It’s okay to “beat the gay” out of children, says North Carolina Baptist preacher Sean Harris.
Harris, the Senior Pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, N.C., is heard in this audio clip telling his congregation that should their children show any signs of “homosexual” behavior, then it is their responsibility to use violence as a corrective measure to prevent that child from being gay or lesbian.
Sean and Pam Harris
“So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, ‘Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,’ you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid, is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed. …“Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok?” said Harris, adding, “And when your daughter starts acting too butch, you reign her in.”
Listen, courtesy of Jeremy Hooper at GoodAsYou.org:
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GoodAsYou.org has more audio of Harris preaching from the “Vote For Marriage N.C.” campaign script during this past weekend’s “Marriage Sunday” service, an official campaign effort in favor of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage — the issue goes before North Carolina voters on May 8.
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The fuck?!
idiots!
what a fucking asshole!!!!!!!
Its appropriate that he looks like Mr. D from Red Dragon. Psychos will always find some ‘excuse’ to beat children.
Sick
We should crack YOU,instead,asshole.
this is 1 fuckd up individual…an a man of god ffs…he is a douchenozzle
What the fuck
thinks we’re going to hear about a lot of NC kids either being beaten to death or killing themselves. “This ‘man of God’ is unworthy of the name.”
wtf?! This is as bad as the pastor telling his parish to punch the gay out of their kids…
wtf?! that preacher is a disgrace to any religion and the human race! christians are supposed to love thy neighbor as thyself, not beat thy neighor if not like thyself!! truly disgusting!
WTF?! I wish I could have an hour alone with him so I can torture him!
reign in?? how about NO!
watch me show up to that Sunday service the next time I’m home…
maybe somebody should beat the straight out of you harris
What the hell?!
i say we all go to church … where he is , then beat the “homophobia” out of him lol. walkk it off bitch, walk it oofff
This is disgusting, in no way is it okay to beat your child or abuse them in anyway. In the end this people will pay. He should even be able to call himself a man of God. Jesus preached love, not hate and hurting a child in anyway is evil.
these*
I understand that this site is for awareness etc. But it makes me want to cry to think this man is advises parents to abuse their kids. I normally am not a swearing person but WTF?!?!
Oh so Christian… and a sicko.
Dear Pastor, that doesn’t work, I promise, cross my heart…on a stack of bibles…
this is awful who in there right mind would do such a thing. to me this is not love this is pure hatred in its worst form
This is one scary dude! he is kind of a Hitler in NC!!!
I think he can be arrested for encouraging acts of terrorism, so somebody ought to denounce him right away.
and i hope if anyone listens to this idiot they are charged with child abuse
Maybe somebody should beat the stupid outta him?
sometimes i am glad i left North Carolina…. with ppl like this…its sad
I’m truly horrified at what religion and power and bigotry has done to people, it’s almost like they’re turning into the iranian mindset. where in iraan, it’s not only illegal to be gender variant and it’s punishable by death, I fucking hate people like this, and scarily they’re all over and there’s more of them than we think
Organized religion is an affront to humanity. Without religion good people would still do good and evil people would still do bad. It takes religion to make good people do bad things.
Omg! Since when did it become ok for a pastor let alone anyone to condone violence on children. Especially when its just to try and brainwash them into being what you want them to be. Its their lives not yours. He should be arrested for instigating violence.
Mega Sick Mofo- ‘You’re right it Does sound better in Latin-
He posted a rebuttal.
http://pastorseansblog.blogspot.com/
Mind you, this was after being criticized and verbally beaten to within an inch of his reputation. I still hope he never occupies a leadreship role again.
*leadership
someone should beat the stupid out of this guy!
hope he drops dead(:
i bet he has he solution to the high unemployment rate….JUST GET A JOB……LOL he is the ultimate hypocrite….jesus would not be pleased with him
Brian, thanks for the link. I read that…. it basically says that he wishes the evil gays hadn’t gotten hold of his words, but since they did, he wants to back down a little and say that he NEVER would advocate violence against children. Even though he did. He did. He said to punch your son if your son is effeminate.
This ugly, evil, disgusting man sickens me.
Nice! Nothing but wholesome Christian values there … what a douche.
Really really u poor shallow excuse of a human being what gives u the right to use hate and violence towrds people much less someones child . Yeah great job u prick its people like you that sends the wrong message out .
