Robertson Calls Hate-Crimes Law a Noose

Oh, a noose? Good, hang yourself with it and make the world a better place.

Staggo, why do you feel the need to defend Robertson? Just because you are Christian doesn't mean you must be hateful. Pat Robertson is just a man, he was not appointed by god to be a spokesperson. He has no power but the power people give him. Quite frankly if I believed in god and was concerned about heaven and hell then then I would stop promoting hate and decieving the public as he does. You can choose to be a free thinking person if you want to. The most liberating day of my life was when I realized that all religion is human invented, and the people who teach it are just people like you and I.

I'm surprised to hear from Robertson on this, or any issue. He has been out of the spotlight for quite a while. He always took his cue from Jerry Fallwell and virtually disappeared after Falwell died. Bit then, after Edgar Bergen died, Charlie McCarthy didn't have much to say! I do notice that Robertson hasn't changed his spots. He's still as ignorant as ever.

Of course Robertson would say that, he is probably most in danger of stringing himself up. Why does Robertson even matter, the people that follow him are not his fault. They need to put down the Bible and read some Fyodorov.....and then go back to the Bible. Most people just bring up the Bible concerning homosexuality because it is culturally acceptable. But c'mon, these Capitalists in this country, they'd put the Christ back on the cross for a farthing. Here's a wager Robertson, you give up the $459 million you pilfer annually and I'll give up.......causing hurricanes next season.

I'm a Christian, gay, and a progressive. Though there have always been very conservative folks of faith, I think now we see a purge of the kind that's going through the Republican party. The religious intolerants don't make me ashamed or want to leave Christianity behind. However, I simply clam-up. It's not like I ever proselytized. Now, however, I'm tired of being expected to defend such cretins as Robertson.

Pat Robertson is the very reason why I became a "recovered Christian". He teaches his followers to live in fear of things that are not real, and he teaches them that they must hate other people. It is all sugarcoated with promises of preferential love from god and a guaranteed reservation in heaven. The sad thing is that so many people will believe what he and others like him say, they mail him money every month. Makes me wonder how this differs from a cult, and why our government encourages it by granting them tax free licenses. All I can say is that if pat Robertson is going to heaven, then I am proud to say that I am not. In the words of Bill Maher, "religion is a social disorder".

Hey, why are you people criticizing Christians who post supportive messages? They're not doing enough? Just because someone posts a message, it doesn't mean that's all they do. Maybe some also express their view to others in-person. Maybe others vote their beliefs. Maybe they donate to the right causes, and don't donate to the wrong ones. And even if saying kind things are all that someone does right now, isn't that still worth something? These good people don't deserve such treatment. They're our neighbors and they could be our friends - if we don't drive them away with our rudeness.

Hey, why are you people criticizing Christians who post supportive messages? They're not doing enough? Just because someone posts a message, it doesn't mean that's all they do. Maybe some also express their view to others in-person. Maybe others vote their beliefs. Maybe they donate to the right causes, and don't donate to the wrong ones. And even if saying kind things are all that someone does right now, isn't that still worth something? These good people don't deserve such treatment. They're our neighbors and they could be our friends - if we don't drive them away with our rudeness.

Pat Robertson has a JD from Yale. Aren't all Great Christian leaders Yale lawyers first? Explains why he has soooo many 'christian' concerns w/the courts compensating for all of his manipulations, & 'moral concerns'. Apparently Yale forgot to teach Robertson the basics of the government branches performing checks and balances on each other as well as the separation of church and state. Forgive me for having doubts about lawyers and morals, especially 'christian' ones. I can never figure out why so many people don't hear the crap that comes out of these charlatans mouths, that they are anything BUT 'christian'. I'm still waiting for one of his kids to come out to him (before he dies).

There were Germans living in Germany during the 30's & 40's during the war that didn't share Hitler's antiSemitism. They didn't hate Jews. They pesonally didn't want them to be burned in ovens or gassed or worked to death. If it were up to them - they'd have not put Jews in Concentration Camps at all. Good little Germans, they - except for that one little thing... They let other Germans do those horrible things. They stood by and watched it happen. They didn't say a word in protest (until afterwards, of course, when it was SAFE to do so...) So - Syd - are you a "good little German"? Are you one of those Christians that don't share Pat's hate and homophobia? I guess it's safe, here on this message board, for you to express those feelings. Would you stand up in your Church and denounce your Pastor if he preached an anti-gay sermon?