North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor, Mark Robinson, has found himself making headlines in recent days. A speech in which he seems to suggest that guns are a gift from God is now doing the rounds.
Robinson, 53, was speaking in June at Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove. He explains, “To every animal, God has given the ability to defend yourself. God didn’t even leave the garden slug out. Garden slugs have little enzymes in it that make it unappealing for folks to eat … God gave the garden slug a way to defend itself.
“Now, if God gave the garden slug a way to defend themselves, what makes you think he didn’t give man, who he created in his own image, a way to defend himself?
“Those AR-15s and Glock 9mms and .45 calibers; where do you think they came from? Who do you think inspired them?
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“God knew the world he was putting us into, so he formed in our mind the ability for us to be able to defend ourselves from anybody who may threaten us.”
Elected earlier this year, Robinson has never made any secret of his devoutly held Christian beliefs.
However, after a recent speech in which he urged more conservative Christians to get involved in politics (“It is time for the church to start being the leader … if there is to be a future in this country, it is going to have to be led by the people of God”), there’s been more attention on some of his other speeches.
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Right Wing Watch reported on Robinson’s recent speech at the North Carolina Faith & Freedom Coalition’s “Salt & Light Conference.” At this, he said America was a “Christian Nation” and anybody who didn’t like it was free to leave: “I’ll buy your plane, train, or automobile ticket right up out of here.”
He went on to say schools could avoid shootings by teaching more about Jesus.
“If you had let God come in that building before that shooting, if you had told those students, ‘Jesus Christ is the way and the light, and only through him can you receive salvation,’ there wouldn’t have been no school shooting.”
Robinson has got a lot to say about school curriculum. Comments he made in the summer regarding LGBTQ issues and education have come to light following his other recent remarks.
Back in June, at the same Asbury Baptist Church gathering where he talked about slugs and guns, Robinson, took aim at what schools were teaching kids.
“There is no reason anybody, anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality or any of that filth,” Robinson said to applause from the congregation.
“And yes, I called it filth. And if you don’t like it that I called it filth, come see me about it.”
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says Christians must take control of public schools because children are being abused by being taught “filth”: “There’s no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth.” pic.twitter.com/aXjCPFKTs0
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 6, 2021
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Yesterday, after media began to pick up on his comments, NC Sen. Jeff Jackson (D-Mecklenburg) said Robinson should resign.
“To our LGBTQ friends who were the targets of this discrimination, you’ve had to put up with this hate for far too long,” Jackson said on Twitter. “This kind of behavior should be part of our past, not our present. We’re going to prevail over it, again, and move closer to full equality and dignity.”
North Carolina’s Lt. Governor, Mark Robinson, just angrily referred to the LGBTQ community as “filth.”
Then he says, “Yes, I called it filth.”
There’s no debate here. This is open discrimination. It is completely unacceptable.
Mark Robinson should resign. pic.twitter.com/rUhzXZm8Jd
— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) October 7, 2021
Matthewnow
He looks hungry.
jcool
tell him we’ll give him a pork chop if he shuts up.
Mister P
He’s crazy. Lock him up in an institution.
Shady Gaga
Gluttony is also a sin Henny
Vince
He’s like most Christians and ignores the BS that applies to him. You can tell that besides food and telling others what to do he loves to hear that sound of his own voice.
Also, I always get off bringing up the Bibles complete endorsement of slavery to black bigots. They shut up or just ignore you every single time because you can’t just explain it away. The bible is a how to manual on how to treat your slaves and was used for many decades in America to justify it.
Kangol2
He’s a Republican, no surprise there! He also is a rabid anti-Semite, anti-Muslim, anti-Obama, a sexist, and an extreme homophobe and transphobe. This is what you get when you support the GOP!
Heywood Jablowme
Why didn’t God invent (or “inspire”) guns back in the Roman Empire days? Jesus and the disciples could have been packing heat and defending themselves!
Mister P
His solution to school shootings doesn’t work. Why didn’t it work in the church shootings?
Mister P
North Carolina? He must be DL lovers with Mad Cauthorn.
My2CentsWorth
Black preachers in that area tended to have affairs with ladies of the church.
The 2024 presidential election is likely to be won by Republicans if they get someone who is mentally fit, or if Trump runs. This guy and Robinson could end up getting key positions.
Fahd
The United States is a country in which the Lt. Governor of a relatively well-off state is being monitored by Right Wing watches and with very good reason. That’s not just click bait; it’s worrisome. Hell in a handbasket…..
Are there any stories about gay-affirming Christian churches or leaders? Wasn’t that a trend at one point? Did the Episcopalians cave? With the aging gay baby boomers there must be a church market there. Since Queerty is such a ‘go-to’ site, I’d love to see such stories here.
