Natomas office park asks pastor who praised Orlando massacre to move out [View all]

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Source: Sacramento Bee

By Bill Lindelof

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The Natomas office park that houses Verity Baptist Church, whose pastor praised the recent massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., has asked the church to move out.

“We communicated our views to Verity Baptist Church, and while their lease does not expire until March 31, 2017, we have asked them to consider moving out of our business park, and we would immediately cancel their lease without any penalty to them,” read a statement issued by Harsch Investment Properties.
Pastor Roger Jimenez of Verity Baptist Church talks about his controversial video online where he addressed the Orlando shootings and said that his comments where taken from the King James Bible regarding homosexuality on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Hector Amezcua [e-mail]

Nearly a thousand people from across California flooded the Northgate Business Park owned by Harsch on Sunday, wielding rainbow flags and megaphones to protest the sermon delivered by Rev. Roger Jimenez the day of the mass shooting, the worst in modern U.S. history. Forty-nine people were killed.

In his sermon, Jimenez told his congregants that he wished the shooter had killed more people in the gay nightclub. He said God had put a death sentence on gay people.

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I live here in Sacramento and thousands have protested this church. My guess is that if the church refuses to leave the landlord may force an eviction. The church property is just a couple miles from Sacramento's gay district and other congregations and community leaders are urging the landlord to cut ties. It could be dangerous not only for lgbtq folks if they stick around, it will get dangerous for the church members. I just hope the pastor moves along and leaves the area quietly.