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WE ALL KNOW  "CHRISTIANS" WHO PITCH A FIT
AT TWO PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS
IF ONE IS BLACK, THE OTHER WHITE
AS THEY SHRIEK..."THAT'S NOT GOD'S PLAN!"
THEN THEY MISINTERPRET  SCRIPTURE
DISTORTING EVERY VERSE THEY FIND
TRYING TO TWIST THE WORD OF GOD TO MATCH
THE EVIL IN THEIR MINDS!

AND EVERYTIME THEY ENCOUNTER
A COUPLE WHO'S SKIN IS NOT THE SAME?
THEY CARRY ON AS IF THEY'VE TRIPPED
OVER SOME HUGE, DISGRACEFUL STAIN!
GOOD HEAVENS, PEOPLE!!!! GET A GRIP
THE COLOR OF SOMEONE'S SKIN
TELLS NO MORE ABOUT THEIR CHARACTER
THAN THE SHOES THEIR STANDING IN!!

NOWADAYS WHEN PEDOPHILES STALK THE
INTERNET
AND CENSORS SCREAM ABOUT ONLINE PORN
AND DURING PRIME TIME OUR KIDS CONSUME
RAW SEX ALONG WITH POPCORN!
CHRONIC DRUG USE, RAMPANT CRIME
DEVIL WORSHIP AND GANGSTER RAP...
THERE ARE REAL "CAUSES" OUT THERE, FOLKS
IF YOU FEEL FORCED TO MAKE A FLAP!

IN THE BIBLE, GOD SAYS A MARRIAGE
BASED ON HIM CANNOT BE SHATTERED...
SKIN COLOR IS NOT MENTIONED
BECAUSE IT SIMPLY DOESN'T MATTER!
IT DIDN'T THEN AND NEVER WILL
FOR REAL LOVE IS COLOR BLIND
IT'S ABOUT THE JOINING OF TWO PEOPLE
WHO SHARE HEARTS AND SOULS AND MINDS!

SO IF YOU CLAIM TO BE A "CHRISTIAN"
WHILE DAILY ACTING  LIKE SOME JUDGE?
MIGHT BE TIME TO CHECK YOUR OWN HEART...
NO DOUBT YOUR BIGOTRY'S LEFT A SMUDGE!
GOD SENT HIS SON TO SAVE US
ALL
HE SINGLED NO GROUP OUT....
FOR WE ARE ALL HIS CHILDREN
ABOUT THAT HE LEFT NO DOUBT...

HE SUFFERED SO WE'D HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
WHAT DETERMINES WHO WILL OR WON'T?
THE DIVISION IS WHERE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN:
THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND THOSE WHO DON'T!

DUSTY RICHARDSON 2007