Christian group says demon sex makes you gay

[LongTomH]

140. Read further down in the article, and it gets even scarier!

It's not just an ex-stripper conning a bunch of old, white churchladies; there's a connection her to The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), which has been the subject of a number of posts on DU. The excerpts below are from the original article at AlterNet, not the Salon piece:

The primary demon fighter in the modern Christian world is the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), a global network of Charismatic Christian ministries devoted to Dominionism, the idea that they must take over public institutions in order to save America and the world from ... demons (and gays, of course). NAR is ridiculous, but that doesn't mean it isn't powerful, with millions of followers worldwide and domestic and international political relationships ranging from Senator Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich to heads of state in Uganda.

Those heads of state are the creepozoids who sponsored the anti-gay bill that called for the death penalty or life imprisonment for gay people in Uganda.

Read on:

The movement broke into mainstream political coverage a few times in recent years: once, when reporters obtained footage of a bizarre ceremony involving Sarah Palin, and also during the interminable Republican primary when Rick Perry, long-rumored to have wrestled a few sexy gay demons himself, hosted a massive prayer rally organized by two NAR ministries.

NPR reported at the time that the Perry rally was modeled on the prayer events of the Call, a NAR group founded by apostle Lou Engle. As Rachel Tabachnik, who's done extensive reporting on NAR, told NPR, "The apostles teach what's called 'strategic level spiritual warfare' [because they believe that the] reason why there is sin and corruption and poverty on the Earth is because the Earth is controlled by a hierarchy of demons under the authority of Satan."

The NPR link has important information on the New Apostolic Reformation and some good links (The author: Rachel Tabachnik, has done extensive research on the NAR) for anyone wanting to research this scary movement.