"I joked and said If I was a porn star my name would be Bishop Eddie Long. Then I woke up this morning and saw a bishop with the same name." -Rapper 50 Cent via TwitterJust like 50, many of us awoke to the news surrounding mega-church leader Eddie Long. Basically, the pastor of Atlanta's 33,000-member New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has been accused in two lawsuits of sexual abuse. The allegations of abuse come from two young men who claim the abuse took place in hotel rooms across the country. Personally, I don't know what to believe but I've have found it ironic that a lot of homophobic religious leaders, Long has been labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as "one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement," have been accused and caught having homosexual affairs. Needless to say, I sincerely hope the allegations are false. I think we can all agree that if these young men are lying they will get their just rewards and if what their accusations are true Bishop Long will get his; all in God's good time.
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