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Mississippi lawmaker says he never endorsed that gays be ‘put to death’
A Mississippi lawmaker, who earlier this month invoked an Old Testament Bible passage on his Facebook page that calls for gays to be “put to death,” says he never endorsed the killing of gays, and that he and his family have received death threats after his comments were misinterpreted.
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N.C. pastor wants LGBT people put in ‘electrified’ pen to ‘die out’
MAIDEN, N.C. — Another alleged “man of God” from a small Baptist church in this North Carolina community has been caught on tape calling for the starvation and ultimate deaths of “queers and homosexuals.”
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Mississippi lawmaker cites Bible passage that calls for gays to be put to death
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi state lawmaker, commenting on the announcement by President Barack Obama affirming support for same-sex marriage, invoked an old testament bible passage on his Facebook page, calling for gay men to be “put to death.”
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Conservatives throwing tantrums at black community over Obama support
I must say that I am getting a kick out of reading and watching those on the right, particularly the religious right, predict how African-Americans will desert President Obama come election day due to his support of marriage equality. It’s hilarious to me to read the right-wing publications and blogs give room to a supposed angry black pastor who whines about how Obama has betrayed the black community, of course omitting the fact that said pastor never really supported Obama in the first place…
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Congressman defends remarks that employers should be able to fire gay employees
Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) earlier this week told Think Progress that being gay is a “sexual preference” and a “choice issue,” and that he wouldn’t support employment protection legislation because people aren’t born gay.
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Pat Robertson: Gay relationships lead to ‘disease and suffering’
Following a segment about President Obama’s endorsement of marriage equality, Pat Robertson on the 700 Club Tuesday said “the union of two men doesn’t bring forth anything except disease and suffering, and the same thing with the union of two women.”
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Paul Cameron suggests Obama is gay, demands gays be imprisoned before they rape kids
Paul Cameron has suggested that President Obama, who recently announced his support for marriage equality, might be gay. He later maintained that “the long term goal of the homosexual movement is to get every little boy to grab his ankles and every little girl to give it a try,”
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Amendment One and an angry lament of a native son
As a native son of the Deep South and of North Carolina, tonight, I am ashamed, and angry. … I am ashamed for being too understanding of my homophobic brothers and sisters in Christ, knowing personally just how difficult it is to unravel the hate that can be instilled by the Christian faith. I am ashamed for being too tolerant of intolerance and hate. I am angry that the moral arc of the universe has been so misshapen by so-called Christian morality. I am angry that our churches, by and large, have stood for spirit of the world — the spirit of sin, death and hate — rather than the spirit of God — the spirit of love, creation and just societies.
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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell: Sean Harris is a ‘liar,’ ‘hate-driven pastor’
MSNBC commentator Lawrence O’Donnell on Wednesday blasted North Carolina preacher Sean Harris, calling him a “hate-driven pastor” for advocating violence as a corrective measure to prevent that child from being gay or lesbian, and a “liar” for denying much of what he said in an unapologetic retraction.
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Romney foreign policy spokesman resigns amid anti-gay attacks
WASHINGTON — Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesman who was hired two weeks ago by Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign to run the candidate’s foreign policy messages, has resigned in the wake of relentless critiques, most of which was personal, by anti-gay right wing conservatives.