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Tennessee preacher-cop calls for execution of LGBTQ people - CNN

Authorities in Tennessee are reviewing all pending cases involving a Knox County Sheriff's Office detective after he gave a sermon at his church that called for the government to execute members of the LGBTQ community.

"They are worthy of death," Grayson Fritts said in a June 2 sermon at All Scripture Baptist Church, a small church in Knoxville that he leads.
The church posted the sermon online and then removed it, according to The Washington Post. The video was picked up by the Tennessee Holler, an independent liberal news outlet, and edited into a six-minute clip.


Comments:

This is my first thread, so I hope I have followed all the requirements .

Here is another link with the actual short video that was captured by the Tennessee Holier where you can see this person talking

The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) | Twitter

I do not now if such words with such passion in this setting (church) seems to be within the protection of the first amendment free speech. I know that there is no free speech protection for inciting violence but I guess there is the issue of if in this case such words are perceived to lead people to imminent violence or not. On the other hand, I did a quick google search and found that in 1951 the Court concluded in Dennis v. United States that a danger need not be so "clear and present" if the ultimate harm was very grave (Dennis v. United States | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute)

One thing is sure... Fundamentalist Christians with his beliefs are closer to the fundamentalists Muslims in Brunei in how they want to treat people of different sexualities than close to modern westerners. Heck, even Brunei was forced to back down from the gay sex death sentence after the international criticism they received (Brunei Won't Enforce Death-By-Stoning Law For Gay Sex, Sultan Says : NPR)
 
Gonna send the thought police after preachers, now. This is going to be fun to watch.
 
apdst said:
Gonna send the thought police after preachers, now. This is going to be fun to watch.
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..... If a person is having thoughts about killing people, they probably shouldn't voice it out if they don't want the police knocking. People might take them as a threat, you know?


This one is simple, apdst.




Sent from the Oval Office using Putin's MacBook, and Barr's Wi-Fi password.
 
apdst said:
Gonna send the thought police after preachers, now. This is going to be fun to watch.
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No one is saying he's not allowed to think it.

His statements, however, are a sure sign that he's a self-hating, rabidly gay and closeted man.
 
pamak said:
Tennessee preacher-cop calls for execution of LGBTQ people - CNN

Authorities in Tennessee are reviewing all pending cases involving a Knox County Sheriff's Office detective after he gave a sermon at his church that called for the government to execute members of the LGBTQ community.

"They are worthy of death," Grayson Fritts said in a June 2 sermon at All Scripture Baptist Church, a small church in Knoxville that he leads.
The church posted the sermon online and then removed it, according to The Washington Post. The video was picked up by the Tennessee Holler, an independent liberal news outlet, and edited into a six-minute clip.


Comments:

This is my first thread, so I hope I have followed all the requirements .

Here is another link with the actual short video that was captured by the Tennessee Holier where you can see this person talking

The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) | Twitter

I do not now if such words with such passion in this setting (church) seems to be within the protection of the first amendment free speech. I know that there is no free speech protection for inciting violence but I guess there is the issue of if in this case such words are perceived to lead people to imminent violence or not. On the other hand, I did a quick google search and found that in 1951 the Court concluded in Dennis v. United States that a danger need not be so "clear and present" if the ultimate harm was very grave (Dennis v. United States | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute)

One thing is sure... Fundamentalist Christians with his beliefs are closer to the fundamentalists Muslims in Brunei in how they want to treat people of different sexualities than close to modern westerners. Heck, even Brunei was forced to back down from the gay sex death sentence after the international criticism they received (Brunei Won't Enforce Death-By-Stoning Law For Gay Sex, Sultan Says : NPR)
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Yet he should be neither cop nor preacher.
 
"Thought police"

The mythical victim card most often played by nazis.
 
The Muslim Imams and Ayatollahs preach the same thing.The Preacher is entitled to his opinion.
 
apdst said:
Gonna send the thought police after preachers, now. This is going to be fun to watch.
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Can you imagine how this dude would have responded if someone Obama appointed to a law-enforcement position said "we should exterminate Christians?"
 
gulfman said:
The Muslim Imams and Ayatollahs preach the same thing.The Preacher is entitled to his opinion.
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He's not entitled to be a detective.
 
apdst said:
Gonna send the thought police after preachers, now. This is going to be fun to watch.
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He didnt just think it. He ****ing called for it.

