Prayer controversy jeopardizes same-sex amendment vote (by pastor who supports executing gay people)

[cali]

An opening prayer that shocked Minnesota House members on Friday may have unintentionally derailed a key goal of social conservatives this session: a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

As protesters packed a hallway outside the House chamber in anticipation of a floor vote, controversial pastor Bradlee Dean stood at the House rostrum to offer an invocation.

Wearing a black-and-white track suit and sporting a ponytail, Dean offered a prayer that in part implied that President Obama was not a Christian. Dean referred to Jesus Christ as the "head of the denomination ... as every president up until 2008 has acknowledged. And we pray it in Jesus' name."

That prompted an immediate outcry from some lawmakers and a statement by House Speaker Kurt Zellers denouncing Dean, which he followed up with an emotional apology on the House floor.

Dean, who heads a ministry he calls "You Can Run But You Can't Hide," has caused uproars before, saying homosexuals should be jailed and making comments that appear to support their execution.

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http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/122373944.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue

[treestar]

1. Bet he could not prove his statement that "every President"

has acknowledged that.

[cali]

2. did you read the whole article? looks like this guy is associated with Michelle Bachman

Also looks like the repukes fucked themselves with this.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He is. And they did.

This is all over the local news. The speaker of the house and the idiot who invited this guy were backpedaling as fast as they could. But this butthole got people so riled up, and put the Rs in the position of having to repudiate him and acknowledge that he's a nasty piece of work, so their whole constitutional amendment effort might be right down the toilet. More here: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/923893/396/Minn-speaker-apologizes-after-partisan-prayer-

And here's Bachmann, loving the guy: http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/05/michele_bachmann_prays_for_bradley_deans_homophobic_ministry.php

[cali]

4. wow. this guy is beyond repulsive. great millstone to decorate Michelle's neck

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Yes. And I hope people are reminded of that fact on a daily basis.

Of course, there are those who totally agree with this crap, and they love Bachmann. But this will not help her get the nomination. Obama took a lot of (undeserved) shit for a crazy pastor; I hope Bachmann gets her share for this guy - whom she very explicitly has supported.

[treestar]

6. Since the majority in the state oppose their amendment

The Repubs don't seem to care about that.

No surprise Bachman is buddy buddy with him.

[Bill McBlueState]

7. the Republicans in the House seem pretty surprised

I don't know why they'd be surprised. If you invite a peddler of superstition to speak off the cuff, you're asking for trouble.

[struggle4progress]

8. "... Bradlee Dean is a Minnesota radio host, anti-gay activist, and drummer for the band

Junkyard Prophet ... Bachmann has helped raise money for Dean’s traveling youth ministry, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International; guest-starred in his television series; and prayed for his ministry to multiply 10-fold. Dean, for his part, has embraced Bachmann, whose district includes his suburban community of Annandale, as an ally against the gay agenda ... A staunch social conservative, who found his calling after one-too-many close calls with hard drugs, Dean's ministry travels to public schools across the country to perform what it calls "shock treatment" ... On his radio show, he's alleged that gays were responsible for the Holocaust, and that gay men will, on average, molest 117 people 'before they're found out' ..."
Michele Bachmann’s Head-Banging, Gay-Bashing BFF
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/michele-bachmann-bradlee-dean

[treestar]

9. The representative who invited him didn't know this stuff

Bet now he'll google before he invites another pray-er.

[cali]

10. I don't buy that he didn't know any of this shit.