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Enrique

(27,461 posts)
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:41 PM May 2012

Louis Farrakhan criticizes Obama over gay marriage

i.e. he sides with Mitt Romney on the issue. Romney-Farrakhan 2012?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/louis-farrakhan-gay-marriage_n_1552556.html?ref=black-voices

Minister Louis Farrakhan recently responded to President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage calling him "the first president that sanctioned what the scriptures forbid," according to a video posted by the Nation of Islam's "official" news source, Finalcall.com.

During an address at the California Convention Center on Sunday, the Nation of Islam leader ridiculed the media for its portrayal of Obama after the announcement, and chastised politicians and clergy for hypocritically supporting gay marriage despite the fact that the Bible forbids it.

Throughout his speech, Farrakhan carefully points out that he does not condone homophobia, saying "I'm not your enemy. I'm your brother, and I do love you." However, he said "sin is sin according to the standard of God."

"Males coming to males with lust in their hearts as they should to a female," he said. "Now don't you dare say Farrakhan was preaching hate; he's homophobic. I'm not afraid of my brothers and sisters or others who may be practicing what God condemned in the days of Lot. That's not our job to be hateful of our people. Our job is to call us to sanity."

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Louis Farrakhan criticizes Obama over gay marriage (Original Post) Enrique May 2012 OP
fuck Farrakhan. Damn straight he's a hateful crazy bigot. cali May 2012 #1
+1 MinneapolisMatt May 2012 #2
there's really not much else to say about him, is there? cali May 2012 #3
Yup...and I love how he and his ilk LOVE teh gays... joeybee12 May 2012 #10
Well that's gonna sting for the Republicans... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #4
Another reason why I absolutely hate religion! n/t RKP5637 May 2012 #5
We should draw up a list of people who oppose gay marriage... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #6
And he's better than Jerry Falwell was HOW? nt alphafemale May 2012 #7
Somehow, to channel the Rude Pundit, hifiguy May 2012 #8
Obama will love this Enrique May 2012 #9
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
10. Yup...and I love how he and his ilk LOVE teh gays...
Tue May 29, 2012, 09:02 PM
May 2012

You just can't get married, not be fired from your job or lose your housing, and will be treated like second class citizens, but he still loves you.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
6. We should draw up a list of people who oppose gay marriage...
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:50 PM
May 2012

1. Louis Farrakhan
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3. Mitt Romney

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
8. Somehow, to channel the Rude Pundit,
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:54 PM
May 2012

I doubt the POTUS gives one happy monkey fuck what this character thinks.

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