Ron Paul Touts Endorsement From Pastor Who Railed Against ‘Sodomites’
Ron Paul Touts Endorsement From Pastor Who Railed Against Sodomites
Pema Levy & Benjy Sarlin
Ron Pauls campaign is proudly showing off an endorsement from the Reverend Voddie Baucham, a Baptist pastor in Texas with a penchant for deploying fire and brimstone language against gays in his sermons, whom he notes are worthy of the death penalty according to Biblical law.
In one 2009 blog post condemning President Obama for an official announcement celebrating the gay and lesbian community, Baucham took issue with Obamas praise for the LGBT communitys activism on behalf of HIV/AIDS awareness.
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The post, which was first flagged by blogger and psychology professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton, added that The President goes on to celebrate the fact that this abomination (Lev 18:22) worthy of the death penalty (Lev 20:13) is now being celebrated in the open.
While he invokes the death penalty its not clear Baucham actually endorses its use against gays. Repeated attempts to reach him by phone were unsuccessful and he notes in another sermon that, in general, he considers some commandments from Leviticus no longer applicable, having been fulfilled by Jesus sacrifice on the cross. (Update: Baucham confirmed on his Facebook page he does not endorse the use of the death penalty against gays.)
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