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"Fayetteville pastor: Telling parents to punch kids was joke May 2, 2012 5:49 p.m. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A Fayetteville pastor said Tuesday that he was joking when he told parents in a Sunday sermon to punch their sons if they acted effeminate. Rev. Sean Harris of Berean Baptist Church said he's been overwhelmed with angry emails and phone calls after comments he made while preaching about marriage. The sermon was tied to next week's vote on a state constitutional amendment that would make marriage between a man and a woman the only legal domestic union in the state. The group Vote For Marriage NC urged church leaders to preach a marriage-themed sermon last Sunday and encourage church members to vote early this week in favor of the constitutional amendment. Berean Baptist Church posted a video of the sermon on its website, and the congregation can be heard laughing when Harris tells fathers to "crack that wrist" if they see their sons "dropping the limp wrist." "Man up. Give them a good punch. (Tell them), 'You're not going to act like that,'" he said in the sermon. He also suggested that parents should be "squashing that like a cockroach" if their children are cross-dressing. "

http://m.wral.com/w/news-top/story/60186157/

If you're going to be a dick, don't try to cover your ass after the fact. Stand by your words.

The video: http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopupvideo.asp?SID=42912940300

5/2/2012 7:52:00 PM

Doesn't affect me, so I have no problem with it

I'm Krallum and I approved this message

5/2/2012 7:57:36 PM

whoever smelt it dealt it

5/2/2012 8:04:28 PM

Don't go chasin waterfalls

I'm Krallum and I approved this message

5/2/2012 8:05:42 PM

And the Lord sayeth: Whosoever is dressed like a queer, yay, he shall be smeared.
And it was so.

5/2/2012 8:54:20 PM

"Dick gave us a segue"

5/2/2012 9:35:13 PM

"beat the gay out of your kids!


LOL JK"

5/2/2012 11:06:48 PM

nbc 17 just did a pretty lengthy segment on this

5/2/2012 11:10:57 PM

his backpedal sounds like it just about had to have been written by a lawyer, not him.


also, i wish someone would give me a special dispensation to punch him in the mouth and crack his jaw for being such a dunce.

5/2/2012 11:11:57 PM

I've issued a fatwah to that effect

have at him!

5/2/2012 11:13:23 PM

backwards thinking fucks

the "walk like a girl, talk like a girl, smell like a girl, be attractive" is beyond creepy

5/2/2012 11:20:11 PM

5/3/2012 12:05:29 PM

Sounds like a modest proposal to me

5/3/2012 12:09:05 PM

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"He also suggested that parents should be "squashing that like a cockroach" if their children are cross-dressing."

as well he should be saying this.

5/3/2012 12:11:01 PM

Because there's nothing worse than a little girl who doesn't smell girly enough.

5/3/2012 12:22:39 PM

there isn't if she smells like an avent ferry wolfline bus.

5/3/2012 12:24:35 PM

If more people whooped their kids ass occasionally the prisons would be emptier.

5/3/2012 2:11:21 PM

this must be the church that LaserSoup and BigHitSunday attend.

5/3/2012 2:15:01 PM

that guy is so repressed it's not even funny

i cant imagine a life where my entire day was motivated by fear of someone else's lifestyle

tl;dr:

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"I JUST LIH"

5/3/2012 2:32:15 PM

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"i cant imagine a life where my entire day was motivated by fear of someone else's lifestyle"

heh

when you put it that way, that's the reason this whole story made the news in the first place.

people fear this dude's lifestyle just as much if not more than he fears the lifestyle of others.

5/3/2012 2:37:26 PM

except his lifestyle advocates hurting children

so fuck him and his "cultural differences"

5/3/2012 2:38:49 PM

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"people fear this dude's lifestyle just as much if not more than he fears the lifestyle of others."

I "fear" him simply because his life mission is to instill fears in others. if it was just his opinion, and he didn't act on it, and didn't share (command) it with his congregation and others, then i wouldn't "fear" him. i mean, he's advocating beating a child because they might be gay. that scares me.

[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 2:40 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2012 2:40:15 PM

lol

it was clearly hyperbole. he even ended his sermon with the phrase (from the article), "If you have a person in your house who is gay, you love them with Jesus Christ. Your job is not be homophobic."


but thanks for proving my point.

5/3/2012 2:40:42 PM

SNAP THAT LIMP WRIST!
HURT YOUR SON! DO IT FAGGOT!

5/3/2012 2:41:10 PM

haha, hyperbole. okay dude.

5/3/2012 2:41:24 PM

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"there isn't if she smells like an avent ferry wolfline bus."

lol

5/3/2012 2:44:33 PM

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"people fear this dude's lifestyle just as much if not more than he fears the lifestyle of others."

I know I do. His "lifestyle" is indoctrinating other people and telling them blatant falsehoods, encouraging them to engage in destructive behavior. His congregation's actions are informed by the beliefs molded by this idiot.

It's shit like this that makes it impossible for me to claim to be tolerant. Religion is a cancer. Any good that comes from religion could just as easily come from genuine good nature. What this man is preaching is hatred.

This is North Carolina, though. I have relatives that would eat this kind of sermon up. My dad voted "Yes" on the amendment. They aren't truly hateful people, they just haven't been exposed to "alternative lifestyles", which makes it easier for them hold onto their prejudices.

5/3/2012 2:52:59 PM

Bernie Mac said this long ago.

nothing new.



[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 2:56 PM. Reason : nm]

5/3/2012 2:53:50 PM

To get some milk and cooookies

5/3/2012 3:08:50 PM

I stopped reading at "Fayette..."

5/3/2012 5:54:46 PM

^ nailed it.

fucking shit hole

5/3/2012 5:56:53 PM

but molesting little boys is cool

5/3/2012 8:29:59 PM

^you seriously think so? jeez, you're sick.

5/3/2012 8:59:43 PM

I get so sad reading this thread, and at homophobia in general, I burst into tears, yo.

5/3/2012 10:48:51 PM

hey now hey now
don't dream it's over


more on-topic now, this is what the enemies of freedom actually believe

5/4/2012 3:34:52 AM

anyone else continuously disgusted by dyne's posts regarding gay people?

5/4/2012 8:11:44 AM