I was surfing the net this evening while watching Dancing with the Stars (no comments please) and came across this little tid-bit about Bishop Thomas Weeks III.
You remember him, the ex-Mr. Juanita Bynum who beat his wife in an Atlanta parking lot last year. Well, he wants to get married again and he's going online to find his next wife, according to this story.
Weeks pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-wife (in order to protect her from public scrutiny, he said). He is currently serving three years' probation and has already completed court ordered community service and anger management counseling.
The couple's divorce was finalized in June.
Bishop Weeks posted video excerpts on his church web site where he offers dating tips and talks about what he's looking for in his third wife.
In the video, Who Will Be the Next Mrs. Weeks, the Atlanta minister says his next wife should be at least 25 years old but "with special exemptions for 21 and up if they are classy." Weeks said she also must want to have children with him.
"This woman has to be very discerning, and very intimate, and very social and very sensual," Weeks says, laughing. "And on the ministry side she has to be very diverse. She can't be ugly."
Now, I'm not trying to diss anybody's pastor - Lord only knows I don't want to be bombarded with complaints from his church members - but does anyone besides me see anything wrong with the good bishop's list of requirements?
And why is Bishop Weeks taking his search to the Internet. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but with all those women who certainly attend his church, Weeks should have his pick.
Can I get a witness?
Given it is an election season, I posted this because gay marriage is bound to come up at some point.
I'm not trying to pass judgement, it's just that sometimes I think that Americans, like Weeks, might have their priorities mixed up.
For the Weeks' fans, here's one of his most popular web-casts, "Cussin in the Bedroom."
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