WV Legislator, a Baptist Pastor, Says "The LGBTQ" Are a "Terrorist Group"

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https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/02/10/wv-legislator-a-baptist-pastor-says-the-lgbtq-are-a-terrorist-group/

WV Legislator, a Baptist Pastor, Says “The LGBTQ” Are a “Terrorist Group”
By Hemant Mehta, February 10, 2019

Republican Eric Porterfield, a West Virginia legislator, went on an unhinged rant against LGBTQ people this week… when he was trying to explain an anti-gay slur he used during a committee meeting.

A different Republican wanted to amend a bill to block cities from enacting anti-discrimination rules when Porterfield jumped in to call LGBTQ activists “socialists.” Actually, what he said was, “The LGBT is the most socialist group in this country,” whatever that means. As proof “the LGBT” is out to get people, he noted that there were protests against the attention-hungry Milo Yiannopoulos in part because his speaking tour had an anti-gay slur in its name.

And then it somehow got worse.

When the Charleston Gazette-Mail interviewed him Friday, Porterfield quadrupled down on his bigotry:

“The LGBTQ is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate,” Porterfield said in an interview Friday morning. He also called the gay community a “terrorist group” and said he is being “persecuted” by the gay community in retaliation for his remarks, including receiving threats on Facebook and voicemails.

While some Republicans expressed their disappointment with his remarks, none of them demanded his resignation… because they’re Republicans. If they tossed out everyone in the party who was rabidly anti-gay, there would hardly be anyone left.

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1. Me thinks thou doth protest too much.

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How long before "The Good Pastor, Porterfield" is caught with gay porn
or a "rent boy."

In all my years of not being gay I have found it is really easy not to be gay
(although some of my best friends are LGBT ) by not having sex w/men.

The pastor's stomping grounds. Oakville, W.V..

[Atticus]

2. Who knew "The Mighty Favog" was an actual Baptist pastor? nt

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3. He represents the same county that still has bible study at

the elementary school level in the public schools.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w-va-mom-says-her-daughter-was-bullied-after-they-n950901

When her teacher and the pastor who ran that class realized they didn’t have a permission slip for Jessica Roe to attend, they placed her and another girl who wasn’t enrolled in the county's Bible in the Schools program in a coat closet and gave them iPads “to amuse themselves" during the 30-minute class, Deal said.

When Jessica Roe was in third grade, the bullying began, Deal charged in a lawsuit she and another family filed in January 2017 against the Mercer County Public Schools, with the help of the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which advocates for the separation of church and state.

“The kids started telling her that she and her family were all going to hell,” Deal said. “One girl saw the Harry Potter book that Jessica Roe was reading and slammed it down on her desk. ‘You don’t need to be reading this witch magic stuff, you should be reading The Bible,’ she yelled.”