I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised when another religious leader comes out with hate speech against Gays, but it is really part of an old 17th century mentality.
I wonder if Pastor Charles L. Worley dreams of burning witches too? The Long Island Press has more:
“A North Carolina pastor outraged by President Obama’s recent support for same-sex marriage stirred up controversy with an sermon on May 13 in which he suggested gays and lesbians be penned in and made to die off.
“The bible’s against it, God’s against it, I’m against it, and if you’ve got any sense you’re against it,” the pastor, who is identified in the video caption as Pastor Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church, told his congregation.
He then enlightened his listeners on how he would opt to get rid of gays and lesbians.
“Build a great, big, large fence, 150 or 100 mile long, put all the lesbians in there,” he said. “Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can’t get out and you know what, in a few years, they’ll die.”
“They can’t reproduce,” he said. Of course, straight couples have gay and lesbian children all the time, so the pastor’s idea wouldn’t really kill off all the gays and lesbians, if he somehow managed to build such a concentration camp.
The pastor added that he won’t be voting for Obama, and described him as “a baby killer and a homosexual lover.” “
Associated Press produced a quick guide to the Far Right and Neo-Nazis in Europe. Greek’s Golden Dawn are just the tip of a Hard Right iceberg:
“AUSTRIA
The right-wing Freedom Party consistently polls a close second in popularity to the leading Social Democrats, reflecting the resonance of its anti-immigrant, Euro-skeptic message. It counts the neo-Nazi fringe among its supporters and its leaders’ occasional anti-Semitic comments are widely condemned by other parties. Its main draw with voters is Islamophobia. It holds 34, or 1.5 percent of the seats in parliament compared to the nearly 27 percent won in 1999. That result catapulted it into a government coalition—and led to EU sanctions against Austria. In response to their gains, the federal government has toughened asylum rules and introduced compulsory German courses for immigrants.
NETHERLANDS
The Freedom Party of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders became the third largest bloc in the Dutch Parliament in 2010 elections with 24 seats. The result turned Wilders into a kingmaker who agreed to support the minority coalition of Prime Minister Mark Rutte on crucial votes in return for concessions such as a crackdown in immigration and a ban on the Islamic veil, the burqa. Wilders, a Euro-skeptic, brought down Rutte’s government last month when he refused to support an austerity package aimed at cutting the country’s budget deficit to within the EU norm of 3 percent of GDP. “
Meanwhile in Barking, a large Swastika.
In Vilnius, a synagogue is attacked.
The World Memory Project and IWitness are all the more important in an age when Holocaust denial is pushed by EDL members.
Those interested in history might care to read about the Jewish Partisans, a little discussed piece of WW2.
Norm on a bastion of tolerance.
A. Jay Adler on What’s Left of the Jewish Left?
President Obama’s making full use of technology.
Finally, ten companies and the brands they control.
Soupy One 