diversity month??

Tuesday Sept. 8th, 2009; James 2: 5 Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong? 8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. September is the Mayors Diversity month in Anchorage, ironically, it is also when his veto of the anti-discrimination ordinance that would include sexual orientation will be enacted. Is it not power that seeks to keep power at the expense of the powerless? All the pretense of holiness and righteousness is but a front, whether from the mayor’s office or the Anchorage Baptist Temple which is pulling the political strings to maintain discrimination. It is a front, and it is an affront to the God who created all and called it good.