Former cheap trick Swaggart throws first stone

This comes from the Sojourners website:

Jimmy Swaggart tells congregation he'd kill gays
by David Batstone

Last Sunday Christian evangelist Jimmy Swaggart shared a shocking confession to his congregation during a worship service that is broadcast to a global audience. In the middle of his sermon, Swaggart proclaimed that he would "kill" a man that looked at him with romantic intent.

Swaggart's sermon is so outrageous that I want to give you his exact words:

"I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry."

(shouts, applause)

"And I'm gonna be blunt and plain, if one ever looks at me like that I'm going to kill him and tell God he died."

(laughter, applause)

"In case anybody doesn't know God calls it an abomination. It's an abomination! It's an abomination!"

(applause)

..."I'm not knocking the poor homosexual. I'm not. They need salvation just like anybody else.... I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated we need a constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman."

(applause)

These are the "men of faith" with whom our "devout" Dubya associates. This is the way they distort and twist the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the New Testament.

It brings to mind a bumper sticker I've seen here and there:

The Christian Right is neither.

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