Robertson on Hate Crimes bill: "Noose Has Tightened" Around Christian Necks

[evilphil]

Oh fuck you, Pat. You are not being persecuted. Passing a bill to protect homosexuals from being beaten to death by ignorant morons is not a 'radical agenda.' The 'liberties you have enjoyed,' and 'time honored Biblical values' which apparently means kicking people around with your self-righteousness, are moot. Grow up, and stop hating because you will die faster.

[jampt1989]

I love how one of the most morally corrupt person I can think of in the US thinks of himself as somewhat of a moral crusader. He is more like a hate and lie crusader

[tweethang1]

Let me get this straight. He wants to use the bible as an exuse to hate people?

[LingEntityNoobi]

Pat is clearly not a "real" Christian hehe...

and his age may have chiseled at his brain a bit, revealing his past racism and "messianic" messages again.

[AugustHovel]

Pat, I hope your last words on this planet are something about everything you worked for turning to dust. Because, sir, you are cancer.

[AdamTh1]

Wow! I can make more sense out of a flock of Pentecostals speaking in tongues than I can this guy.

But I will say listening to him is like reading the Bible. When you get finished you can interpret both to mean just about anything you want.

[talkingstatue]

Pat, you sad old twat, you make Jesus vomit.

[eric5549]

Pat Robertson can rot in hell!

[voyeurdug]

Pat Robertson's view of Christianity allows for appropriate hate. This is a concept that escapes me.

[jamescegilbert]

What do you expect, the only book he ever reads id the bible.

[disturbed341]

pat will be right beside falwell in hell burning.

[LewsTelamon]

Does this guy ever tell the truth? The hate crimes law that just got signed has nothing to do with speech, only violent acts directed at the lgbt community. So it looks like he think gay bashing is a fundamental "christian" right.

[codepretzel]

"Truth" doesn't fill collection plates. Or so I'm told.

[stoptherightwing]

Isn't Robertson "dead" yet? I thought he was next to Jesus spouting his hatred? Yes, Christians, about as honorable as the ones who flew the planes into the twin towers in NY. Wake up America, we have our own jihad and it's the christian right, killing for a cause, they love it!

[Alxmty]

Ohhh never trust your own Religion or Church... Satan is certainly there... KKK

[steerpike66]

Pat Robertson is heavily invested in some of the world's most immoral industries, including African diamond mining. His moral credentials are nil.

He is probably one of the worst, most cynical, most immoral American men of the last century.

[MrDalespy]

Thousands of Gays and Lesbians are attacked every year, some are killed. And yet Robertson is the victim, what's wrong with this picture?

[Hirnlego999]

"Why should I allow that same God to tell me how to raise my kids, who had to drown His own?" - Bertrand Russell

[WellConditioned]

Lies, lies and more filthy christian lies.

[nicklansley]

It's Fundamental Christian values that have denigrated women, gay people, and people whose skin doesn't happen to be white.

It's a twisted take on Jesus's values which are only about love.

Fundamentalist Christian values need to be curbed. This law will help that. Maybe then such christians will think more about 'what Jesus would actually do/say' and the world will be a better, more inclusive, place.

[YoureMistakenSir]

Don't you think if homosexuality was a "fundamental Christian value" then Jesus would have said SOMETHING about the issue instead of NOTHING?

Jesus did however speak out several times against divorce so either Pat is totally ignorant of the words of Christ or he's deceitfully leading his flock into scripturally unjustifiable bigotry.

Read your Bible & decide for yourself.

[StupidLittleNobody]

What have Christian values got to do with gay hate-crimes?

Is this man suggesting there is a connection?!

I'm glad he will be DEAD SOON.

[SovietStatic]

I can kind of sympathize with his concern though. After gays can all get married and move forward on that whole "We are actual human beings and would not mind being treated as such please, thank you" thing and TOTAL APOCALYPSE DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY HAPPEN, Pat might just start to realize how full of crap he really is. But I'm sure he will just start blaming gays for every hurricane, tornado, earthquake, and early frost from that point on.

[crithon]

this man is sick, saying "Noose hung around the necks of christians" when the bill is named after Mathew Shepard and James Byrd. Jr. He's got to be sick to say it's the noose hung around the necks of christians, so he can continue to have the freedom of his religion to keep degrading, slurring and the protecting hate speech. It's ironic he choose the word noose, and his audience have to be brain dead to eat this up.

[Eastmanarium]

Wow. Just when I was thinking anti-gay idiots couldn't possibly be getting more dishonest...

[AllStarKase]

Let's be honest: Jesus is not a Christian, and he wouldn't be one today. Robertson and ilk are the modern day Pharisees, and Jesus would strike at the heart of the beast known as "pop culture Christianity". They're maggots who've made themselves on the misfortune of others.

