A pastor in Milledgeville, Georgia (pop. 19,256) is using the marquee outside his church to broadcast a message of hate towards gay people. He says he hopes the sign will sway the U.S. Supreme Court into ruling against marriage equality.
Pastor Robert Lee (pictured) of the Ten Commandments Church called homosexuality a “death worthy crime” on a billboard outside his church, and he’s not apologizing for it.
“Homosexuality is a terrible thing,” he told local TV station WGXA News. “It’s an abomination, so we are trying to inform people exactly what scripture says about it. Homosexuals are destroying this society.”
In a separate billboard Lee called gays and lesbians “disgraces to humanity.”
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The unapologetic bitch said that he will happily continue posting the signs to get his point across and that he’d rather “die” than accept gay members into his congregation.
“Homosexuality has to be at least as heinous as murder,” Lee opined to The Huffington Post. “My way of thinking comes from scripture. It does not come from any political view. I see a homosexual just like a murderer.”
But not everyone in Milledgeville agrees with Lee’s extreme views.
“This is the first time that I have ever seen anything that actually crossed the line and was inferring death upon a group,” Robert Owens told WGXA News.
Lee says he carefully timed the billboard to coincide with the Supreme Court hearing arguments about the constitutionality of gay marriage. He hopes the justices will notice it and get the message.
“The institution of marriage was instituted by God,” Lee told WGXA News, “and it should not be changed by people who deserve not to live.”
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Stache99
Yeah, and the bible is VERY pro slavery too. Good thing we don’t allow it to control our lives today eh Pastor Lee..
Captain proton
Leviticus 20:9
“For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.”
so practically all kids today have to be put to death. Why is he focusing on 13 without giving priority to 1-12 ?
onthemark
Next week is Exodus 31:15 – after the service he’ll take his congregation over to kill all the Walmart and Cracker Barrel employees for working on the Sabbath.
(Also I like how a black guy in Georgia is named Robert Lee – I do hope his middle initial is E?)
Angie O Plasty
LOL I was thinking the same thing!
Clark35
Why is queerty giving him the attention he wants?
Chris Vogel
The monotheistic religions seem very determined to prove that they are the ugliest and most violent in the history of the species. All very Christian. Hallelujah!
Low Country Boy
Leviticus 19:28 also states that you cannot tattoo your body. I LOVE seeing people with tattooed Biblical quotes! Have fun in hell, bitches!
Realitycheck
Too bad that inciting to violence is partially protected by law,
it can only be criminalized when it involves “inciting imminent lawless action
and is likely to incite or produce such action”.
@Clark35:
Because we should be aware of these kind of monsters and the
danger they might pose to our community or even to a single Gay
person.
PARKAVMAN
It will make a great defense at a murder trial. The Bible told me so…
NSB2244
This made rounds a while back and this article reminded me of this..I love how these “Christians” love to pick and choose quotes from the Bible to advance their agenda..if you are going to use the Bible to fight your battles, then you need to start living by the book first yourself!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/03/25/850561/-An-Open-Letter-to-Dr-Laura-Schlesinger#
jazz4108
That is not what my bible states when looking it up. Yes twisting the interpretation to make it say what he believes.
JustSayin
Wonder what his Grinder photo looks like……..
Adam C. Boardman
lol someone forgot that the argument for slavery was based on the bible …
Charli Girl
Good for you Paw Paw!’ Love it when y’all show just how aggressive and violent you are!!
ATTA BOY!!! KEEP IT COMING
Kelvin Johnson
He’s a man of god,just who’s god we don’t know yet.
Chris Poeschl
I can’t decide if it’s better to share this or not give the man the press he desperately wants.
Michael Davy
A true Christian
Bill Beaton
He’s at least made sure that he can’t visit a lot of countries now because of his sickening hate speech.
aidanbh
Of course, Leviticus also says that cursing your parents is a death-worthy crime. I wonder how many children he has left.
Craig Marker
More hate. Doesn’t this get old?!?
