Video of a Baptist preacher in Texas welcoming the death of a man last weekend at Wilton Manors Pride has appeared online.
The video was originally posted by Stedfast Baptist Church in Hurst, near Fort Worth. Its pastor is named Jonathan Shelley. The church’s YouTube channel carries a wealth of videos denouncing LGBTQ people and Pride Month, with some claiming the Bible prescribes the death penalty for homosexuals.
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In this particular video, Shelley says, “It is going beyond just saying you do all this wicked stuff. It’s saying you enjoy it. You enjoy murder. You enjoy malignity. You enjoy hating God.
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“Look, there’s only one group that enjoys that: It’s the Pride parades going up and down the street.
“And, you know, it’s great when trucks accidentally go through those, you know, parades. I think only one person died. So hopefully we can hope for more in the future.
“You say, ‘Well, that’s mean.’ Yeah, but the Bible says that they’re worthy of death! You say, ‘Are you sad when fags die?’ No, I think it’s great!
“I hope they all die! I would love it if every fag would die right now. And you say, ‘Well, I don’t think that’s what you really mean.’ That’s exactly what I mean. I really mean it!”
The Stedfast Church video, which appears to have now been deleted from YouTube, was captured and posted to Twitter by Hemant Mehta of The Friendly Atheist.
Yesterday, a Christian hate-preacher from Texas celebrated a gay man’s death at a Pride parade.
“It’s great when trucks accidentally go through those… parades… We can hope for more in the future… I think it’s great! I hope they all die!”
(Warning: The language gets worse) pic.twitter.com/3VsYC8KmjA
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) June 21, 2021
According to Mehta, Shelley’s church is affiliated with the infamous “death to gays” Pastor Steven Anderson.
At Wilton Manors Stonewall Parade on Saturday, a man lost control of his truck. It accelerated and hit others in the parade. Two men were rushed to hospital, where one was pronounced dead. It was later revealed that both driver and victims were members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus.
The man who died has been identified as James Fahy, aged 75. The driver has been named by police as Fred Johnson Jr, 77. Johnson released a statement Monday evening saying, “This was a horrible accident and I offer my sincere regrets to all those who were impacted by this tragic event.
“I love my Chorus family and the community and would never do anything to intentionally harm anyone.
“Please know that I hold my fellow Chorus member, Jim Fahy, in my heart forever and offer my condolences to his friends and family.’
Johnson continues to assist the police with their investigation.
Although Shelley’s so-called sermon appears to have now been deleted from YouTube, the Stedfast church’s channel, which has almost 10k subscribers, continues to host videos denouncing Pride Month. It posted another one yesterday. The historic news clip showed one of the church’s other pastors saying that the murders that took place at Pulse in Orlando in 2016 shouldn’t be considered a tragedy.
Smith David
Welp, I guess the church is no longer in the business of saving souls.
James Hart
When a person acts so vehemently about homosexuality – as this “pastor” does – you can bet this person is struggling with their own latent homosexuality.
BaltoSteve
So much for Jesus is Love.
cc423
Please report this sick man’s YouTube channel so hopefully his messages of hate get banned.
Chrisk
No different then a klan meeting. They’re religious too. Same type of bigots.
Mr. Stadnick
Why are they not considered a hate group?
Cam
This is who Evangelicals and Republicans are now.
BaltoSteve
Are now?
Cam
@BaltoSteve
True.
And have been for a while now. It’s only about hate, bigotry and harming others.
Jay002
Well i guess thats the reason you have all these hurricanes ,floods and tornadoes in the South. God must hate you for some reason lets see slavery, jim crow, lynchings and years of discrimination .
Invader7
Hopefully this piece of excrement gets called to heaven or hell !!
kthcst
the phone number to this BORN AGAIN HYPOCRIT CHURCH is 682-253-4066…just call and let them know how cruel of a pastor this bozo is…
Fahd
Shocking – and to think this con man enjoys a tax exemption for spewing this hate. Definitely should not be able to put this out on Youtube or other social media.
James G
This is exactly the type of rhetoric Hitler used to condemn Jews, races he didn’t like, homosexuals, Gypsies, those with medical or mental illnesses, or disabilities, to death. The arrogance of these people is staggering! They know the only right way to be and anyone different, including non-believers, are worthy of death! Unreal! This is why I’m not a Christian and why I fight endlessly to keep religion out of government! I don’t want to live in their selfish, misogynistic, theocracy. I wonder what the official reaction would be if he was spewing hate and advocating death for Catholics, Jews or women? So tired of the arrogant, entitled, religious reich in America!
Leash
Abusing a religion and interpreting it extremly to gain power? What wannabe white trash ISIS nonsense is this?