So Many Republican Hypocrites, So Little Time

January 6, 2006 |

Reverend Lonnie Latham

Welcome back to the BuzzFlash.com GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

No doubt, you expected us to honor the infamous Jack Abramoff as our GOP Hypocrite of the Week. But, frankly, we think he is such a behemoth of hypocrisy and corruption, we wanted to give some recognition to one of the lesser known GOP hypocrites.

There are so many, laboring in the vineyards of hypocrisy obscurity, while celebrity hypocrites like Abramoff get all the press.

Take for example Minister Lonnie Latham (Update: As of 2:00 PM today, his photo was removed; courtesy of the Wayback Machine, you can see it here.) of the South Tulsa Baptist Church in Oklahoma. The reverend apparently thought he was "pastoring" to police when he was arrested for propositioning a male Oklahoma City Police officer.

The ministry claim is puzzling when you consider that "Latham, who has spoken out against homosexuality, asked the officer to join him in his hotel room for oral sex." In fact, "He has also spoken out against same-sex marriage and in support of a Southern Baptist Convention directive urging its 42,000 churches to befriend gays and lesbians and try to convince them that they can become heterosexual 'if they accept Jesus Christ as their savior and reject their 'sinful, destructive lifestyle."'

Well, mistakes do happen, but not many police officers get fellatio confused with preaching on behalf of Jesus.

Latham has a family, and the South Tulsa Baptist Church was quick to put a note up on its website expressing their support for the minister and his loved ones.

But BuzzFlash can only say that we've never read any religious tract that says you can find Christ through a blowjob. So, for that bizarre religious claim, we feel compelled to bestow the honor of the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week on Rev. Latham, in the category of perverse religiosity.

Remember our motto at BuzzFlash.com: So many Republican hypocrites, so little time.

Catch up with you soon.