Cops: Beating suspect said 'God made me hate gay people'

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/cops-beating-suspect-said-god-made-me-hate-gay-people-1.1569350

Shouting an anti-gay slur, three assailants beat a man and his cross-dressing friend before stealing $7 from one of them, Nassau County police said Thursday.

One of the assailants has been charged with hate crimes, police said. Robert Bellamy Jr., 23, was charged with robbery and assault.

At his arraignment at First District Court in Hempstead Thursday, Judge Robert A. Bruno ordered the Lakeview man jailed on $100,000 bond or $50,000 cash bail.

The attack occurred in Lakeview in the early hours of Sunday and police said it was possible the man in drag was dressed in women's clothes for Halloween.

Bellamy told police, "God made me hate gay people," court records show. He was represented in court by Legal Aid Society lawyer Taryn Shechter, who said Bellamy attends a trade school in Wyandanch and lives with his mother.

[dmallind]

1. Of course many gay-bashers also say "atheism made me do it"

....since fundies exist on both sides, apparently.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. She might allow you to do stupid and cruel things.... but the devil

can make you do it.

[Orrex]

3. Well, ((insert meaningless metaphysical signifier)) made me hate bigotry

Mysterious ways.

[mwb970]

4. The ultimate in blame shedding.

"God made me do it." Riiiiight.

:eyes:

[NNN0LHI]

5. God made him steal the guys money too

He works in mysterious ways.

Don

[griloco]

7. there is something holy about the number 7 n/t

[old mark]

6. That God guy is a real prick.....nt

[mwb970]

9. I wonder why he tells right-wingers to do such damage to the country.

Does he not like America any more?

[old mark]

12. ..and he's always got his hand out...all the time, money, money, money...

and he never calls, never writes.....yaah!

:rofl:

mark

[Stevenmarc]

8. I really do need to have a chat with God

He really has to tell these people to pick up a gun, put it to their own head and pull the trigger.

[Berry Cool]

11. No need to have a chat with God. 'Cause, see, God told me just the opposite.

This guy either needs a good ear cleaning, or he's just playing the "finger somebody else" game.

I'd say to him "Hmm. Maybe God wants someone like you put away where you can't bother any more people."

[imdjh]

10. Damned southerners. Why am I not surprised?

Alternatively: What is it with New York? This kind of stuff always happens in New England.

[Downtown Hound]

13. Oh come on, that's ridiculous. God doesn't make people do those things...

It was obviously the aliens. Something needs to done about the wascally aliens.

[pipi_k]

14. It's about time God got some of the blame. Poor Satan has been the scapegoat for years! n/t

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