On Feb. 25, I was honored to participate in a forum with North Carolina businessman and Faith in America founder Mitchell Gold and Faith in America executive director Brent Childers at a small gay bar/lounge here in Charlotte. Usually, politics and religion don’t go well with bars, but it was a great and attentive crowd [...]
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2009: The year that was (or wasn’t)
Another year has come and gone. Since I began blogging, first on Blogger, then my own hosted blog and then here at InterstateQ.com, I’ve always done a year-end recap of my biggest stories of the year.
This year’s rewind is kind of sad, to be honest with you. As the economy continued to falter and challenges [...]
Militant Charlotte pastor has ‘concerns’ over anti-gay Ugandan law
Dr. Michael Brown, founder of several Charlotte-area ministries including the activist Coalition of Conscience, says he has “serious concerns” about the anti-gay Ugandan law that would punish homosexuality by death.
His statement was emailed to me as I was writing an article on the subject for Q-Notes. Despite his “concern,” his statement falls far short of [...]
How nice: anti-gay leader ‘denounces’ Tel Aviv shootings
After being called out for his use of militant and violent rhetoric regarding his “Jesus revolution,” anti-gay leader Dr. Michael Brown, of Charlotte’s Coalition of Conscience, released a statement “categorically and unequivocally denouncing” the shootings at a Tel Aviv LGBT youth center on Saturday evening.
Audio: Matt Comer on ‘Line of Fire’
Below is audio from my appearance on Dr. Michael Brown’s “Line of Fire” radio show on Thursday, July 23, 2009.
You can also listen at Brown’s website. For background, read “On the edge: Religious militancy in the Queen City.”
Hour One
Download here (Clip is approx. 40 minutes long)
Hour Two
Download here (Clip is approx. 40 minutes [...]
On the edge: Religious militancy in the Queen City
Introduction
How thin of a line exists between violent word and thought, and violent action and deed? That’s a question answered plenty of times before, from Christian Crusades and Inquisitions of ages past to the modern day of radical Islamic terrorism. But, it is a question yet to be answered in Charlotte, N.C., where I believe [...]
