The last we heard from Todd Starnes he was bullying a small town librarian in Alaska for not stocking his latest hate manifesto book on library shelves. Now, the FOX News radio host is back with an antigay rant that will give Becky Wegner Rommel a run for her money.
While speaking at the Abilene Baptist Church in Augusta on Sunday, Starnes kicked off his sermon by talking about thrilled he was to below the Mason-Dixon line where he could drink sweet tea and stuff his face with Chick-fil-a, the “official chicken of Jesus.”
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Then he told churchgoers, “I believe that the reason that God blessed America is because we know how to smoke a pork butt!”
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After that, he launched into a speech about how a “war on religious liberty” is spreading like wildfire all across the United States.
“This war is not targeting people of the Muslim faith or the Jewish faith or the Hindu faith,” Starnes said. “This war on religious liberty is targeting people of the Christian faith!”
This, naturally, led him into a discussion about Miley Cyrus, who he accused of “committing this act of public debauchery” when she performed with Robin Thicke at the MTV Awards back in 2013. (Seriously, are people still talking about that?)
“It was about that time Phil Robertson, one of my heroes of the faith from Duck Dynasty, did an interview with GQ magazine, and in that interview, Phil Robertson defended traditional marriage,” Starnes observed. “Miley Cyrus, celebrated for her act of debauchery, but Phil Robertson castigated for for standing up for the Bible!”
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This, Starnes believes, should be viewed as a warning to Christ followers that the United States is obviously just “a few years away” from “criminalizing Christianity.”
“If you think the cultural purging of The Dukes of Hazzard had been breathtaking in recent days,” Starnes cautioned, “wait until you see what they’re about to do to Christians!”
He also took a jab at trans youth, saying, “You may wake up feeling like a boy, but by third period you might start feeling like a girl!” before issuing the following battle cry to his fellow Bible-thumpers:
“The time has come for all of us to stand together with one voice! They may demand to know the content of our prayers, they may try to shut down our bakeries, they may try to silence our voices, but we will not be silenced!”
“We. Will. Not. Be. Intimidated!”
Watch Starnes’ full sermon below. Or don’t.
Tony Chaplinski
and faux news has a favorite also. its bologna
Dakotahgeo
Please understand that it is NOT the Christians we are condemning or chastising, but the fake christian extremists that give Christianity, God, and Jesus Christ a very bad name. THOSE are the people we will not only crush, defeat, and outlaw… they will be known and seen for their attempted destruction of religion in America! And yes, it has already started, and we will continue to hound the beast of false teaching! Always!
Cam
Actually no faith is being targeted. Bigots are no longer being allowed to attack others in the public sphere.
So if bigotry is his religion, then yeah, I guess it’s been targeted.
stanhope
God made them ugly and date.ess in high school so now they hate. LOL. Roseanne said it best, ” don’t hate me because your life sucks”
Giancarlo85
WOW. I didn’t realize Jesus would endorse factory farmed chickens kept in disgusting conditions and then served between two pieces of bread. The chicken is loaded with all sorts of cancer linked chemicals including extreme doses of MSG. I didn’t realize religion endorses eating deadly food. So go ahead nutcase, stuff your face full of that garbage. You will end up getting cancer.
Dakotahgeo
@Giancarlo85: Thank you! We can only hope it metastasizes quickly!
Michael Finnegan
And here I thought he’d endorse a fish, wine, and bread joint?
Ladbrook
Irrational homophobia and fear disguised as Christianity.
Discrimination and bigotry disguised as “religious freedom.”
Yeah, go with that.
Ladbrook
Anyone else notice that Todd Starnes speaks a lot like BJMcFrisky writes?
Hmmmmm…
AtticusBennett
i hope he and his kind eat LOTS of chick-fil-a. Jesus your way to diabetes and an early grave, for all i care.
that said, these guys sure do a tremendous job of cheapening Christ, eh?
Frot House Jocks
“Conservatism is just Satanism with a little bit of money.” Frot House Jocks – Atlanta Girl
Alex Rothwell
Right and Fox News knows Jesus ! A bunch of B.S.
manxxxx
So it’s Kosher? Or is this just another one of those lies perpetrated by the evangelunatics? Sorry – rhetorical questions.
Gene Deneg
chick fil a food is disgusting!!!! must be why all the breeders like it they all have the same poor taste!!! HA HA =D
Dakotahgeo
@Ladbrook: Thank you! By golly, that strikes a sour note, lolol. BJMcFrosty has no creds on GLBT blogs!
Luis H. Lopez
Imbeciles and homophobes !
Chris Vogel
I’ll bet he has a favourite bourbon, and a favourite pick-up truck and a favourite trailer park, too.
Dakotahgeo
@Chris Vogel: LOLOL… Thank you! And I’ll bet Jesus lives in a suburb of Drake, ND also.
You don’t happen to live in North Dakota do you? My sympathies if you do. My High School Diploma was my Passport out of, and into the New World beyond ND’s borders!
Giancarlo85
I just laugh when a gay person eats and likes chick-fil-a. Funny how all the right wingers have disappeared lately.
Charles Copenhagen
Such a shame that the FOX NEWS host would claim that Chick-Fil-A is the official chicken of Jesus.
Jesus never went to the SCOTUS to avoid providing a health care benefit to workers.
Jesus healed them for FREE.
Ladbrook
I think most homophobes and like most r@cists: in other words, their bigotry is usually grounded in ignorance, cultural isolation, and/or fear of “the other.”
However… with people like Starnes, I think he mocks and hates publically to cover up what he does privately. He doesn’t strike me as just some self-hating guy in the closet. He seems more like a creepy perv with a diaper fetish or someone with a dominatrix on call 24/7.
Berkleyguy
This pastor and FOX News have their heads so far up you know where – they’ll never see the light of day. The whole premise is pure bogus nonsense. Boy is this one for SNOPES..
BlueDude
@Dakotahgeo: AMEN, Bro Geo! The more these evangetards blather and howl, the more the sane folks understand them for the hateful, ignorant, un-christian goobers they are. They’re helping LGBTQs way more than their little pea-pickin’ brains can imagine. And, I pray the exodus of county clerk bigots continues.
@Michael Finnegan: FAB. U. LOUS.
russellhm
His photo is so stereotypic of the type: overweight, fleshy, likely never been laid, no gay guy would look twice and his self-esteem is between zilch and zero. But he had a cause and that cause is going to bring him all the attention he craves. Simply pathetic but indicative of where we are.
AxelDC
That would be Church’s Chicken.
Noel Hoklin
If the chicken doesn’t make you vomit Fox News will.
Gabriel Waldron
WHAT???
jimmac
And that, is a dumbass.
Kevin White
Blasphemy, Fox News, just blasphemy…. As your listeners would say to anyone else, you are the spawn of the devil.
Will Glitzern
Jesus Chicken!