A North Carolina senior pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville preached that parents should hit children that show signs of being gay, he says he was just joking and that the members of his congregation understood his intent.
"Everyone in the congregation on that morning understood that there was no intent in any way, shape or form that I meant to break a wrist," Sean Harris told CNN.
He made this "joke" as he calls it during a sermon, that was dedicated to North Carolina's "marriage amendment" being put to a state poll. If it passes, it would specify the marriage of a man and woman will be the only legally recognized domestic union in the state.
This is a part of the sermon.
"So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, 'Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,' you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed," Harris preached.
"Can I make it any clearer?" he yelled. "Dads, the second you see that son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give them a good punch."
He even takes aim at girls too, warning parents to "rein in" daughters who are "acting too butch."
Right before the end of his 55 minute sermon, Harris said he isn't against same-sex couples living together even if according to him it's a "sick and ungodly way." He then made it clear he was not spreading anti-gay hate.
In todays society, this seems like something that should not exist! After all, parents aren't even aloud to physically correct their children and are meant to deal with it in more of a civilized manner. We are also not meant to treat homosexuality as a sickness or a choice. It is something that you are born with not something that can be gotten rid of by a good smack!
Why can't people just let people be who they are? Homosexuals have had to put up with a lot and have fought for there right to live as couples without being ridiculed. I would say especially homosexual students get bullied because of the way the are. Two of the largest things that us as a society have been trying to fight is racism or prejudice and bullying. So why keep fighting homosexuality? Religion is meant to give hope for after death and a way for people to follow rules to stay civilized. But they can't expect people to change their sexual orientation for religion or because you hit them.
What would be the problem with a gay couple being legally married anyway? People have to get over themselves and stop trying to make peoples lives difficult, lots of homosexuals already have enough problems from society so why make it worse for them?
After Harris' sermon got out in public and he received lots of flack from the media and the public he proceeded to comment on this.
"I have learned from this and will seek to be more articulate and deliberate with my words in the future," Harris wrote, adding that his apology is not to be confused with a retraction of his other remarks.
"I do not apologize for the manner in which the Word of God articulates sexual immorality, including homosexuality and effeminacy, as a behaviour that is an abomination to God."
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