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May 22nd, 2012
11:23 AM ET
Video of North Carolina pastor's plan to 'get rid of' gays goes viralBy Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) - Video of a North Carolina pastor preaching that gays and lesbians should be rounded up inside an electric fence is going viral on the Internet, two weeks after North Carolina passed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and President Barack Obama voiced personal support for legalizing such marriages. "I figured a way out, a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers, but I couldn't get it past the Congress," Pastor Charles L. Worley can be seen telling his Providence Road Baptist Church congregation in the video, which had more than 250,000 YouTube views by Tuesday. "Build a great big, large fence - 50 or a 100 miles long - and put all the lesbians in there,” Worley went on to say in his May 13 sermon at his Maiden, North Carolina, church. “Fly over and drop some food. Do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals, and have that fence electrified so they can't get out. Feed them. And you know in a few years, they'll die out. You know why? They can't reproduce." My Take: The Bible condemns a lot, but here's why we focus on homosexuality The video had initially been posted on Providence Road’s website but was recently taken down, according to CNN affiliate WBTV-TV in Charlotte. The phone line at Worley’s church was busy on Monday night and on Tuesday, as was Worley’s home number on Tuesday. The church’s website was down Tuesday morning, but it had described the house of worship as fundamentalist, meaning it represents a Baptist tradition that's more conservative than the Southern Baptists. My Take: The Christian case for gay marriage Worley’s sermon was posted on YouTube by a group called Catawba Valley Citizens Against Hate, which is organizing a protest at the Providence Road Baptist Church on Sunday. Addressing his congregation last Sunday, Worley referred to his earlier controversial sermon. "I talked a little bit, I believe it was last Sunday, on the homosexual lifestyle, and there was a whole lot of people who didn't like what I said," Worley told his congregation Sunday, according to WBTV. "I want to read it out of the Bible, and then we'll go from there." CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories “Listen, all of the Sodomites, the lesbians, and all of the ... what's that word? Gays - I didn't wanna say 'queers' - that say we don't love you, I love you more than you love yourself,” Worley said, according to WBTV. “I'm praying for you to be saved." Worley’s initial sermon was partly framed as a response to Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage, which he made in a TV interview a day after North Carolina voters passed a state constitutional amendment banning legal recognition of such marriages and other types of gay unions. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD, was working Tuesday to gather criticism of Worley’s comments from other North Carolina pastors. “I am angry and sick at heart over Pastor Worley's comments,” said the Rev. Dennis Teall-Fleming, pastor at Open Hearts Gathering in Gastonia, North Carolina, in a statement distributed by GLAAD. “Nothing he says has anything to do with the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” said Teall-Fleming, who leads a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregation. “I call on all Christian and Baptist organizations that have any connection with him to condemn his comments as strongly as I do, including Providence Road Baptist Church of Maiden.” soundoff (5,806 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 Next » |
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The guy is just trying to make a name for himself. Now you him the leader of other nuts.
Hey pagan:
I think you hit the core of the issue here. There's nothing like controversy and a BIG photo op to increase the self-importance of this pompous a$$.
but that's just me, hollering from the choir loft...
Hard to believe.. Space X on the main page / cover..
I cant wait till we find life on another planet / where ever and organized religion ranks soon are classified as MYTHOLOGY in Chapters..
Pathetic. I think the Nazi's would have a case for copyright infringement against this loser. Obviously he not only doesn't understand the "Christian message" but has no understanding of world history over the last 100 years.
So much for love thy neighbor and the Golden Rule.
I DIDNT WATCH the video because I just ate my lunch and I'm afraid I'll lose it.
It has been said that southern women like their men religious and a little bit crazy. If that is so, then this lunatic out to have a harem of wives by next weekend.
but that's just me, hollering from the choir loft...
Gay people don't make gay people, straight people do. Think that one over.
You are wrong!
You didn't thin kthat one over did you Art?
Jesus healed the male lover of a Roman soldier...
what Bible are you reading?
Art
Same as you
Jesus Heals the Centurion's Servant sermon, – Luke 7:1-7:10 . One of the meanings of servant is lover...
Hey dreamer – go back to sleep. You know nothing about the Good Book.
Try a quote from a source you know something about. I'm serious. You took time to punch in your thoughts, why not make it a good one next time? Really really. Not a put down, just good advice. Check it out.
it's just me, hollering from the choir loft...
I'm a Christian and I only have one thing to say to Mr. Worley, 'GET OFF MY SIDE."
As a non-Christian...
well said, Susan K!
"Againit? HAHAHA! You might be a redneck... God ain't againit. God's shaking his head in sorrow and disbelief.
I believe we have seen this type of thinking before. There was Hitker in WW2, there was Ruwanda, there was slavery in the U.S., The list goes on and on.
RJO:
Thinking? Is that what it's called?
I applaud integrity when moral issues arise, but a shepard's calling is also to exercise a bit of compassion as well. This fellow sounds like a cheerleader for the ge$tapo.
but that's just me, hollering from the choir loft...
Typical Teabag south. I can hear the banjo playing in the background.
It is not just the South..but it is Typical Tea Party...and by the way,. Jesus healed the male lover of a Roman Soldier...
dreamer96 you crack me up, by the way you're wrong but really funny
It worked for leprosy. I say anything is worth a try.
Where do you think gay people come from? Straights...we won't die out!!
All this hate in the name of religion. It is amazing to me – is this guy serious?
He said he loved them, not hated them.
@ DAVE....HE LOVES THEM SO MUCH HE WANTS TO JAIL, STARVE AND BURN THEM. DO UNTO OTHERS. LOOK THAT UP!
Christians are Cancerous. Glad to see these christian lowlifes got blown up by peaceful Muslims.
Religion is cancerous! You think "christians" hate gays...go ask a "muslim" how they feel about it...
Yeah....One Christian wants to build a wall around gays. Some Muslims want to kill gays for being gay. Your point?
If your parents were gay, you weren't born! As matter of fact, all gays, if they don't repent of their evil work, they'll die. That it! Don't play with God or God's children, or will be the next my friend.
Got news for you Jonny, we're all going to die straight or gay or whatever. You don't get out of life alive. Use your brain before you make statements like that.
you go doug in NYC, this straight Jesus follower agrees with you, Jonny, please put the keyboard away and go back to your crafts in the corner.
Disgusting indivdual. It amazes me that these so called pastors who preach in the name of God have so much hate in them. Very sad.
Just when I thought the Iranian mullahs were the crazy ones on this planet, along comes a Christian fundamentalist wacko like Worley to prove that America is just as nuts. Maybe the problem is religion. What would this planet be like if there were no religion, no belief in a higher being, that human beings had to take responsibility for themselves, for the creatures who share our space and for the preservation (and survival) of the earth?
MASSIVE generalization. The only people this wacko proves are nuts are himself and anyone who would defend him. Trust me, the VAST majority of Americans do NOT land in that category.
So...Round a bunch of people up, put them behind a fence and electrify it and wait until they die. Hum. Pretty sure this was tried during WW II, Don't think it turned out so well for the world. This man is an abomination to the human race and does not deserve to be here. Disgusting piece of work.
It is idiots like this that start wars against race, religion and personal rights. I am more distressed that a church could have 250,000 followers with someone like that leading it.
What would Jesus do?
Another religious contradiction from the Baptists.