Hello, welcome to Straight White American Jesus, my name is Brad O'Neishy, faculty and

religion, Skidmore College, our show is hosted in partnership with the CapCenter at UCSB.

Last week was kind of a momentous week for me.

I was put on blast by both Al Molar, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and then

at the end of the week by none other than focus on the family.

And so two badges of honor, I will wear proudly, having been called out by both of those institutions

and certain individuals who work at those places.

So I want to spend today just responding to what Jim Daly, who is the head of focus on

the family, had to say on March 23 in a post that mentions me and some others.

So here's what he says at the start of the piece.

Let's continue to emerge regarding last week's murder of eight people at three different

massage parlors in suburban Georgia.

The alleged gunman, Robert Aaron Long, reportedly told police his actions stemmed from a sex

addiction he's battling, angry with himself, he apparently targeted women who enabled

his desires.

It's impossible to fathom how someone in that position would carry out such evil and

horror, but that hasn't stopped both the Washington Post and the New York Times from

trying to pin the blame, not just on long, but on his supposed belief system.

In short, reports in both papers have alluded to the 21-year-olds self-described evangelicalism

as the root of his actions, specifically a biblical sexual ethic that calls sexual sex

outside of marriage sinful.

Sunday's New York Times cited Dr. Brad O'Neishie, a former and former's in square, uh,

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