Honored to deliver sermon “When God Chooses a Leader” for Trump/Pence private family service at St. John’s Church before #Inauguration. pic.twitter.com/MD0HmyKzTP
— Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) January 20, 2017
Right Wing Watch notes that gays are a frequent scapegoat in Jeffries’ sermons:
No fan of the gay community, Jeffress believes that gays and lesbians are “perverse” people who are either pedophiles or likely to abuse children in the future; compared homosexuality to bestiality and called it “a miserable lifestyle”; accused gay people of using “brainwashing techniques” to have homosexuality “crammed down our throats”; said that gay people “are engaged in the most detestable, unclean, abominable acts you can imagine”; predicted that the gay rights movement “will pave the way for that future world dictator, the Antichrist”; and labeled homosexuality a “filthy practice” that will lead to the “implosion of our country.”
But an official involved in the planning of Trump’s inauguration told CNN that characterizations of the religious leader as divisive are wrong: “Pastor Jeffress is a unifying figure representing a diverse spectrum of Americans. Any attempt to vilify this religious leader is deeply disappointing and misplaced.”