Baptist pastor tells parents to beat their kids if they seem gay, or lesbian.

Tue May 1, 2012 9:04 PM EDT

Pastor Sean Harris of a Baptist church in Fayettesville, North Carolina told his congregation this past Sunday to beat their kids if they should appear to be acting gay, …

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Sun May 20, 2012
- good for them, Im glad more are standing up to this BS
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Sun May 20, 2012
- xtians are not persecuted in the US, they are the persecuters(well reich wing, lunatics, which is many)
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Sun May 20, 2012
- I call weapons grade craponium on this cardinal, no one wants to wipe out anything except anti-gay bigotry, mistreatment of women, abuse of children, and block the infiltration of our govnt. by lunatic theocrats.
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Fri May 18, 2012
- what evidence?
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Fri May 11, 2012
- *raises hand* All hail Snape, all hail Mcgonagall, all hail Haggred. :) (my fave characters)
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- lol touche Andrew :) hahahaha
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Thu May 10, 2012
- OW!!! OW OW OW OW OWWWW I cannot imagine that either O_O
If Christian Churches and Pastors are against Gay Marriage and Homosexuality why do they allow them to join and attend their churches, to save them and even baptize them, but especially why do they allow them to contribute tithes and offerings?
Fri May 18, 2012
- yeah blinds people from the real truth, as in the truth that there is nothing wrong with gay people, and never has been.
Why the Bible is Unreliable in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: A Quick Study in Why Secularism is the Best Game in Town
Thu May 17, 2012
- the crux of the matter is that no matter what the buybull says about ...well anything, doesnt matter in this world. Esp in the USA where being a secular country the laws, and judicial system is not permitted to make movements based upon this badly written book.
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Thu May 17, 2012
- The anti-gay; lies, bigotry, hatred, and bashing is why I left the church, middle finger held high. Why in my spare time I work to help other people by age, down to 18 escape the imprisonment of the abrahamic religions.

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