North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is at it again. The proud homophobe used another church sermon to take further aim at the LGBTQ+ community. This one took place the Sunday before last (Nov. 14), at Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
A video of his speech shows him questioning the purpose of being gay.
“If homosexuality is of God, what purpose does it serve? What does it make? What does it create? It creates nothing,” he told the congregation, reports the Charlotte Observer.
He said he didn’t want to explain to his grandchildren why two men were kissing if they saw it on television.
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Robinson compared being gay to “what the cows leave behind,” and maggots and flies, who he said all serve a purpose in God’s creation.
He went on to say a gay man once asked him: “So you think your wife and you, you think your heterosexual relationship is superior to my husband and my homosexual relationship?”
“Yes!” he bellowed to the congregation. “These people are superior because they can do something these people can’t do,” Robinson said, in reference to reproduction. “Because that’s the way God created it to be. And I’m tired of this society trying to tell me it’s not so.”
He also addressed trans people.
“Ain’t but two genders — male and female. Two. There are two genders, male and female,” Robinson said to an ovation.
“I don’t care how much you cut yourself up, drug yourself up and dress yourself up, you still either one of two things — you either a man or a woman. You might be a cut up, dressed up, drugged up ugly man or woman, but you still a man or a woman, and I don’t care who doesn’t like it.”
He took aim at anyone who holds science above “the wisdom and knowledge of Jesus Christ,” questioning recent scientific alarm around climate change.
‘Those same people will tell you that there are 32 genders. Where? On the Muppet Show,” he asked, prompting laughs from the church.
He pledged to continue speaking out on religious matters, despite his role as Lieutenant Governor, because “God is the reason why I am here. God is the reason this nation is here.”
“In America, you have the right to be a homosexual and, as an elected official, I have a duty to protect your constitutional rights, and I will,” he said. “But we in church right now, and we are talking about church stuff, we are talking about God stuff.”
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Robinson made headlines last month when comments he made at a church in June went viral online. He spoke out against LGBTQ issues being taught in schools, saying, “There is no reason anybody, anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality or any of that filth. And yes, I called it filth. And if you don’t like it that I called it filth, come see me about it.”
In the wake of those comments, state Democrats called on Robinson to resign. The White House called his comments “repugnant”. However, Robinson has stood by his remarks and says he no-one can “intimidate” him into silence. At last weekend’s sermon, he said he hoped his comments were being video recorded and shared.
After video of his appearance duly appeared online, a small protest was held outside Robinson’s office on Friday. Some of those attending were members of the LGBTQ-friendly St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church in Raleigh.
St John’s senior pastor, Vance Haywood, addressed the protestors and said of Robinson, “This man’s theology and religious practices are not only flawed and a perversion of the Christian tenets; he places countless people at risk of violent attacks and even murder every time he opens his mouth.”
“Mark Robinson has no place standing at the holy desk of any legitimate Christian church unless it is to confess his sins against humanity and ask for forgiveness.”
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ptn2719
Well, for one thing, without us, the arts (Broadway etc) pretty much wouldn’t exist. (I assume he’s not a patron of the arts??)
IvanPH
What is the purpose of gluttony? Somebody should ask this subhuman.
Chrisk
It blows me away that any black people would worship a white slave owners book of fairy tales. The Bible is a how to manual on how to buy and treat your slaves. Was used to subjugate black people for centuries.
It blows me away that this smug fat turd is making the same arguments that the people he wants to represent made against his people not that long ago and most still do.
It blows me away why people that experienced so much hate and discrimination would use it towards others just because their different.
I just don’t understand why human beings can’t be better then that. We really are no different then animals.
My2CentsWorth
Because of this guy everyone from the state should be too ashamed to admit that they are from it.
jayceecook
Christianity and the bible have been used to subjugate *everyone* for centuries. Almost every religion has but none more than the Abrahamic “faiths”.
Mister P
He seems a bit too obsessed with this subject for a healthy secure heterosexual male.
Donston
Plenty of people who are legit hetero and “straight” feel this way (as do a percentage of out queers). But the more he talks the more he does give off a whiff of damaged, self-hating, resentful, insecure closet case who chose to be “straight”.