Can we beat the ignorant idiocy out of him instead?
Ditch religion and try reality.
two faced bastard
I’d like him to meet my baseball bat !
I would love to go to his church if you want to call it that wearing my sweatshirt that says “Don’t use Jesus as an excuse for being a narrow minded, bigoted asshole”. If there is a Heaven he will never see it.
I’m glad to see you’re not letting your education get in the way of your ignorance.
maybe its also ok to beat the ignorance out of him.
What a messed up, sad individual….filled with so much hate. I find it hard to believe a man who is supposed to teach Jesus’ message can tell his congregation to “beat the gay” out of anybody. What an ass.
I can’t believe there are enough ignorant inbred morons to fill the pews and coffers with money enough to pay this douche bag. I can’t believe he is allowed to speak in public. I hope if a single child is abused because some stupid redneck listened to this wack job that he is found to be an accessory. And to clarify his sermon… Ludicrous
HE SHOULD NOT BE A PASTOR AT ANY CHURCH.
what the f*ck is wrong with people?!
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Um, f$&* him.
He needs Jesus….. to teach him the meaning of the word! Cause that hateful excuse for a man/pastor is pathetic…. He is preaching hate! Makes me sick to my stomach…..
Can u say “closet case” ??
I love how he tries to claim that he does not advocate violence….even though we heard it with our own ears! and then he says something about the lgbt community having an agenda….riiiiight. I bet his god is so proud of how very unchristian he is. What an asshat.
I have a toddler that likes to wear my heels, jewelry, make up etc. He wants to be like mommy and its adorable. It’s not going to make him gay- not that I’d feel any differently toward him anyway. People are people-regardless of how we love and I wish homophobes would just get over themselves and see that.
Is this man crazy or just crazy?!
What a pig. That makes me sick. And he’s probably having gay thoughts himself. That’s what’s underneath homophobia: self hatred. Meanwhile innocent children will suffer because of this disgusting creep.
This fool needs to head warp factor 5 to the dark ages!
Psh. I’ll end up beating my kid if s/he turns into someone hateful likes this asshole or, God forbid, Maggie.
Who cares.. NEXT
Christians at their best.
I guess for people like him, “Love thy neighbor as yourself” only applies if the neighbor is straight. He preaches against violence, unless it is used on something that he opposes. He is the classic Hypocrite.
So glad I’m an atheist.
Yes, because beating our children and mentally fucking them up is WAY more affective than being a loving parent and letting them figure themselves out. I mean COME ON PEOPLE, WAKE THE FUCK UP. it is 2012! Abusing a homosexual will not make them “stop ” having gay thoughts or BEING gay. It will just make them a person who has too many psychological/emotional mental problems (who also happens to STILL BE gay), and like there aren’t enough kids with those nowadays (Case in point, myself). This pastor should be sterilized and his tongue cut out. He could no longer have a child in danger of being his puching bag for his homophobia, and could no longer spew bigoted filth.
I wish someone would try and put there hands on one of my kids for being gay I’m a gay single mother and I would rearrange someones face I raise my children to love all walks of life if it lives and breathes love it…….people like that make me sick….
Pathetic. God loves everyone and where he’s going is gonna be brutally hot.
Is this the kettle calling the pot black?
More teaching hate and abuse!!! I do not see that as teaching the word of any GOD OR JESUS!!!! Looks like CPS will be busy and over crowded in NC!!
THOSE PEOPLE DO NOT DESERVE TO BE PARENTS…
I’d like to show this idiot the power of my limp wrist as I bring my hand across his ignorant face. religious nut job.
hes the reason young men kill theme selves wat a toxic person he will shurley burn in hell!!!
Fuck you asshole
isn’t it amazing that Jesus never said anything about homosexuality? Because it wasn’t an issue to him. However, telling people not to harm each other… and esp. not harming children – he said a LOT about that
Someone should seriously investigate this a$$h@le for child abuse, I’ll bet there’s a history there.
This guy better pray there is no hell…
It just makes me sick to my stomach. Jesus would NEVER approve.
just another example of passing down a legacy of hate in the name of a self serving love. hatemonger, bigot, reprehensible fuck. needs to die at the hands of the children he has beaten.
child abuse, pure & simple
Child abuse in the name of religion is sick!
