Pastor Encourages Christians to Fight Same-Sex Marriage Ruling With Guns

[KamaAina]

http://www.advocate.com/religion/2015/07/16/pastor-encourages-christians-fight-same-sex-marriage-ruling-guns

Christian evangelist and social media personality Joshua Feuerstein is taking aim at marriage equality — literally.

Feuerstein ended a recent video rant posted to his Facebook page by holding up a semiautomatic assault rifle and encouraging his followers to fight for their “First Amendment right to refuse” recognition of marriage equality with their Second Amendment right.

In the video, which has been viewed more than 5 million times since it was uploaded to social media July 9, Feuerstein claims the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is “not about equal rights” but “about reconstitutionalizing a term so that now it opens up the door for the left and the liberals to come after Christianity.”

He then proceeds to inaccurately report incidents as his proof that LGBT equality is an attack on Christianity. He cites the case involving the bakery Sweet Cakes by Melissa, which had been ordered by an Oregon state agency to pay $135,000 in damages to lesbian couple Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer after the owners refused to bake a cake for the couple’s wedding, claiming it would violate their religious beliefs.

Agent Mike, pickup on Line One. Agent Mike, Line One.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. You first tough guy. nt

[Dawson Leery]

2. The Christian ISIS.

[LW1977]

3. Now this is Al Quadaee

This is NOT the same Jesus I follow! Jesus said NOTHING about gays! These "pastors" shouldn't be called Christian!

[gratuitous]

4. Dear Pastor Feuerstein

(Parenthetically, "Feuerstein"? Sure you're not in the wrong house of worship?)

Anyway, Pastor Feuerstein, if you took even a cursory glance through the Christian Testament, and your takeaway is to threaten to shoot (or actually shoot) people who disagree with you, I suggest you read through it again. I particularly recommend to your attention 1 Cor 13:5 and Romans 12:18. Perhaps, like Dietrich Bonhoeffer did with his students, read those passages over and spend a day meditating on them. If you're still in a murderous rage, perhaps spend two days on each passage. You seem to be missing an essential element of your humanity.

[KamaAina]

5. I actually know a fundie named Steinberg

Go figure.

[gratuitous]

7. I have no doubt

I'm sure Joshua Feuerstein is a committed evangelical fundamentalist; I just stumbled over the apparent incongruity and had to get the snarky comment out of my system.

[PowerToThePeople]

6. Death threats

He is a terrorist. Haul him to jail, take away his second amendment rights for being a convicted terrorist.

[LiberalElite]

8. Gd fkg damnt I am fed up with these "Christians" eom

[KamaAina]

9. WWJS?

Who Would Jesus Shoot?

[FiveGoodMen]

17. Just about everyone.

Maybe you've forgotten, but according to the Southern Baptist leadership, God pre-approved the Iraq war.

[dhill926]

10. exactly as Jesus would do...

[Kurovski]

11. I'm sure he just meant it as a parable.

You know, just like Jesus would do.

[Eleanors38]

12. Guess he never heard of the Pink Pistols. nt

[Kurovski]

13. Look at us, stepping all over each other's lines.

[Lil Missy]

14. The American Taliban strikes again. n/t

[Warpy]

15. When baking a cake, something you do every day for business, violates your religious beliefs

that is a clear sign you need a new religion, one that doesn't include bullying and does allow you to keep making a living by selling to everyone who wants to buy.

[spanone]

16. yes sir, that's what Christ would have done....yeppers.

fuck the faux christians.

[steve2470]

18. whatever happened to that love thy neighbor stuff ?

Hmm. I hope the cops watch him a tad more closely than normal.