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05/25/2012
WHOA! Even the SBC is distancing itself from FRC honoree Ron Baity (and Charles Worley and Sean Harris)
Baptist Press, a publication of the Southern Baptist Convention, wants you to know that their work against LGBT equality has nothing to do with a few people who you've read about (and in some cases were first discovered) right here on G-A-Y:
In question are sermons and comments posted to YouTube and Facebook promoting the genocide, punishment or prosecution of gays or suspected gays. The posts have gone viral on the Internet.
Among them are anti-gay comments by pastor Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, N.C., advocating the genocide of gays by enclosing them behind electrified fencing until they "die out" from the inability to reproduce.
Pastor Sean Harris of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, N.C., has apologized after he encouraged parents to "punch" and "crack that wrist" of their sons and daughters if they exhibit suspected gay behavior.
Pastor Ron Baity of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., has called for the criminal prosecution of gays. Conversely, a Washington watchdog group is calling for the criminal prosecution of pastor Ronnie Spriggs of Hager Hill Freewill Baptist Church in Kentucky after he preached a sermon telling congregants not to vote for President Obama.
State Rep. Andy Gipson, R.-Miss., is defending himself against death threats at his home after he posted on his Facebook page the Leviticus 20:13 law calling for the death of those engaging in homosexual sex.
None of the pastors are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention; only Gipson is a member of a Southern Baptist church in Magee, Miss., and a bivocational minister.
Southern Baptists draw distance from harsh anti-gay rhetoric, yet hold to convictions [BP News]
So to be clear, the *Southern Baptist Convention* is putting public distance between their openly anti-LGBT cause and the indefensibly extreme rhetoric of the man who Tony Perkins just proudly honored with FRC's top award:
It's getting really weird out there!
*EARLIER: OMG VIDEO: FRC awards Ron 'gays worse than maggots' Baity with 2012 Watchmen Award!!!!! [G-A-Y]
What FRC just honored: Man who says gays are 'warped, infested, twisted' with 'depraved gray matter' [G-A-Y]
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