My2CentsWorth
I watched most of the video of the church service. When I looked at him and his wife I thought about Tammy Fay and Jim Bakker presenting themselves as a blissfully happy couple but were having a lot of problems.
The Wikipedia article stated that this guy has been through bankruptcy 2 or 3 times. He has something in common with Donald Trump.
woodroad34
For one thing we keep irresponsible heterosexuality under control. We’re natural birth control—unfortunately this pig slipped by.
Cam
As we’ve said before, by this logic, then older couples, or infertile couples would be denied marriage licenses too if they only purpose of a relationship is to pump out kids.
Fahd
This sort of “natural law” reasoning has been used to justify slavery too (check your bible).
Like the poor, the ignorant will always be with us; it’s just that in North Carolina the ignorant can get elected Lt. Governor.
Kangol2
This man is a hateful, raging mess, but let’s not forget, the North Carolina GOP voters voted him into office, and as far as I can tell, no major figures in the North Carolina or national GOP are criticizing him or demanding he apologize for his blatant homophobia and transphobia. Why? Why is his party in NC silent? Are his Republican colleague telling him to can the homophobia and transphobia? Why is the RNC silent? What about North Carolina’s two GOP Senators, or its Congresspeople? Why are they giving him a pass? He isn’t the only one in the GOP who feels this way, he’s just more vocal than many, but the silence about this man from the GOP is deafening.
My2CentsWorth
He is the same as the politicians who encourage people to not get vaccinated. He is doing what he thinks will help him and he doesn’t care an iota about anyone but himself. He would be a good running mate of Donald Trump who doesn’t really care about anyone but maybe his wife and children.
Josh in OR
Lt. Gov. Tubby McLardass should focus on his own sins – Gluttony and Pride are the two I can clock right away, but you KNOW there’s more – before DARING to criticize anyone else for their supposed sins.
Clearly, he needs to go back and read his Bible some more.
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
“Before you call out the note in someone else’s eye, see to the plank in your own.”
“By their fruits shall ye know them.”
“There will be those who come before Me who say, ‘Lord, Lord! Didn’t I drive out demons in your name?!’ I will say to those, ‘I know you not’.”
pdus
this overgrown hater should remember when how bad his race was treated and do the same.. total ass
My2CentsWorth
I watched most of the service on YouTube (skipped some) and I remember a school mate who remained in North Carolina after graduating from a segregated school we went to. She had the unique job as a janitor in a White only church. She was the only Black who could regularly go into the church and during church services, she was required to not go into the chapel (and maybe some other areas).
Maybe it takes a Black guy to be like him in order to go to the church (except as janitor and etc.).
Kangol2
“Was treated”? Did you wake up in 2075 or something? You do realize there’s a hell of a lot of racism and White supremacy in the US still, right?
Openminded
He claims to be making his “church” beliefs known while in church, but still “representing all the people” while at his political job. I have a hard time believing he can fairly represent the people with such deep seeded beliefs against LGBTQ people.
Mack
If gay men serves no purpose, let’s ask the black guy what purpose does his skin color serve? Your faked God made everyone in his image, or so YOU say.
Den
Unfortunately, dark skin color has a very real purpose and evolved in humans to protect against sun damage in the tropics. It was lost during the migrations out of Africa, and seemed to be selected for again in some South Asians and Pacific Islanders. And even though he likely does not “believe” in evolution I am sure he could cite the reason that “God created” black people.
Same sex attraction might simply be an easily occurring variation in specifically innate human behavior, as it has a pretty fixed occurrence across populations as well as being seen in other higher vertebrates. Various advantages to the family groups and small bands that humans lived in through most of our history have been hypothesized, but of course this dolt probably thinks we (and the universe) have only been around for about 10,000 years, despite the known 200,000 + year history of our species.
Den
And I need to make clear (as some here are pretty dull) that I don’t mean it is unfortunate that there are black people, an obviously stupid notion. Only that the selection pressure that caused increased melanin production offers this charlatan/dolt pastor/governor a convenient answer regarding the purpose of skin color.
Kangol2
Don’t be racist. You can criticize this creep without uninformed, anti-scientific comments about skin color! Remember, human beings emerged from Africa. Your distant ancestors had dark skin too!