Pastor Steven Anderson, Who Wants Gays To Die, Loves Being Labeled A Hate Leader
“Do I hate [homosexuals]? Absolutely. But am I just all about hate? No, I’m sure I’m a lot more about love than I am about hate,” says Pastor Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church, located in a strip mall in Tempe, Arizona. And just like the Family Research Institute, Family Research Council, American Family Association, and the Traditional Values Coalition, Anderson’s church has been dubbed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. But unlike Tony Perkins’s constant whining about his new label, Anderson is embracing it. “If hating homosexuals makes our church a hate group, then that’s what we are.” Good for him! (NB: And yes, this is the same Pastor Steven Anderson who preached about how he “hates” Barack Obama.)
At least this guy openly hates gays instead of hiding behind false love like our current crop of religious dogma-fed nutbags.
Sure I think he’s evil and batshit crazy, but at least he holds the bible accountable for the hatred inside of it. I respect him much more then all these other religious zealots that hate gays as part of their god’s love.
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His wife has a blog and she “hates homos, faggots, Obama, socialism, abortion, public schools, [...], and IVF. Not necessarily in that order”.
She also hates the Homo Depot. Also .. a koooook.
http://stevenandersonfamily.blogspot.com/
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Nut.
It’s so hard to tell just looking at them, until they open their mouths to speak.
The question is, how much tolerance society should have for the insane in its midst. The insane are a threat to a peaceful society.
Is this nutjob a threat? I think so. He’s masquerading as a socially acceptable minister, and maintains a public business/church, which some will think gives him credibility – he’s not just a typical de-institutionalized psychotic wandering the streets, off his meds. Thus, in promoting hatred of a group, he’s responsible for any violence or other harm resulting.
Why this isn’t considered a harm to society, I don’t understand. In my opinion, the law is wrong, and lawmakers are ultimately responsible for people like this, and thus not doing their jobs to make the streets safe for everyone.
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Hey, at least this guy is open about his hate. Unlike the B.S.ers like PAt Robertson that try to use soft language to hide their bigotry.
As for this guy being a closet case….well my comment is the same as it always is…no actual straight guy spends any amount of time just thinking about gays, it’s boring for them, if this guy spends hours worrying about gays then he’s a virulently terrified closet case end of story.
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@Nune: No, he’s not saying the Gays killed Jesus. He’s saying that since Jesus, Christians have always been persecuted and hated, so he’s not surprised that people are attacking him for speaking the “truth” as he sees it. He’s basically saying he’s the victim…Unfortunately he’s just a lost soul in need of some love…
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he hot? cool….bring back morning goods to correct this…
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@Cam:
LOL! Most likely, yes :-).
Your post kinda reminds me of a New Year’s Eve party in 2008 that I attended with my partner. When a drunk guy who was there with his girlfriend found out that we were gay, he insisted on making strange little comments to me about gay sex and about my partner and I doing it “up the butt.”
I played it cool. We were in a large room with plenty of friends. As long as he didn’t turn violent, I was sort of amused to see where he would take the conversation. Impossible to reason with a drunk guy, after all.
But I reaaaaaally got the feeling that, had he and I been alone for a few moments, he would’ve tried to get sexual with me.
Oh yeah: and at the tail end of the interaction he grabbed my butt. o_O
Never saw him before then–-nor since. I have no idea if he’s a homophobe in real life like this Steven Anderson queen. But he definitely didn’t speak in respectful tones about homosex.
I’d never go up to a straight guy and talk about him doing his gf “up the pussy.”
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@Comixbear: Because they let the religious right kidnap Jesus and morph him into something he isn’t. Instead of learning enough about the one book used to deny us so much, they just ignored the book because some religious assholes pissed them off.
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Gregorvonk – This is not a snarky comment, really, I’m glad you can be highminded. Personally, his beliefs are detestable and he is scum as a human being. But he is hot to look at. He is.
But after listening to the “video” if he’s not Gay, I’ll donate my next paycheck to a charity. He’s trying really hard to macho it up, but the Gay is coming through. My Gaydar is about 85-90% accurate. I know from living in the same general area for years. Guys that were married, eventually came out. etc.
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Read a few of his statements/sermons on his website and it’s obvious the poor man was sexually traumatized as a child. A lot of times hate is self-hate, refusing to accept who you are. But sometimes a cigar is a cigar. Sometime people are angry and in pain because they were victims of one of the worst crimes imaginable: rape. I don’t see Pastor Stephens as a closet case; I see him as someone who’s trying to make sense of something no one should have to come to terms with.
That doesn’t excuse what he says. But it does explain it to a degree.
And for the record, with all due respect to the man, I don’t find him cute. I do, however, feel sad for the guy. It’s obvious he went through something horrible.
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#32 T Marx: and sometimes people latch onto a hot button issue and ride it for their own profit too. I think that is much more likely than him being traumatized as a child. I’m not saying you’re wrong, but anyone can play the “could be” game. And I appreciate you adding ‘this doesn’t excuse what he says….” to your post.
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Darn I hate it when I forget – T Marx – he sounds gay to me. The minister at our local MCC church was married. He has a masculine look and personality but he has that subtle Gay sound in his voice. Not everyone has it of course, but he was married previously, very young; and he knows he has to ‘butch’ it up when he visits his son in the military. I’ve heard him do it. That is what this guy sounds like to me. I could be wrong – and I’m not making that assessment like some here just to be ‘told ya so.’
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Redball – I overlooked your post – I’m kinda intrigued by it – as you say who can figure out drunks – but the last line – ” I would never talk to a straight guy about doing it up the pussy.”
He is reflecting society’s attitudes that queers are “less than” and not worthy of respect and so of course he felt comfortable saying that to you.
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He looks like he stepped straight out of a Men At Play video… how many of these “haters” have to get caught with rentboys before the world grasps what’s REALLY going on here?!