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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 01:30 AM
Thoroughly modern minister Jay Bakker (subject of World of Wonder's documentary One Punk, Under God) is always trying to get motivational Christian huckster Joel Osteen to get with the gays. Last week, Bakker flew to Houston to celebrate the memory of his mother, Tammy Faye Messner, and to meet with the Lakewood Church pastor. Although Osteen was gracious, agreeing to seat Bakker and his posse of gay activists at his sermon and making time to meet with Bakker afterward, he remains steadfastly anti-gay. "I don’t think homosexuality is a sin, and they do," Bakker said of the Lakewood Church crowd, "but it was very nice of Joel to introduce me to his family. I met Joel’s wife and mother, and they were just great. I’m really grateful." But he'll keep trying. (Queerty)
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 03:04 AM
Son of a preacherman, Jay Bakker, and his Revolutionary Church ("a church for people who have given up on church"), were the subject of World of Wonder's popular 2007 Sundance docuseries, One Punk, Under God. Now Jay & co have a new, full-service website, three years in the making. "As Christians," says the home page, "we're sorry for being self-righteous judgmental bastards." Godda love that.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007 08:30 PM
Don't forget to watch the sixth episode of One Punk, Under God tonight at 9PM on the Sundance Channel – preacher Jay's father, Jim Bakker, finally drops in on his son in New York, praise the Lord. As a kind of electronic hors d'oeuvre before the show, listen to the phone conversation between One Punk producer Thairin Smothers and Jay's mom, Tammy Faye, who's in Charlotte, North Carolina. As if life hasn't been tough enough for the always upbeat cancer sufferer, now weighing a mere 68 pounds (really, how much lemonade does one woman need to make?), one of her beloved dogs ran away at Christmas in 21-degree weather. That's cold. (Listen here)
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Monday, January 01, 2007 07:35 PM
Jack E Jett, the host of Q TV's QueerEdge show who also has his own wacky channel on WOW TV, interviewed maverick preacher Jay Bakker, the subject of WOW's One Punk, Under God Sundance series (Wednesdays at 9PM) for the website Jews on First. Here's an excerpt:
How did you meet the World of Wonder guys?
They interviewed me for The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Do you think, from what you have seen that the show is a fair assessment of your life at this moment?
Yes.
In my mind, all evangelicals do is sit around and figure out ways to harass gays. It is like they think that by diminishing us, they are going to get a better crib in heaven. I wish they would just get the fuck out of our face. What is up with that?
There are probably a lot of Christian evangelicals who would probably agree with me and are supportive of the gay community. But unfortunately it's the mean ones who yell the loudest.
My hope is that this series will bring light to the fact that one can have an evangelical belief system that is not so homo obsessed. What was it that changed your views on homosexuality, or have you just always been a cool, hip dude?
For most of my life I wasn't sure. But I've had a lot of gay and lesbian friends over the years and my mom was always supportive of the gay community. Having gay friends made me want to look into it deeper and my conclusion is that it's not a sin. But the major catalyst was when I was invited to speak at Open Door Church, a gay affirming church with a gay pastor. My heart went out to these Christians who felt disenfranchised by the church. That's when I decided I couldn't be silent and needed to take a stand on the issue.
Is there anyway you can save the world from George W. Bush?
Invent a time machine?
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006 03:03 AM
Jeremy Simmons is the very busy supervising producer and director of WOW's Sundance series One Punk, Under God (Wednesdays at 9PM). It would be easier to get us to tithe than it was to get him motionless enough to answer these few questions.
1. Now that you're a director, what is it you really want to be?
I want to be a photographer for National Geographic. Or a pirate.
2. What's the title of the Sundance documentary series on Jeremy Simmons?
All I know is that it has to be punchy, sexy, and short enough to fit in the TV grid.
3. Who plays you in the feature film based on the documentary series?
Matthew Broderick. That's my boyfriends answer – because he thinks I am moderately humorous with a boyish charm.
4. If you had your own church, how would you attract a congregation?
I would just be sure to call it something punchy, sexy, and short enough to fit in the TV grid.
5. What do you drive and what's in the CD player?
I drive a Jeep, and this morning I treated myself to "How Soon Is Now?" as performed by t.A.T.u., off their groundbreaking 2002 debut album 200 KMH In the Wrong Lane – an album that is still in Finland's top 100, and has been certified 5X platinum in Japan (for those who are interested).
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