Salisbury ? Former state legislator Coy C. Privette ? a Cabarrus County commissioner, retired Baptist minister and president of the Christian Action League of North Carolina ? was charged Thursday with soliciting prostitution, authorities said.Privette, 74, of Kannapolis, was charged with six counts of misdemeanor aiding and abetting prostitution by renting a hotel room and paying for sexual acts, according to State Bureau of Investigation Agent Kevin Canty.Tiffany Denise Summers, 32, of Salisbury, was charged with six counts of prostitution, Canty said.On Thursday, the Christian Action League board of directors suspended Privette, pending the outcome of the investigation. The organization represents the Christian groups’ interests in the General Assembly.?If these allegations are true, then I?m absolutely broken-hearted and extremely disappointed,? said Mark Creech, executive director the Christian Action League.
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AHAHHAHHAHhahhahhahahhAHHHAHAHAHAHHH!!!
Sorry, but I just can’t help myself.
Schadenfreude is such a sweet, sweet feeling…
C’mon, these crimes are just rediculous. Where’s the victim here?
What a waste of tax payer funds to investigate and prosecute this.
(I get the irony, but really couldn’t careless how he get his sexual thrills)
he 74 she 32 thats why they call it the christian action league.
Ba da bump, bump, bump, bump, another one bites the dust!
Hell, I’m starting to believe that being a Christian is what MAKES people seek out prostitutes. I lived in Germany, where prostitution is legal, for 6 yrs. Not only did I have no desire to visit a prostitute, but I only transited the red light district twice, both times during the day, and both times with my wife. We didn’t go there on purpose. It just happened to be in the vicinity of where we were visiting. Even when I was single, I had no desire because of the potential for disease. What are these idiots smoking?
I’m beginning to believe that ‘Judeo-Christian Values’ is referring to getting a good deal on a whore. The religious equivilent of a ‘Labor Day Sale’.
“Fake” xian? No way! He’s the real McCoy. After all he was obviously just ministering to that poor wretch. Hallelujah! Can I get a witness? Oh … they have one … whoops.
What,
Yes, but normally they don’t come by way of subpoena. To find out how to handle this situation in strict accordance with the bible, I guess one needs to consult the book of ‘Judges’.
Since slavery was abolished, Southern xians need to go to prostitutes. Before they had property to use as they wanted.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/sla_bibl2.htm
A little bit of sex in the new testament,
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/sex/nt.html
Timothy 1
8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
HeathNZ,
The crime isn’t that this guy used a whore, the crime is the utter hypocrisy of the *PRESIDENT OF THE CHRISTIAN ACTION LEAGUE OF NORTH CAROLINA* using a whore. These are the same bastards who rallied in Raleigh to deny me the right to marry as a gay man in this state. I wish nothing but the worst for him.
Hey…just curious. Is there an atheist organization or maybe Camp Quest that does the following…?
http://www.mainstreetnewspapers.com/news.php?viewStory=1058
fake christian?? i dono, sounds like the real deal to me.
phreedm:
Atheists are only interested stealing canes and walkers from seniors, spitting in the faces of babies, and pulling the wings off of flies for fun.
There, I said it. Now you can quit posting these feel-good stories thinking that they will cause us shame.
At least he picked a woman no longer deemed to be a child, and a woman who was willing–for a price. Soooo guess he and/or his church won’t be expected to send a big check to the one on the receiving end like is now expected of the holy catholics.
Why are his crimes only misdemeanors?
I can think of a few *rim-shot* answers, but seriously?
She can always claim she was tithing.
Oh, wait- he’s a former minister.
Phreedy wants to know if there are any atheist organizations that are willing to take your dollar and return you 10 cents in goods and services. I don’t know.
What and phreedy
Well, there IS the “Get evil atheistconquerer the fuck out of Alabama” fund. I don’t know that it’s an organization, exactly. But I’m betting that EAC would be willing to walk a little old lady across the street, or plant a tree or somesuch when she gets out of AL.
You know, that 10 cents on the dollar thing has been done to death by the religious organizations. I doubt atheists would want to copy it.
phreedm
i am in favor of medicare/medcaid/social security.does this count in your view i am not against private charity and have given to it.i think the focus should be on getting the best results.this should not be a contest between churchs or believers v nonblievers both public&private sector have to wage a constant battle against waste&fraud.it would be nice if once in awhile people would talk to each other and not at each other.as for the theme of daves post.it is not anti-christian to expect a christian to obey the law and the teachings of his/her religion.
alexatheist
what do you expect from pols.we have laws here in virginia against fornication,cohabitation,sodomy are they enforced no but come election time we get an earful of family values talk.maybe christians will see someday pols don’t respect them anymore then they do atheists.
