Slog - Comments on Youth Pastor Watch http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57 Texas: A Fort Worth pastor is free on bond after being arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted a girl who attends his church. James "Jay" Virtue Robinson IV is pastor of Southwood Baptist Church.... The warrant says Robinson was the youth minister when the relationship began about two years ago. California: The former St. Helena High School coach who pleaded no contest to sexually molesting two students more than a decade ago must undergo a psychological evaluation.... As part of the plea bargain, Sandler must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. The incidents with a... Copyright 2008 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:50:21 -0800 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:16:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos What are we watching for with the third one?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056553 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:58:50 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Don't know, elenchos. Just watching, watching.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056558 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:02:27 -0800 Comment by elenchos I mean like, if a youth pastor won a frozen turkey in a raffle, that would be up on the Slog too? I thought this was about youth pastors, like, abusing the youth.

Come to think of it, a frozen turkey would be murder...

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056564 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:05:34 -0800 Comment by umvue Huh. I assumed we were watching for more people being blown away and amazed by god's goodness. I'm surprised that article doesn't mention what deity was responsible for the Jonker's infertility in the first place. Anyway, thanks to god for the science and technology behind modern fertility treatments. Yay god.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056573 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056573 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:10:41 -0800 Comment by Timothy I love Slog as much as the next person. I'm a fan of Dan and all that he's brought to the super-stale world of political and social commentary.

But, is Slog really the right venue for these incessant Youth Pastor Watches? I mean, aren't you preaching to the choir here? Certainly, I know that you're attempting to create a record of these abuses, and drive the point home, in the hopes that on occasion, the actual target audience will wander in to read these missives.

BUT...even though I suspect that some of the target DO wander in, in the meantime, you are taking valuable time and eye-estate away from we loyal readers who I'm guessing largely scan over these posts.

Here's an idea: start a separate blog, called "youthpastorwatch" or some such and post these missives there. The advantage to that is it would likely get picked up and moved to top level in a google search, and anyone, anytime, looking for information on youth pastors would be routed to your exclusive blog.

Whaddya think? :-)

]]> Timothy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056667 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:32:01 -0800 Comment by Vince Keep up the good work Dan. The more of these examples you give, the more people will realise what a con game religion has become.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056677 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:37:01 -0800 Comment by Non @5

I think Dan has addressed this point in the past related to his "every child deserves a mother and a father" posts.

I can't speak for him but I believe it was along the lines of - as long as they (religious nuts) are reminding the country that gays are the downfall of civilization that will molest our children, it bears repeating that THESE HYPOCRITES are often the real threat. The ones perpetrating this very violence of hate on our community are inflicting the thing they are trying to prevent on their own kind.

It keeps it at the top of our minds and makes us more ready to combat the bigotry we so often face.

I, for one, revel in these.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056706 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:57:09 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage I have registered YouthPastorWatch.com.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056726 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:11:35 -0800 Comment by elenchos Oh, hey, Mr. Savage, I want to thank you for replying to me. For the last few days I was seriously beginning to think the only person left on earth willing to talk to me was Tim Eyman.

Yeah, I know.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056770 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:33:45 -0800 Comment by Bob Savage is only 3.29 billion of these posts away from causing one deeply faithful Christian to blink. Keep on posting!

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056839 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056839 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:43:38 -0800 Comment by Y.F. “We’re just blown away and amazed at God’s goodness.”

Wouldn't 'goodness' be setting up an adoption agency for all those unwanted babies Jesus freaks insisted be 'saved' from abortion? Wouldn't that have been a better use for the money instead of fertility treatments? If these 'good' Christian couples wanted a little bit of God's 'goodness' why didn't they adopt?

Yeah, I know.

]]> Y.F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056919 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:15:46 -0800 Comment by sepiolida Currently youthpastorwatch.com says:


Sponsored Listings

"Free Online Bible Study" etc.

I hope to see some improvements. Also, I want to see an every child website. We can make that the first hit one google (rather than your slog post on the subject).

]]> sepiolida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056964 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1056964 Religion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:05:38 -0800 Comment by nabridie Isn't there some way to embed links in the words "youth pastor" to affect what comes up on a Google search? I think a writer on Slate did that with "genocidal tyrant."

]]> nabridie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057008 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057008 Religion Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:25:10 -0800 Comment by Miss Poppy Dixon So you can't play god in preventing pregnancies, but you can in creating them? Christians, a LITTLE consistency, please.

]]> Miss Poppy Dixon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057013 Religion Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:04:11 -0800 Comment by Lauren #14 - actually, I was a bit surprised to see this news item, because I do hear a lot of stories of Christian churches opposing fertility treatments due to the fact that they create a lot of fertilized eggs that don't get used. And as we all know (and as a proposed amendment to the Colorado legislation is soon to make law), fertilized eggs are fully-fledged people.

]]> Lauren http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057025 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057025 Religion Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:06:05 -0800 Comment by whoehaa picture of an actual churchwindow in an belgian catholic church..
ouch.....

http://www.stelling.nl/divers/kerkraam.jpg

]]> whoehaa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057026 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057026 Religion Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:14:37 -0800 Comment by Schweighsr @16, you've found the background image for Dan's YouthPastorWatch page! Good work!

]]> Schweighsr http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/youth_pastor_watch_57#c1057045 Religion Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:16:32 -0800