosexuals to go to
>hell. He also said he was in favor of the full range of "gay" rights
>demanded by the homosexual community.
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>"If Mr. O'Reilly wants to claim to be a Christian while rejecting orthodox
>Christian beliefs and the Bible, that's his business," Wildmon said. "But
>he's making a big mistake by being insulting to Christians who are
>faithful to Christ. We hope people will let him know how they feel."
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>See and hear Mr. O'Reilly's comments:
><http://uspolitics.about.com/library/graphics/oreillyvid/fanatic.mpg>O'Reilly
>calls Bennett "religious fanatic"
><http://uspolitics.about.com/library/graphics/oreillyvid/soddom.mpg>O'Reilly
>on Sodom and Gomorrah
><http://uspolitics.about.com/library/graphics/oreillyvid/speakforgod.mpg>O'Reilly
>says Bennett doesn't speak for God
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>Also read:
><http://www.afa.net/homosexual_agenda/principles.asp>Principles which
>guide AFA's opposition to the homosexual agenda
><http://www.afa.net/homosexual_agenda/resources.asp>Additional AFA
>resources on homosexuality
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>ACTION NEEDED
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>1. Contact Bill O'Reilly to let him know that Bible-believing Christians
>are not "religious fanatics." His email address is:
><mailto:oreilly at foxnews.com>oreilly at foxnews.com.
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>2. Pray for Bill O'Reilly to understand God's Word on homosexuality. Mr.
>O'Reilly has a tremendous influence on America's culture. Pray his
>influence will be one of Biblical truth, rather than secular opinion.