Here is an interesting report from a disaffected xian who was once a serious believer.
“IN the summer of 2005, I reported from a Multnomah County, Ore., courtroom on the story of an unemployed mother ? impregnated by a seminary student 13 years earlier ? who was trying to get increased child support for her sickly 12-year-old son.
The boy’s father, Father Arturo Uribe, took the witness stand. The priest had never seen or talked with his son. He even had trouble properly pronouncing the kid’s name. Uribe confidently offered the court a simple reason as to why he couldn’t pay more than $323 a month in child support.
“The only thing I own are my clothes,” he told the judge.
His defense ? orchestrated by a razor-sharp attorney paid for by his religious order ? boiled down to this: I’m a Roman Catholic priest, I’ve taken a vow of poverty, and child-support laws can’t touch me.
The boy’s mother, Stephanie Collopy, couldn’t afford a lawyer. She stumbled badly acting as her own attorney. It went on for three hours.
“It didn’t look that great,” Stephanie said afterward, wiping tears from her eyes. “It didn’t sound that great ? but at least I stood up for myself.”
The judge ruled in the favor of Uribe, then pastor of a large parish in Whittier. After the hearing, when the priest’s attorney discovered I had been there, she ran back into the courtroom and unsuccessfully tried to get the judge to seal the case. I could see why the priest’s lawyer would try to cover it up. People would be shocked at how callously the church dealt with a priest’s illegitimate son who needed money for food and medicine.
My problem was that none of that surprised me anymore.
As I walked into the long twilight of a Portland summer evening, I felt used up and numb.
My soul, for lack of a better term, had lost faith long ago ? probably around the time I stopped going to church. My brain, which had been in denial, had finally caught up.
Clearly, I saw now that belief in God, no matter how grounded, requires at some point a leap of faith. Either you have the gift of faith or you don’t. It’s not a choice. It can’t be willed into existence. And there’s no faking it if you’re honest about the state of your soul.
Sitting in a park across the street from the courthouse, I called my wife on a cellphone. I told her I was putting in for a new beat at the paper.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-lostfaith21jul21,1,6552887,full.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&ctrack=1&cset=true
He has just resigned.
I took the time to visit their website and let them know that I’m converting from Christianity to atheism since we can’t believe their leaders, Christianity must be false. I encourage you to make an addition to their site as well.
http://www.christianactionleague.com
should have added, btw, the allegations are true or he wouldn’t have resigned.
The website is actually: http://www.christianactionleague.org/
Eh, the guy will just “bathe in the blood of Christ” and all will be forgiven.
I wonder if that cures syphilis too?
Comment from: Apple_Christmas
AC…I believe you’ve answered my question…thanks…
Comment from: reason
Actually…no. Your socia1ist programs are forced upon all of us and are basically a “plantation” mentality and if you look around, you’ll find plenty of abuse…this is not to say that I do not support taking care of widows and orphans…but I’m a firm believer in “2 Thessalonians 3:10″…
My question stems from comments made concerning society and the effect of religion on it. Non-believers state that they can have just as moral and ethical a society without religion…
So…I’m curious to know if any atheist had formed an organization for the sole purpose of serving their fellow man…
Do you not find it the least bit interesting that the answer to my question is no? There has never been (to my knowledge) such an organization. Why not? There’s a nugget of Truth here…if anyone has the courage to find it…
Comment from: posterelli2
So…you lied. What a great testimony…
Maybe you should do a little research and get back to us.
Hmmm… phreedm did not get back to us.
I declare victory.
phreedm
how was social sercuity.medicare forced on us they were enacted by duly elected officials.christians&jews no less.
So good to see there ARE many normal thinking Americans. In Australia it seems whenever we see or hear an American on our news or sports programs, they are thanking God or Jehovah or Jesus for saving them, or helping them beat the opposition. I do feel for you though, down here religion is generally for the elderly with church attendances dwindling each year. If ever there is a cancer across this planet, it must surely be religion. But is it malignant or benign?