Has nothing to do with thoughts and if this is how you think about people perhaps we should begin to treat christianity as a mental illness.
 
ecofarm said:
"Thought police"

The mythical victim card most often played by nazis.
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apdst cant be a Nazi they had eugenics programs to remove people with down syndrome from the gene pool
 
Obscurity said:
He didnt just think it. He ****ing called for it.

Has nothing to do with thoughts and if this is how you think about people perhaps we should begin to treat christianity as a mental illness.
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Are you mad because he's a white Christian?
 
Deuce said:
Can you imagine how this dude would have responded if someone Obama appointed to a law-enforcement position said "we should exterminate Christians?"
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You all would have cheered...lol
 
apdst said:
Are you mad because he's a white Christian?
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We're mad because he's a law enforcement officer who is advocating ****ing genocide. Jesus Christ you people freak out when conservatives are told to leave a restaurant.
 
Quag said:
apdst cant be a Nazi they had eugenics programs to remove people with down syndrome from the gene pool
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I was referring in general. Some of us don't have points to spare.
 
apdst said:
Are you mad because he's a white Christian?
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I'm mad that hes trying to get his hideous ideas, about murdering other americans, out to the public at large.

Arent you?
 
Obscurity said:
I'm mad that hes trying to get his hideous ideas, about murdering other americans, out to the public at large.

Arent you?
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apdst supports the message, so no.
 
apdst said:
You all would have cheered...lol
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The dude is a cop and a preacher. I dont give a **** who you think you worship you do not get to call for the murder of other civilians. That goes for stupid muslims, Christians or any other ****ing clown car religion.
 
Deuce said:
We're mad because he's a law enforcement officer who is advocating ****ing genocide. Jesus Christ you people freak out when conservatives are told to leave a restaurant.
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Sanctimonious hive mind is it not?
 
Obscurity said:
The dude is a cop and a preacher. I dont give a **** who you think you worship you do not get to call for the murder of other civilians. That goes for stupid muslims, Christians or any other ****ing clown car religion.
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Well, he's certainly within the law in so doing, but whether he should remain employed as a peace officer is definitely a point for discussion...
 
pamak said:
Tennessee preacher-cop calls for execution of LGBTQ people - CNN

Authorities in Tennessee are reviewing all pending cases involving a Knox County Sheriff's Office detective after he gave a sermon at his church that called for the government to execute members of the LGBTQ community.

"They are worthy of death," Grayson Fritts said in a June 2 sermon at All Scripture Baptist Church, a small church in Knoxville that he leads.
The church posted the sermon online and then removed it, according to The Washington Post. The video was picked up by the Tennessee Holler, an independent liberal news outlet, and edited into a six-minute clip.


Comments:

This is my first thread, so I hope I have followed all the requirements .

Here is another link with the actual short video that was captured by the Tennessee Holier where you can see this person talking

The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) | Twitter

I do not now if such words with such passion in this setting (church) seems to be within the protection of the first amendment free speech. I know that there is no free speech protection for inciting violence but I guess there is the issue of if in this case such words are perceived to lead people to imminent violence or not. On the other hand, I did a quick google search and found that in 1951 the Court concluded in Dennis v. United States that a danger need not be so "clear and present" if the ultimate harm was very grave (Dennis v. United States | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute)

One thing is sure... Fundamentalist Christians with his beliefs are closer to the fundamentalists Muslims in Brunei in how they want to treat people of different sexualities than close to modern westerners. Heck, even Brunei was forced to back down from the gay sex death sentence after the international criticism they received (Brunei Won't Enforce Death-By-Stoning Law For Gay Sex, Sultan Says : NPR)
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What this is I have a hard time believing this is actually a religion. It reminds me a lot of Fred Phelps Church there are a few of them like this I know there's a guy named pastor Boyle, then there's a guy named pastor McMurtry and then there's pastor Anderson it all seemed to be pulling the same rhetoric.

And if we look at Fred Phelps his church which is the westboro Baptist Church and we look at Fred Phelps himself he was a disbarred lawyer. And what they would do would be to go to the funerals people who died either in service in the military or and some sort of accident and they would as ridiculous as it sounds protest these funerals. Telling these people God wants them dead. They do this because they're trying to provoke an emotional response from people who just buried a loved one who died suddenly and tragically. Basically put they want you to hit them so they can sue you.

And I think this group is similar. They might not be out to sue but they're out to leverage people in some way or another.
 
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