Please hear this: I have been accused. I’m under attack. I want you to know that I am not a perfect man, but this thing I’m gon’ fight. … I feel like David against Goliath, but I’ve got five rocks, and I haven’t thrown one yet.
– Bishop Eddie Long
of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church,
whose piety and preaching earn him
$3 million per year, defending himself from charges of pedophilia
and abuse of authority
September 26, 2010
And his attacks on gays and gay marriage were for what purpose?