Kangol2
There are many LGBTQ-affirming Christian (and other) congregations and ministers, but the overwhelming majority of Americans who are Christians are either Roman Catholic, Southern Baptist, or evangelical. In all three cases, as well as other churches like the Mormon Church, they are anti-LGBTQ at the top and in many cases, all the way down the hierarchy, even if many adherents are not or not rigidly anti-LGBTQ. This is a problem because while voters may push back (as millions of Catholics did when it came to rejecting the church’s anti-same-sex marriage message after the mid-2000s), anti-LGBTQ Christian politicians can wield tremendous power, as can anti-LGBTQ judges. In both cases, they can make life hell for LGBTQ people in large and small ways, even if individual believers are not extremely anti-LGBTQ. In the case of North Carolina, voters kept the Democratic governor, who provides some semblance of a check on the far-right, but also elected extremist Republicans like this man (and many in the legislature).
Max
can an infernal pit just open beneath him? all that fat will make a nice sizzle in the flames below.
Doug
Yet another warped individual from North Carolina.
revjimbrooking
Mark Robinson is a big, fat slug that someone should step on! He would not recognize God if they were to meet face to face!!
cuteguy
Another black guy who should understand what it means to be oppressed, attacking lgbtq ppl. Smh. Another “straight” black guy who uses religion to hide behind so he can profess hate against us.
My2CentsWorth
He is an opportunist. Just as Madison Cawthorn is. They know that they are lying but it doesn’t matter if it appeal to their supporters.
Lilopt
I suppose Mr. Robinson has NO idea how difficult it is for a citizen of Europe (Europe equals civilized) to get a permit and to be able to by a gun? But of course, how lucky it is for Americans to have a different God from ours…
Peter
So God wants us to shoot before using our brains and hearts? Wow; never heard that ascribed to God before. This dumbass should lose his job asap.
Kangol2
Wow, you had to go full racist, didn’t you? Instead of acknowledging that this creep is just like many in the Republican Party, whatever their race. And you’d be the first one whining if someone made a racial or anti-LGBTQ slur against you. Creep!
SDR94103
that big fat azz walrus is nasty.
JRamonMc
Give this man needs a Milky Way.
toddlicious
I may not be the most educated person on the constitution, but I do know this country was founded on religious freedom, and the founders decided on separation of church and state FOR A REASON. Where do these lunatics think they’re coming from? I suppose he’s also a Covid denier an anti-vaxxer, but couldn’t be bothered to think that the vaccine is also a gift from god. Anyway, I digress, he looks like he’s about two cheeseburgers away from a full heart attack, so here’s hoping!
Bastiani
Well, let’s hope he’s an anti-vaxxer. If he is, then we probably won’t have to hear from him again. *whew
Consider This
A big fat AMEN to that!
winemaker
Who elected this worthless ‘cootie’? That being said, well ain’t this callin’ the kettle black? The sad thing tis idiot probably won’t face any backlash for this as It seems that bashing gays is still acceptable yet if someone called this idiot the ‘N’ word, they’d be raked over the coals.
trojanboy
Filth. Pure and simple.
musiclover703
Apparently his blood type is gravy.
Bosch
Shame on you.
blackgrl71
Did you loose that buttplug up your arse during a Klan rally?!
Blaktarn
What do you call “THEM”? And if it were a white man saying the same things, what would the racist call him? “Daddy”?
blackgrl71
As the GOP continue to unearth these odious black people, who are consistently intellectually dishonest, immorally religious, and mean like this giant turd, I think a national conversation needs to be had about what qualifies someone to hold public office. Gross
wikidBSTN
Crazy fat Bible thumping Republican – and I’ll bet you he either has a Grinder account or is diddling little girls in the back seat of a van.
Scott Rose
People should be boycotting North Carolina until this bigot is out of office.
It’s up to the people of North Carolina to show the world that this is not who they are — if in fact it is not who they are.
In 2021, to have a state level elected official unrepentant about his history of antisemitic hate speech, and promoting hate against gay people? Intolerable.
PerhapsYesNoMaybe
He loves guns? So he’s happy most homicide victims are black and most homicide perpetrators are black according to the FBI (ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/expanded-homicide)? What a sad-sad gun worshipper.
Most white people, according to the FBI, are perpetrators of assault. Does he love fists and feet as much as guns?
Palto
Isn’t gluttony a sin? Somebody should tell the fat hog.
Dijonaise
Uncle Tom is a dirty n*****r
Invader7
So says a OBESE black man. That’s rich & ironic..
trojanboy
I wonder if he’ll change his mind when he is burning in hell. Probably not actually.