I have a question for Christians: Had Jesus of Nazareth been President on Sep. 11, 2001, what do you think his reaction to the attacks would have been?

[talkingstatue]

Pat get down off that cross! We need the wood!

[AllStarKase]

I'm beginning to think, no, I KNOW that many of these "Christians" have no idea who the historical Jesus was or what he stood for. Jesus was a community organizing, socialist, communist-lite: everything rightwing Christians hate in a body. Have any of them actually read the bright red words in their Bible?

[hewnandhammered]

So is he saying that to practice Christianity is to commit hate crimes - that its practice requires the brutalizing on non-Christians? That doesn't seem quite right to me. Did he think this out before he said it?

Do Americans have to study logic in high school?

@RepublicanTorture, I'm pretty sure we need the hate crimes laws to protect FROM people like Robertson, or at least his followers who like to burn crosses and string people up.

[Bear5177]

This is your brain on religious conservatism, any questions?

[Hubbell42]

Too many Christians. Not enough lions.

[met66]

Just when you think Pat has said the stupidest thing possible...he comes up with something to top it. Why this man is held up as icon for Christians is beyond me. He is simply ignorant on this issue as the bill also aims to prevent acts against a person for RELIGIOUS BELIEF. What a twit this man is.

[RepublicanTorture]

Soon enough we'll need hate crimes laws to protect people like Pat Robertson.

[Rexcetera]

Pat Robertson does all good Christians a terrible disservice by pretending to speak for them. He is without doubt the face of religion is at its very worst: intolerant, corrupt, and cruel.

[jaimymoore]

Robertson is admitting that practicing Christianity is a hate crime. If you can't brutalize the people you hate, you can't follow in the tradition of the Books of Joshua and Judges, and you can't imitate centuries of Christian history.

Too bad. Civilization must hold these barbarians in check. Their degenerate superstitions have already killed too many.

[ltldragn1]

How about the freedom of speech and freedom of religion and freedom to be treted as equals in all people I think you people are missing the point. This law is not a victory for some but a loss for all americans! Grow up and wake up! I never heard such hate speech as I am now by reading your posts you hypocrites!

[tzushih]

Freedom of speech: Check (1st Amendment)

Freedom of religion: Check (1st Amendment)

Freedom to be treated equally under the law: Check (14th Amendment)

Congratulations! We're Americans! wooooo

[wildwilly1111]

ltldragn1: Please elucidate. How does the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate-Crimes Prevention Act abridge your freedom of speech or religion or your equality under the law?

[MManuRere]

The Matthew Shepard Act infringes on the masculinity rights of insecure straight men everywhere -- it's a "tradition" passed down over the years that acts of brutality against gay men, lesbians, and gender-nonconforming people are an inherent and necessary part of Western Protestant images of manhood. Denying these men the right to commit brutal acts of terrorism against us is unacceptable government interference with religious traditions!

[loveisthekey39]

As born again spirit filled christian myself,I am apalled at the behavior of so called christians in America today.Jesus taught us to love everyone ;not judge hate,slander,mock,kill,curse,a­nyone who does'nt agree with us.If everyone was living Jesus's teachings there would not be any need for a hate crime bill ,but of course that's not the case.Christians today are turning most people off to the love of God, by there lack of love and concern for there fellow man and that's very sad.

[KataVideo]

if it's a noose tightening around christian (red) necks (and wouldn't that be a sight), why is the big (red) neck pat robertson able to speak out agaisnt it? clearly it hasn't effected his freedom of speech one little iota.

[doctender77]

So losing the freedom to commit violent crime against a group you don't approve of is a bad thing. Pat Robertson and his followers can still go on hating who they want. It'll be alright Pat. You're brand of hatred is still thriving.

[kaysandesses]

It will be a good day when the media announces that Pat Robertson has croaked.

[tzushih]

I don't want him to die. I don't wish any suffering on his family. A good day will be when I find out he's retired to spend time with his family and will no longer be feeding laughable propaganda to his fundie army.

[kaysandesses]

You're much more charitable than I. Don't get me wrong I don't wish him dead, but I won't feel bad when he's gone. He's the worst kind of human being because he works under the guise of a spiritual leader who is above reproach but perpetuates hate and violence, and steals peoples hard-earned money. Speaking of his family, his son is carrying on the sham. I wouldn't give you $0.50 for the whole lot of them.

[ChairmanKiel]

People who support hate will always fail in polls. Robertson is just another bigot who can't see that the country is tired of the shit people like him shovels down people's throats.

[greyflcn]

Intolerant people who can't tolerate our intolerance towards intolerance?

[terpis]

I forget...which one of FDRs 'Four Freedoms' was it that was the 'freedom for bigotry'?