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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,464 posts)
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 05:30 PM Jun 2019

Knox County DA 'looking into' detective's church sermon calling for execution of LGBTQ people

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

Knox County DA 'looking into' detective's church sermon calling for execution of LGBTQ people
Brittany Crocker, Knoxville News Sentinel Published 12:59 p.m. ET June 12, 2019 | Updated 4:41 p.m. ET June 12, 2019

The Knox County Attorney General's Office said it is looking into a church sermon by a Knox County Sheriff's detective that called for the government to arrest and execute LGBTQ community members.

In the hourlong sermon based on an Old Testament passage, Detective Grayson Fritts, also a pastor at All Scripture Baptist Church in Knoxville, told his congregation that he believes that federal, state and county governments should arrest, try, convict and "speedily" execute people within the LGBTQ community on no more grounds than a cell phone photo of a person participating in a Pride event.

Sheriff Tom Spangler issued a statement Wednesday afternoon, after the Knoxville News Sentinel first reported about the Fritts' sermon, that Fritts had asked two weeks ago to join a county buyout offer. Spangler said he accepted the offer, and Fritts is on paid sick leave until it takes effect July 19.

"I want to be very clear that it is my responsibility to ensure equal protection to ALL citizens of Knox County, Tennessee under the law, my oath and the United States Constitution without discrimination or hesitation," Spangler said. "Rest assured that I have and will continue to do so."

Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen said Tuesday the attorney general's office knows about the matter and will respond accordingly.
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Read more: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2019/06/12/knox-county-detective-calls-execution-lgbtq-people/1419137001/

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Knox County DA 'looking into' detective's church sermon calling for execution of LGBTQ people (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 OP
At a minimum Detective Fritts needs to have the buyout rescinded and be fired. groundloop Jun 2019 #1
He's a terrorist, no less. Scumbag...and these are fellow Americans he's talking about. NT SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #11
I can only imagine the horrors that LEO has caused to minorities. bitterross Jun 2019 #2
Pastor / Country Sheriff Detective that's messed up right there lunasun Jun 2019 #3
He's "on paid sick leave until July 19"? He's apparently not too sick to Tanuki Jun 2019 #4
He seems nice. yardwork Jun 2019 #5
How about the execution of those that defy the 10 commandments... Maxheader Jun 2019 #6
YHWH's 10 step plan 0rganism Jun 2019 #10
Another state to stay out of not fooled Jun 2019 #7
Those type of people are in all states. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #8
You are right not fooled Jun 2019 #13
And yet... OldBaldy1701E Jun 2019 #16
If he is going to be Biblical, adultery is also punishable by death. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #9
Rev Lt. Grayson Fritts on the job. marble falls Jun 2019 #12
He should be fired from... stillcool Jun 2019 #14
A county buyout offer rpannier Jun 2019 #15
This wannabe SA type will just show up in another jurisdiction MarcA Jun 2019 #17
Church web site may make you ill - hold onto yer coffee.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #18
VIDEO: @knoxsheriff's Detective Grayson Fritts, also pastor, calls for the govt to arrest LGBTQ mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 #19
Talibangelicals preach hate, division, and death BlueIdaho Jun 2019 #20
 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
2. I can only imagine the horrors that LEO has caused to minorities.
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 05:45 PM
Jun 2019

East TN is not known for its embrace of diversity and minorities - unless you're someone's landscaper or farm worker.

This vile person has been a LEO for a long time if he's eligible for a buyout. I shudder to think about the treatment he has given to people of color during his time as an LEO.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
3. Pastor / Country Sheriff Detective that's messed up right there
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 05:49 PM
Jun 2019
Praise be the Lord Ima arresting you and sentencing you to hell sinner

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
4. He's "on paid sick leave until July 19"? He's apparently not too sick to
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 05:51 PM
Jun 2019

preach his vile sermons. Sounds like he's also defrauding the police department and taxpayers.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
6. How about the execution of those that defy the 10 commandments...
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 06:34 PM
Jun 2019

Huh asswipe..like that would ya?

Ten Commandments

I am the LORD thy God.
No other gods before me.
No graven images or likenesses.
Not take the LORD's name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day.
Honour thy father and thy mother.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.

0rganism

(23,955 posts)
10. YHWH's 10 step plan
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 07:25 PM
Jun 2019

i do prefer Bill Wurtz's version to most of the standard renditions:
1. i am god
2. no one else is god
3. don't make fun of my name
4. you can take saturday off
5. do what your parents say
6. don't murder anyone
7. don't get too sexy
8. don't rob anyone
9. don't lie about other people in court
10. don't want to do any of the things i just told you not to do

from 6:13

&t

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
13. You are right
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 08:04 PM
Jun 2019

but states like TN seem to be particularly susceptible to control by RWNJs including phony xtian types. Higher percentage of them in positions of authority. The signs of a state I would avoid include e.g. GOPee control of the governorship + state legislature, voter suppression, population still supports red don, refused to expand Medicaid, passed or considering abortion bans, etc.

OldBaldy1701E

(5,129 posts)
16. And yet...
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 10:18 PM
Jun 2019

My beloved and I lived for 16 years in Nashville. As a gay couple, we found the state capital to be a decent enough place to live. I even spent many years working at a school. We never felt like we had to be cautious or subdued there. (We are a bit subdued anyway). We were married in a wonderful ceremony on Percy Priest lake and once it became so, we were legally wed in the county courthouse by a friend who was a judge. It is true that east Tennessee is a bit... conservative... but that is not always true about the entirety of any state. (However, I would hang back from TN now, as it is about to go through an interesting housing episode. They are overbuilding it badly).

keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
9. If he is going to be Biblical, adultery is also punishable by death.
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 07:05 PM
Jun 2019

If he is going to be Biblical, adultery is also punishable by death.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
18. Church web site may make you ill - hold onto yer coffee....
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 06:05 AM
Jun 2019

When I read the OP, the first question in my mind was whether this church had renounced this pronouncement of theology. Finding their web site answered that question immediately:

All Scripture Baptist Church
715 N. Cherry St, Knoxville TN, 37914
#865-368-2193
Email Us: allscripturebaptist@gmail.com

WEB Site: https://allscripturebaptist.com/

One the home page of the web site......
(snip)

Homosexuals

We believe that sodomy (homosexuality) is a sin that is against nature. A person will only burn in their lust toward the same gender if they have been given over to a reprobate or rejected mind. God said homosexuality should be punished with the death penalty, as set forth in Leviticus 20:13. No homosexual will be allowed to attend or join All Scripture Baptist Church.

I've known a lot of folks from east Tennessee, but none this evil and backward......

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,464 posts)
19. VIDEO: @knoxsheriff's Detective Grayson Fritts, also pastor, calls for the govt to arrest LGBTQ
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 10:45 AM
Jun 2019
PrinceOfWhalesHat Retweeted

🚨NEW VIDEO: @knoxsheriff's Detective Grayson Fritts - also a pastor - calls for the government to arrest and EXECUTE LGBTQ People.

He's on paid sick leave until July 19, and no longer on active duty. As reported by @knoxnews.
Justin Kanew


BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
20. Talibangelicals preach hate, division, and death
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 10:55 AM
Jun 2019

Christianity is dead. He also epically fails the personality test for being a law officer. Come to think of it, he fails the personality test for being a human being.

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