SteveDenver
A Christian and a Black man living up to the worst stereotypes of both.
twospirit
AHHH….YES….THE “RELIGIONISTS” WHO PICK AND CHOOSE PARTS OF THE BIBLE THAT JUSTIFIES THEIR BELIEFS (IN THIS CASE, BELIEFS OF HATRED OUT OF IGNORANCE/FEAR)
I APPLAUD THOSE HERE WHO QUOTE OTHER PASSAGES FROM LEVITICUS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BIBLE WE NO LONGER HOLD AS TRUTHS; IE. SLAVERY, KILLING THOSE WHO TALK BACK TO TO THEIR PARENTS, KILLING THOSE WHO WORK ON THE SABBATH, EATING SHELLFISH, WEARING TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FABRIC TOGETHER…
…THE BIBLE HAS A LOT OF BLOODSHED/AGGRESSION ALONG WITH THE MORE SPIRITUAL/LOVING PARTS…
Stuart Nemerov
Not that many years ago in this country HE would have been punishable by death for sitting at a lunch counter or dating a white woman. People and cultures evolve– but apparently not all.
Eddie Byng
Wasn’t too long ago and still in some parts of your country where your Colorado were treated joke you treat Gays. Should we go back to the good old days or move into the 21st century.
Eddie Byng
Colour
Eddie Byng
Let me repeat that .auto correct spelling stuffed up my message. It was not long ago and still is in some parts of America that African Americans were slaves. Do you think we should go back to those days or move into the 21st. Century. Why treat Gays as you do and still preach. My opinion is and will always be is. If God created us all, who are you to say he made a mistake. Being Gay is not a choice. Being Black is not a choice. Get over it.
Joseph Anthony AllenPalumbo
he is the kind of guy who has is legs up in the air so fast, just tell him to open his closest, such a fucking douche
jwtraveler
And to think how many gay people have marched and demonstrated and protested to ensure that black Americans get the rights and dignity they deserve; that the famous 1963 March on Washington for Civil Rights was organized by Bayard Rustin, an out, proud, gay, black man. Religion really does make people stupid.
@SteveDenver: What exactly do you mean by the “worst stereotypes” of “a black man”? Sounds r@cist to me. Are you saying that black men are more anti-gay than other people? I see no evidence of that.
Ken A.
Just a small town hick pastor trying for his 15 minutes of fame. It’ll blow over
Jack Anthony Owen
Can’t believe this “Pastor” feels this way ..he should know better..he went through discrimination himself
Realitycheck
@Ken A.: Yes but how many people will be hurt by his hate?
Reginald Augustus Salazar Magpayo
“By their FRUITS you will know” if it’s from God or NOT. (I guess we can all safely conclude where his “fruits” are coming from.)
Reginald Augustus Salazar Magpayo
TWO OF THE BIGGEST DECEPTIONS the Devil has conned Mankind with:
(1) that IT does not exist
(2) using Scripture/Bible to foster hate and bigotry (& saying “it’s FROM GOD”)
Victor Barry
Makes me want to reconsider the Bibles support of slavery.
Scott Groves
Dan Levin
Why is it a crime to coax someone into suicide on the internet but it’s not a crime to coax people into killing gay people? This asshole should be charged with attempted murder. If gays are just as bad as murderers, and he is calling for the murder of gay people, what does that make him?
Boy L Joey
stupidest man on Earth
Dale Landefeld
can we say…SHITHEAD….
Kevin J Desmond
Asshole forgets the bible also says slaves must obey their masters … but I guess he didn’t say anything about that ?
Norman D Roth
The more people change the more they stay the same lol
Barb Kipper
Shameful.
hyhybt
For decades, Milledgeville was synonymous with a large lunatic asylum which, though mostly abandoned and decaying, is still there.
Gee Rosato
David Bache
idiot
Transiteer
Instead he’s showing what his (or any) religion is really worth – nothing. He proves there is no god, and it’s all just a big con.