North Carolina Pastor: Pen In ‘All The Lesbians And Queers’ With An Electrified Fence...
11:20 am - 05/22/2012
... Wait For Them To ‘Die Out’
North Carolina Pastor Charles Worley shared with his congregation this weekend how he thinks the country should deal with the scourge of gay men and lesbians: Lock them into a pen with an electrified fence, drop food down to them, and because they can’t reproduce, they will die out.
The Pastor’s leper colony-esque proposal came in response to the president’s endorsement of same-sex marriage, which he said “anybody with any sense” would be against. Worley explained that the idea of two men kissing makes him “pukin’ sick,” so he developed a proposal to “get rid of all the lesbians and queers”:
WORLEY: I figured a way out — a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers. But I couldn’t get it passed through Congress. Build a great big large fence, 150 or 100 miles long. Put all the lesbians in there. Fly over and drop some food. Do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals. Have that fence electrified so they can’t get out. Feed ‘em, and– And you know what? In a few years they’ll die out. You know why? They can’t reproduce.
These comments are in line with other anti-gay religious leaders in the state, like Sean Harris, who said parents should “crack” their children’s “limp wrist.” Harris walked back his statements, but Worley emphasized in his speech that he did, in fact, “mean to say that.”
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/21/4
North Carolina Pastor Charles Worley shared with his congregation this weekend how he thinks the country should deal with the scourge of gay men and lesbians: Lock them into a pen with an electrified fence, drop food down to them, and because they can’t reproduce, they will die out.
The Pastor’s leper colony-esque proposal came in response to the president’s endorsement of same-sex marriage, which he said “anybody with any sense” would be against. Worley explained that the idea of two men kissing makes him “pukin’ sick,” so he developed a proposal to “get rid of all the lesbians and queers”:
WORLEY: I figured a way out — a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers. But I couldn’t get it passed through Congress. Build a great big large fence, 150 or 100 miles long. Put all the lesbians in there. Fly over and drop some food. Do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals. Have that fence electrified so they can’t get out. Feed ‘em, and– And you know what? In a few years they’ll die out. You know why? They can’t reproduce.
These comments are in line with other anti-gay religious leaders in the state, like Sean Harris, who said parents should “crack” their children’s “limp wrist.” Harris walked back his statements, but Worley emphasized in his speech that he did, in fact, “mean to say that.”
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/21/4
Well, sort of. Does it count if I'm an atheist who thinks Jesus was the best role model in the history of ever? I think it counts.
/tangent
I kind of like "follower of Christ" because there's a sort of connotation of the early days of Christianity, when they were just a small group being all loving at people, and the question it brings up of "where did He go?" which is generally "in amongst the not-powerful," which is a lovely rejection of that aspect of today's Christianity that is so much based on status and dominance and "come join us on the winning side, we're going to rule the world!"
But then I can see how it could be viewed as pretentious.
Same here. :(
I just call the fundies old testament christians tbh, they obviously missed what the whole second half of the bible was all about.
which I don't get, but whatever. It just makes it hard to buy that they care as much as they say they do.
I go to a Unitarian Universalist church. I'm an atheist now, but it's still nice to experience the sort of community environment I grew up with. Only now, they're coolpeeps! They don't require you be any particular faith to attend. There's a gay minister, a Jewish minister, an atheist minister, and they have spiritual leaders from all walks of life come to talk.
Each year of Sunday school focuses on educating kids about a different religion, and 7th grade is sex ed! No, seriously - like condoms and STDs and orientations and responsibility and stuff. Legit sex-positive sex ed.
And omg don't even get me started on the social activism stuff. It's lovely.
Of course, each congregation varies, but in general UUs are fantastic folks to be around. Check it out. I hope it works for you if you do. :)
But in any case, I must second this recommendation! The one I went to in Austin was pretty chill.