Wash. state megachurch closes branches after founder is caught calling women 'penis homes'

[Religion may not be inherently evil, but it certainly seems to provide a home for some of the wackiest, sickest fools in America - Bozo]
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By David Edwards
Monday, September 8, 2014 10:37 EDT
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Washington megachurch Mars Hill announced that it is closing several branches, and has dismissed a pastor after he recently called for the resignation of founder Mark Driscoll, who had created controversy with his anti-LGBT and anti-woman views.
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In a letter posted to his Dropbox account, Pastor Mark Dunford said that he had been dismissed from the church's Portland branch after calling for Driscoll's resignation, saying that the founder created a "culture of fear" inside the church.
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An August profile of Driscoll published by The New York Times explained that he had been accused "of plagiarizing, of inappropriately using church funds and of consolidating power to such a degree that it has become difficult for anyone to challenge or even question him."
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A month earlier, it was revealed that Driscoll had posted hundreds of inflammatory Internet comments almost 15 years ago.
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Although the media focused on his comments about the U.S. being a "pussified nation," bloggers who followed Driscoll closely argued that his views on women and sex were the larger problem.
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On Monday, "Love, Joe, Feminism" blogger Libby Anne pointed out one of the more disturbing notions from Driscoll's Internet trolling days.
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"Ultimately, God created you and it is his penis. You are simply borrowing it for a while," Driscoll wrote under the name William Wallace II in 2001. "Knowing that His penis would need a home, God created a woman to be your wife and when you marry her and look down you will notice that your wife is shaped differently than you and makes a very nice home."
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"Therefore, if you are single you must remember that your penis is homeless and needs a home," he continued. "But, though you may believe your hand is shaped like a home, it is not… And, if you look at a man it is quite obvious that what a homeless man does not need is another man without a home."
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Anne observed that she had "rarely seen an evangelical man assert male superiority and prominence this directly."
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