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AIDS Would Be Eradicated if Gays Were 'Executed,' Pastor Claims
More hatred, that's all these guys preach! I wonder if he has the vaguest idea of how many people of various sexual orientations have HIV. And, he seemingly hates all women too!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/arizona-pastor-steven-anderson-gay-men-_n_6263720.html
An Arizona pastor is making headlines after claiming that AIDS would be eradicated if gays were "executed."
The New Civil Rights Movement first reported that Pastor Steven Anderson, who runs Tempe's Faithful Word Baptist Church, made the shocking claims during a sermon delivered Nov. 30.
Arguing that members of the gay community are "filled with disease because of the judgement of God," Anderson said, "Anybody who's a homo or bi -- it's all the same category -- sodomite is what the Bible would call them."
Citing Leviticus 18:22, he then added, "It was right there in the Bible all along ... if you executed the homos like God recommends, you wouldn't have all this AIDS running rampant."
It isn't the first time that Anderson, who "holds no college degree but has well over 140 chapters of the Bible memorized word-for-word" according to his church's website, has ruffled feathers.
Earlier this year, he argued that "remarriage is adultery," noting, "I don’t care if our society embraces divorce, and even Christians are getting divorced at the same rate as the world, I'm not gonna change!"
He has also argued in favor of keeping women silent in church.
"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection," he said in a sermon. "But I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man."
The New Civil Rights Movement first reported that Pastor Steven Anderson, who runs Tempe's Faithful Word Baptist Church, made the shocking claims during a sermon delivered Nov. 30.
Arguing that members of the gay community are "filled with disease because of the judgement of God," Anderson said, "Anybody who's a homo or bi -- it's all the same category -- sodomite is what the Bible would call them."
Citing Leviticus 18:22, he then added, "It was right there in the Bible all along ... if you executed the homos like God recommends, you wouldn't have all this AIDS running rampant."
It isn't the first time that Anderson, who "holds no college degree but has well over 140 chapters of the Bible memorized word-for-word" according to his church's website, has ruffled feathers.
Earlier this year, he argued that "remarriage is adultery," noting, "I don’t care if our society embraces divorce, and even Christians are getting divorced at the same rate as the world, I'm not gonna change!"
He has also argued in favor of keeping women silent in church.
"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection," he said in a sermon. "But I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man."
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