A.k.a. Brother Jed
Brother Jed is a wingnut Methodist evangelist who travels
around the US to evangelize at college campuses. He is most famous for his
anti-gay rants – including his “It’s not Ok to be gay” song (it’s here,
if you must) – racism (“The only thing Mexicans contribute to society is
burritos and Jewish people are only good at making bagels and running banks”),
and for being extremely confrontational about it. Jed also denounces the evils
of kissing, bikinis, masturbation (“a masturbator today is a homosexual
tomorrow”), sex (“I don’t know how the whorehouses in this town stay open — all
of you sorority girls are giving it away for free!”), feminism, liberalism, and
– to make sure he stays up to date with the concerns of youths – rock n’ roll.
In short, Brother Jed stands for – and flaunts – everything
that is objectionable in fundie ideology,
which is why he is liked by freethinker communities and disliked by other fundie groups.
Diagnosis: Innocuous enough – at least his efforts can
hardly be claimed to promote the cause of fundamentalism. Though he is definitely a loon,
and hysterically so.
I'm betting this guy makes his living getting banned from college campuses and other public places, then suing for a settlement on First Amendment grounds. It's what the Westboro Baptist jackasses do.
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