Friday, June 05, 2015

NC pastor shows his Christian love by condemning gay teens to hell at graduation event

[You can find whatever love/hate you like in the Bible - it's a terrible document. ---Bozo]
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Travis Gettys TRAVIS GETTYS
02 JUN 2015 AT 12:57 ET                  
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Students and parents are furious that a North Carolina pastor told graduating seniors they would go to hell if they were gay – but he insists he was just showing his Christian love.
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“Do I hate anybody? Absolutely not,” Pastor Scott Carpenter told WBTV. “I just love them too much not to tell them the truth.”
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Carpenter, interim pastor at Temple Baptist Church, made the comments during the baccalaureate service at Kings Mountain High School.
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“It’s a public school, (and) there are children here,” said parent Chuck Wilson. “I think there should be some level of responsibility of the speaker coming in to not take advantage of a captive audience.”
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He described the pastor’s comments as “bullying.”
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“Bullying doesn’t have to happen from the back hallway of a school or a back parking lot,” Wilson said. “It can happen from the pulpit, it can happen from the stage.”
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Carpenter said he didn’t care if anyone was offended by his remarks at the nondenominational religious service, which was optional for students.
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“Nobody got bashed or anything — all I did was simply speak biblical truth,” Carpenter said. “The number one audience that I have to please is God.”
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Officials with Cleveland County Schools told the TV station they would exercise more caution when choosing future baccalaureate speakers.
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