Pastor Donald "Faggot!" Fozard and Herald-Sun columnist rail about Council's marriage equality vote

[ccharles000]

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/13336/durham-pastor-heraldsun-columnist-rail-about-city-councils-vote-in-support-of-marriage-equality

I knew the shoe would eventually drop on this, given it is election time for the Durham city council, which voted unanimously for a nonbinding resolution to extend civil-marriage rights to same-sex couples. In the Durham Herald-Sun, columnist John McCann goes on a diatribe in support of a local minister who is, well, using the tired bible beating reasons to bounce council members by questioning their faith for voting for the resolution.

Coming to a pulpit near you -- maybe today; the primary election is Tuesday -- pandering politicians, according to Donald Q. Fozard, who shepherds the flock over there at Mount Zion Christian Church.

And if you church folks sit back in your pews and let those City Council candidates get up there and flap their gums and smile real big without checking them on their views about same-sex marriage, then you need to question your Christianity, the pastor put forth.

Back in August, the City Council voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution to extend civil-marriage rights to same-sex couples. The passage prompted a standing ovation at City Hall.

By the way, Rev. Fozard is such a moral community leader; this hateful man has been known to repeatedly shout "faggot" from the pulpit. An example of the intellectual capacity as Durham's version of Fred Phelps, from The Independent Weekly:

From this past Sunday's sermon, one would think the Rev. Donald Q. Fozard Sr. likes saying the word faggot. The pastor of Durham's Mount Zion Christian Church hollers the word's last syllable as if he were exorcising a demon, or as if he were a movie star who understands that notoriety rises when you do something incendiary.

"Faggots across the nation, heading churches. Homos on the pianos. Faggots in the choir. What kind of spirit is leading that church?" he asked his 150 worshippers.

[donco6]

1. Gosh, and why do we reject religion again?

Hmmm . . . lemme think . . .

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Behold 'Pastor' and his wife, 'Prophetess' What a sham.