This fool needs to meet me one day while I have a shovel in my hand. Because I have dug ditches to put in water lines, and I played in the dirt, and I have never had a broken wrist, and I have always worked like a man, whether it was lifting 80lbs boxes of chicken all day long, or sweating myself to death in 90 degree weather while changing the spark plugs, wires, oil, oil filter, and transmission filter on an old Ford Tempo.
This is the kind of fool who needs to let me get within arms reach of him to see if I can beat the stupid out of him. I think I would enjoy it.
get a life pastor
Where is my 50. Cal when I need it. This is a Federal Hate Crime.
WHAT A ASS HOLE GO TO HELL
Why does there have to be so much hate?
What a horrible man! Definitely not a true Christian!
While what this man said is highly disturbing, what concerns me are some of the comments here. We don’t like that he is essentially advocating child abuse but then make comments about torturing him, beating him or inflicting other forms of physical violence upon him because of what he said? What’s right about that on either side? If it’s not ok for him to advocate the physical abuse of gay children, it’s not right for us to advocate for the physical harm of someone who is too bigoted and narrow-minded to see us for the loving, genuine people we are. By doing that we’re not better than the people who hold these archaic views about sexual orientation and advocate for acts of violence to be commit against members of the LGBTQI community. The only thing violence begets and creates is more violence.
Nice asshole! Way to be like Jesus. Cause Jesus did nothing but gay bash… oh yeah that’s right. He didn’t. What an awful ungodly thing for a minister to do.
Wow. Just wow. What a horrible person.
Ashamed to be living in this State.
Disgusting piece of shit.
You know I’d like him to make this speech in a room full of leather daddies and see how panzy ass gay men can be.
Ignorant and (possibly) closeted.
He should be strapped onto a sling in the Black Eagle with a group of rough leather daddies. Then he’ll practically be begging for wrists to be limp.
Another idiot crawled out of the woodwork.
I went to his website, and there is nothing about condoning violence against children. In fact, he offers clarification on what scripture suggests on how to rear children along with a link to commentary about Dan Savages message on the bible as well.
NC Pastor: “Physically assault your own children if they don’t conform to your preconceptions about how people with certain glands ought to behave.”
I’d like to show this bastard how limp my wrists are! Right upside his head! I’ve got some tractor front-end weights he can mount.
I just cant believe how heartless some people are!!! Very sad
Just a question: What are the preconditions to become a minister over there? Because here, where I live, you have to study theology which comprises philosophy and common ethics… That leaves still enough nutcracks among the parsons, but at least they feign compassion. What he says is totally unacceptable and, in my eyes, a crime. Sue him!
You couldn’t possibly get anymore sh*t from these countless *ssh*les If you used exlax. DID JESUS BEAT PEOPLE? By the way pastor, enjoy your time in hell because you don’t know the father.
I say we beat him…… I know violence never solved anything, but still………
This rabid jerk off should be shackled in the public square and “beaten”…..Let’s see how he likes to be whipped….What a sick bastard!
Prepare for the religious fanatics to get even crazier as they lose control.
this man is ignorant, arrogant and certainly an idiot…
I would say maybe someone should “beat” the hate out of him, but that never works, it would make me feel better, but maybe he just needs a hug and told its ok that he has gay fantasies and he can come on out…..its fabulous out here
Load of crap, my good friend was beat near to death…weekly! It didn’t change him! He just became an angry person.
unbelievable
Can we also beat the ass-holeitis out of him and his flock of hate mongers?
reading crud like this gets me so angry, the hatred and ignorance that dwells in some people is baffling indeed. all i see here is a man full of hate and evil,truly sickening. ugh i hate to even look at his face i just want to slice it all up, well maybe that’s far too harsh even for him but this guy truly need to check himself.
Like in Afghanistan it’s ok to kill your daughter for talking to a man; oh, now it all makes sense. Sheesh!
advocating child abuse?
I’ve already had my say about this man. He is backing down because of the backlash he is getting. I hope what he said ends up biting him in the ass.
This guy is just amazingly stupid. I hope this guy doesn’t have children gay or straight. People like him are the reason that gay and lesbian children kill themselves. Someone just walk up and punch this guy for all the young “gay” children out there.
how discusting, he makes me want to throw up.
Ha! Ask my Mom how well that works….may she rest in peace