Tim Rabon, North Carolina Pastor, Slams Gay Marriage, Suggests Unions Between 'Person And A Beast' Could Be Next
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The debate over marriage equality
continues to heat up in North Carolina, with yet another religious
leader speaking out against allowing same-sex couples the right to wed.
Good As You is reporting
that Tim Rabon, pastor at Raleigh's Beacon Baptist Church, condemned
states such as Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maryland which have
already "re-defined" marriage to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) couples.
As heard in this recording, Rabon asked his congregation, "What is
stopping them from refining marriage from a person and a beast? We're
not far from that."
Rabon's comments follow those of Sean Harris, senior pastor of Berean
Baptist Church in Fayetteville who spoke at length last week in support
of North Carolina's proposed Amendment One. Harris caused further
controversy later during his sermon when he urged his congregation to attack their children if they appear to be exhibiting behavior outside of gender norms.
"Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk
over there and crack that wrist," he said. "Man up. Give him a good
punch. OK? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to
be a male, and you are going to be a male."
In an interview with HuffPost Gay Voices Editor-at-Large Michelangelo Signorile,
Harris said his comments had been taken out of the "context of a
ministry," but added that Jesus Christ had "conjure[d] up violent images
as well" during His own sermons.
"[Jesus is] not speaking literally. He's speaking figuratively, using
hyperbole to convey the importance of the offense," he argued.
North Carolina residents will go to the polls on May 8 to vote on both the same-sex marriage measure and to pick a Republican presidential candidate.
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