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Unfortunately, most in the media have failed to ask the more critical question at hand: Who speaks for the thousands of youth who are subjected to verbal assault, Sunday-after-Sunday in Long's church and others, just for being who they are?

Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010

Bishop Long's alleged hypocrisy is far from the only thing wrong with his history of harmful rhetoric.

Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010

Unfortunately, most in the media have failed to ask the more critical question at hand: Who speaks for the thousands of youth who are subjected to verbal assault, Sunday-after-Sunday in Long's church and others, just for being who they are?

Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010

In April of last year, 11-year-old Jaheem Herrera, who grew up a stone's throw from Bishop Long's Lithonia-based church, took his own life rather than deal with the constant anti-gay bullying he was subjected to at school -- all because Jaheem was perceived to be gay.

Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010

The media now has a responsibility to keep a critical eye on the harmful environment being perpetuated by Bishop Long and others like him -- and to shine a spotlight on the reach of Bishop Long's words and the many victims of his message.

Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010

Bishop Long's alleged hypocrisy is far from the only thing wrong with his history of harmful rhetoric.

Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010

Her ex-husband and Long's former partner of 39 years were interviewed among claims Long was spending taxpayers' money on visiting her in Loughborough, which the IPCC denied.

Police watchdog Amerdeep Somal: 'I read her diaries. It was humbling' 2011

This season's touring productions include a performance of Zhou Long's opera "Madame White Snake," in Hangzhou, China.

A Modern-Day Diaghilev Barbara Jepson 2011

Excerpts from Mr. Long's autobiography are published on the Social Security Administration's website and include this timeless theme of the left: "So, in 1929, when the fortune-holders of America grew powerful enough that one-percent of the people owned nearly everything, ninety-nine percent of the people owned practically nothing, not even enough to pay their debts, a collapse was at hand."

Future Will Be Shaped by Our Definition of 'Fairness' 2011

In April of last year, 11-year-old Jaheem Herrera, who grew up a stone's throw from Bishop Long's Lithonia-based church, took his own life rather than deal with the constant anti-gay bullying he was subjected to at school -- all because Jaheem was perceived to be gay.

Rashad Robinson: Harms of Anti-Gay Rhetoric Lost as Media Fixates on Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Rashad Robinson 2010