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muriel_volestrangler

(101,307 posts)
Tue May 1, 2012, 06:39 PM May 2012

NC pastor says punch and break the wrist of your child if you suspect he might be gay

In North Carolina, where there is an amendment to write homophobia into the state constitution, Sean Harris, one of the advocates for that 'Amendment One' said the following in a 'Marriage Sunday' 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.
Can I make it any clearer? Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to be a male and you are going to be a male. And when your daughter starts acting to Butch you reign her in. And you say, “Oh, no, sweetheart. You can play sports. Play them to the glory of God. But sometimes you are going to act like a girl and walk like a girl and talk like a girl and smell like a girl and that means you are going to be beautiful. You are going to be attractive. You are going to dress yourself up.”
You say, “Can I take charge like that as a parent?”
Yeah, you can. You are authorized. I just gave you a special dispensation this morning to do that.

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2012/05/video-amendment1-pastor-gives-parents-special-dispensation-to-use-violence-against-lgbt-kids-4marriagenc.html


Also from the same piece of shit:
Amendment 1 pastor warns same-sex marriage could cause Muslims to 'take over us'
Amendment 1 pastor says 'sick and ungodly' gays are 'not good for America'

Is telling parents to physically abuse their children in a way that would get them a prison sentence itself illegal?

Via Slacktivist.

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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,588 posts)
3. So...he says abuse your children to make them straight?
Tue May 1, 2012, 06:43 PM
May 2012

Unbelievable.

What an idiot. And that word does not really express my contempt.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
5. YEAH! Punch the little fucker to knock some sense into him, then break his damned wrist so ...
Tue May 1, 2012, 06:50 PM
May 2012

he can't jerk off while watching gay porn!

Thanks much, pastor. That sounds like a great recipe for raising tolerant, loving, trusting, children.

Aww, FUCK IT, who are we kidding, preacherman? That is nothing but a perfect recipe for raising more Marcus Bachmanns.

After all, confused, angry, and afraid is what we want for all of God's children, right?

tanyev

(42,552 posts)
6. Geez, even James Dobson only went as far as telling men they should shower with their sons
Tue May 1, 2012, 06:55 PM
May 2012

to scare away the gay.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
8. Any church participating in this horrific 'Marriage Sunday should immediately lose tax exempt status.
Tue May 1, 2012, 06:57 PM
May 2012

This pastor is a major piece of shit if he really thinks thay - but sadly assholes like this are a dime a dozen anymore. Come on IRS - get off your ass!!

malaise

(268,938 posts)
9. Good fugging grief
Tue May 1, 2012, 06:57 PM
May 2012

One more 'moran' with spelling problems - someone should 'reign' in his violence and his ignorance.

YellowRubberDuckie

(19,736 posts)
10. Yeah, because all of that shit has worked SO WELL in the past.
Tue May 1, 2012, 06:58 PM
May 2012

What a dick. That guy needs to taken out back and have the crap beat out of him. This is why I hate religion. People like this and their ilk.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. Do you ever wonder why some gays are so heavily closeted?
Tue May 1, 2012, 07:05 PM
May 2012

This is Exhibit A. Imagine growing up in a family that sticks to these twisted beliefs, with the full endorsement and encouragement of some demented pastor pretending to speak for God almighty. Yeah, it's easy to ridicule this nonsense from the safety and comfort of a far different environment, but for a person growing up with this, there's so much more alienation and self-loathing. Toss in some "well meant" child abuse, and Sean Harris gets to officiate at the memorial services for a lot of suicides.

Just plain nauseating.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)
12. A Day in the life of LGBTIQ folk.
Tue May 1, 2012, 07:17 PM
May 2012

Even if just suspected of being Gay - punch the shit out of your child.

Not that they don't do it any way.

longship

(40,416 posts)
15. Or you can bathe with your gay son...
Tue May 1, 2012, 08:07 PM
May 2012

according to AFA guy, James Dobson, yet another sick religious fuck.

I leave it people's purient imaginations what Dobson means by this technique.

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