{"id":98923,"date":"2016-06-19T07:37:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T15:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=98923"},"modified":"2023-09-02T17:06:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:06:26","slug":"statistics-on-sodomites-baptist-preaching-homosexuality-gay-marriage-lgbt-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=98923","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Praises Gay Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i1F7kNLjKXU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-protest-sacramento-pastor-20160618-snap-story.html\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>: Pastor Roger Jimenez touched off a firestorm of controversy after he posted a YouTube video of his sermon in which he praised the June 11 massacre of 49 people and called the victims pedophiles and predators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Orlando, Fla., is a little safer tonight,\u201d he told his congregation, equating members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community to sexual predators. \u201cThe tragedy is more of them didn\u2019t die\u2026. I\u2019m kind of upset he didn\u2019t finish the job!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jimenez also said if it were up to him, gays and lesbians would be lined up against a wall so a firing squad could \u201cblow their brains out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video, which has since been removed, triggered backlash against the church and pastor from religious leaders and the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson condemned Jimenez\u2019s statements and a group of 700 area pastors known as the Sacramento City Pastors Fellowship issued a statement to denounce the pastor\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Times: Pastor Roger Jimenez touched off a firestorm of controversy after he posted a YouTube video of his sermon in which he praised the June 11 massacre of 49 people and called the victims pedophiles and predators. \u201cI &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=98923\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - 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