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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLouis 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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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
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cali
(114,904 posts)1. fuck Farrakhan. Damn straight he's a hateful crazy bigot.
You beat me to it.
cali
(114,904 posts)3. there's really not much else to say about him, is there?
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)10. Yup...and I love how he and his ilk LOVE teh gays...
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)4. Well that's gonna sting for the Republicans...
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)5. Another reason why I absolutely hate religion! n/t
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)6. We should draw up a list of people who oppose gay marriage...
1. Louis Farrakhan
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3. Mitt Romney
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)7. And he's better than Jerry Falwell was HOW? nt
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)8. Somehow, to channel the Rude Pundit,
I doubt the POTUS gives one happy monkey fuck what this character thinks.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)9. Obama will love this
he should use it in ads.