Obama Taps Anti-Gay Preacher for Inaugural Benediction (with Shocking Quotes)

[Honeycombe8]

97. No, I'm speaking factually. As a matter of fact, most religions follow their religious books...

and to my knowledge, most of them, if not all, state that homosexuality is a sin (or whatever that religion calls it as being against their God's rules).

So most religious leaders do, as a matter of fact, believe that to be so. But they place a different importance on it, depending on the religion and the person. And no doubt some do not take the Bible or other holy book literally.

But I'm not aware of any religion whose holy book states that being black or Asian or whatever is a sin.

So, if a pastor says, "homosexuality is a sin," he or she is just stating what his holy book says. If he says, "being black is a sin," that's personal bigotry, since it's not in any holy book and is not a teaching of their religion (that I'm aware of).

But as I said...some pastors pass over some of the "rules," and emphasize others. Still others go on crusades...women being submissive, men not being gay, different races marrying, etc. Going on a crusade is above and beyond what the holy book says. Then it becomes a personal vendetta, sort of. In my view.

But there must've been some reason this particular pastor was chosen. I wonder what it is.