Tuesday, 12 December 2006

Punk Rocker, Preacher: The Son of Tammy Faye



You know those times when you see the child of famous parents and the incongruity is as high as an elephant's eye?  This is one of those times.

Meet Jay Bakker, son of the infamous televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner. Yes, that's him pictured above -- tattooed, pierced and bearded. Not only that, he's a preacher -- and he is totally affirming of gay people.

Intrigued? You can get to know him even better in a new six-part reality-series, 'One Punk Under God,' which tells the story of how one punk rock-loving preacher man is bucking the evangelical system, building a new kind of church, and making peace with his famous dad and with his mother's failing health. Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey produced, the same team that gave us 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye.'

Jay Bakker's Revolution church
flier bills itself with this tag line: "As Christians, we're sorry for being self-righteous, judgmental bastards." 

I think I might like this guy.


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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You can't help what your born into and reflecting  back on those TABLOID "scandalized" days is just a continues reminder of current events
that have occured throughout history and even today. Except it's reading more like a MAD comic magazine W/O the humor!
So, enough is enough and let's get down to what's really important.
I believe the greatest trick that man has ever pulled was!
"Convincing a nation that they were born free."