Baptist preacher urges "Hunt-a-homo" week, burning "fags" not flags...

[Bluebear]

God is love. From Joe My God...

Readers have been sending me clips by West Virginia-based Pastor Jeff Owens for several months now and this one went up on YouTube yesterday. "We need to stop burning flags and start burning FAGS! We need Hunt-A-Homo Week. We need to take 'em all out and shoot 'em with a scatter shotgun." Owens is on a national speaking tour of Baptist churches all this year. And he's not a one-man loony show, either. His Shenandoah Baptist Church has a staff of a dozen ministers and produces events such as the East Coast Ladies Conference, where attendees are commanded to "dress modestly according to the Bible." I believe this clip was made by one of Owens' charming fans.

http://www.joemygod.blogspot.com/

[bluestateguy]

1. Many other nations would not permit that type of talk

as it is an incitement to violence. A clear abuse of freedom of speech, which was designed to be used responsibly by gentlemen, not rabble rousers.

[RKP5637]

3. This country is far too lenient with blatant hate speech IMO. n/t

[baldguy]

5. +1

If I threaten 1 person with violence I'm considered a threat to society & I go to jail.

If I threaten 1,000,000 people with violence I'm considered a hero & I can ask for money to threaten more people.

[Carter Hayes]

7. I absolutley agree

Just like yelling fire in a crowded theater, or making terroristic threats are not protected speech, neither should this hate speech. At the very least, this kind of hate speech should be treated as a terroristic threat.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

19. There Need to Be Limits...

if you advocate the harm of murder of a person or people it should not be covered by the First Amendment.

[RKP5637]

2. One huge step backward for mankind. These people used to be in state

institutions, now they promote their hatred tax free.

[Systematic Chaos]

4. The ultimate irony?

I bet this guy does dick like McDonalds does McNuggets.

Hypocritical, hateful son of a bitch.

[Carter Hayes]

6. What a sick inbred motherfucking Piece of Shit

What a sad fucked up world we live in. Wonder how many kids this cocksucker molested??? The sad thing is, hate like this sells. And the RW will eat this up, and live by it. And they will try to make this law should these assholes ever regain power(hopefully not)

[Carter Hayes]

8. Thanks for the blog link

Plenty of sad stories proving just how fucked up the inferior species know as humans truly are:-(

[jemelanson]

9. what a sterling example of Christianity.

I am proud to be a recovering christian ....and now a happier, healthier, Pagan.


This quack wants to deprive American Citizens of their constitutional rights and their lives. What a way to represent his loving (cough cough) God.

[jemelanson]

10. How about we urge the IRS revoke these jokers tax exempt status.

just a thought.....wait someone will accuse me of trying to deny them their right to free speach.... no just if these jokers can support a mega church imagine what a free ride they are getting at the expense of the city, county, state, and fed gov. Tax those puppies.....REVOKE THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS....

[SocialistLez]

11. We need to revoke it with the quickness! NT

[tavalon]

12. Yeah, as much as I believe in free speech, this smacks of

inciting riots. I think it needs to be curtailed.

[glinda]

14. Has anyone reported this to the authorities? This is riotous talk.

[Golden Raisin]

13. Oh please let the

good Pastor be found and videotaped for YouTube in bed with an underage boy.

[mitchtv]

17. most likely young girls( more common)

believe it or not strait people can be homophobic. thanks for playing

[Heywood J]

15. This should be considered incitement to riot.

It's inciting the murder of a group of people, in a lynch-mob state. He's on a national tour, using interstate communications facilities and highways, so federal law would apply to him.

http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C102.txt

(a) Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses any facility of interstate or foreign commerce, including, but not limited to, the mail, telegraph, telephone, radio, or television, with intent -
(1) to incite a riot; or
(2) to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot; or
(3) to commit any act of violence in furtherance of a riot; or
(4) to aid or abet any person in inciting or participating in or carrying on a riot or committing any act of violence in furtherance of a riot;

When he urges people to "burn fags" and shoot them with guns, it looks like he's trying to promote and encourage this:

Definition of riot:

(a) As used in this chapter, the term "riot" means a public disturbance involving (1) an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons, which act or acts shall constitute a clear and present danger of, or shall result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual or (2) a threat or threats of the commission of an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons having, individually or collectively, the ability of immediate execution of such threat or threats, where the performance of the threatened act or acts of violence would constitute a clear and present danger of, or would result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual.

It sure looks like he wants three or more people to come together to cause injury to others.

Someone should report him. Doesn't look like freedom of speech covers it.

[Ian David]

16. Vimeo Pulls "Shoot And Burn Gays" Clip By Pastor Jeff Owens

Vimeo Pulls "Shoot And Burn Gays" Clip By Pastor Jeff Owens

On Saturday, YouTube yanked the now infamous clip in which Shenandoah Baptist Church Pastor Jeff Owens exhorted his flock to murder homosexuals. I was able to save the clip and upload it to Vimeo, who just sent me this message.

Dear Joe Jervis:

Your video 'Shenandoah Baptist Church's Pastor Jeff Owens: BURN AND SHOOT FAGS!(11950437)' has been removed for violating the Upload Rules of Vimeo.com: Vimeo does not allow TV shows, movie trailers, or stuff you found on the web. If you believe this was an error, please reply to this email in a civil manner with your reasoning ("I see other people do it" is not a valid reason).

Regards,
Vimeo

The day after the clip went up on Vimeo, Owens published an apology to his church's website, saying that the clip was recorded 15 years ago, when he was "young, stupid, and immature." Stupid, surely, but not so young...Owens had been preaching for nearly 20 years by then.

In less than 48 hours that Vimeo clip was reposted on more than 100 sites, including the Huffington Post. I imagine that Owens forced Vimeo to take it down. But don't worry, I'll find private hosting for the clip shortly and ensure that it continues to live in infamy.

More:
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/05/vimeo-pulls-shoot-and-burn-gays-clip-by.html

[sui generis]

18. Dear Jeff Owens

Bring it you nasty man bitch. I'll make a tiny little barbie lampshade out of your tiny little nutsack.

[MNBrewer]

20. Can we bring back church burning while we're at it?

just saying....

[mitchtv]

21. If only

we could get a reasonable bounty on his head.that would be so wrong yet feel so right

[Crowman1979]

22. How about poke a Baptist belly with a stick and have a stopwatch to find out how long it jiggles.

[TexasObserver]

23. One would think such a minister would be defrocked.

It is a measure of the vile nature of most right of center Christianity that such hate filled speech is not only tolerated, but applauded.