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Related: About this forumPastor who made homophobic comments about the Orlando shooting just got deported from Botswana
Botswana has decided to deport the American pastor who became notorious over his homophobic comments after the Orlando nightclub shooting. Pastor Steven Anderson was spouting his anti-gay message on a Botswana radio station when immigration officers entered the studios and escorted him out on Sept. 20, according to the radio stations news report. The Botswana government announced via Twitter that Anderson was now considered a prohibited immigrant.
Anderson was banned from entering South Africa last week after the countrys government decided that his sermons amounted to hate speech. South Africas LGBTQI community began lobbying the government soon after Andersons comments over the Orlando nightclub shooting made headlines. Botswanas LGBTQI community also lobbied their government, but failed to stop Anderson from entering the country last week.
I feel sorry for people who live in South Africa, but thank God we still have a wide open door in Botswana, Anderson said after hearing about his ban from South Africa.
Anderson was allowed to preach in Botswana and open a local branch of his church, even after a scuffle with protestors, the preacher said in a YouTube post. But his comments on Botswanas radio station GabzFM proved too much. Anderson said that Botswanas citizens clearly struggled with alcoholism and drunkenness, and that religious leaders were toothless who allowed women to preach and relied on translated Bibles that were corrupted pieces of junk when compared to the King James version. He again repeated his views that gay people should be killed. As the breakfast show wrapped, agents were waiting for Anderson to escort him away.
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http://qz.com/786419/botswana-deports-controversial-pastor-steven-anderson-notorius-for-his-homophobic-comments-on-the-orlando-nightclub-shooting/
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chillfactor
(7,575 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)GoDawgs
(267 posts)Ever since TRMS showed this scum after the Orlando terror attack, each incident about him gets nastier and more bizarre.
Eugene
(61,874 posts)He insulted darn near everybody.
Old Union Guy
(738 posts)That's gotta hurt a guy like him.