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edcantor

(325 posts)
Wed May 30, 2012, 04:20 PM May 2012

4-Year Old Sings ‘Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven’ In Church




http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/4-year-old-sings-aint-no-homos-gonna-make-it-to-heaven-in-church/discrimination/2012/05/30/40264

A child about four-years old receives thunderous applause after he sings, “Ain’t no homos gonna make it to heaven,” in church. ”The Bible is right, somebody’s wrong. Romans 1 and 27, ain’t no homos gonna make it to heaven,” the boy sings.

It is shocking that these supposedly godly people are teaching hate, indoctrinating youth, and applauding the fruits of their labors. Did no one in that church think that this was not only wrong, not only evil, but un-godly?

RTV6 notes:

The video appears to show The Rev. Jeff Sangl, the pastor and founder of the church, according to the church’s website, laughing and congratulating the child after he finishes the song.

A man is heard shouting, “That’s my boy!” as members of the congregation give the boy a standing ovation.

Since the video was posted online, the church’s Facebook page has been flooded with complaints from users across the globe.

“I’ve never seen such an appalling, horrific example of small minding, hate ridden bigots, brainwashing children in all my life,” wrote Ruth Mabey from England.

“Way to teach hate, you repressed inbreds. Does Jesus hate? I didn’t think so,” wrote Gerry Syler from Texas.

Others appeared to side with the church, congratulating them for taking a stand.

“Wow, y’all is getting famous. Praise the Lord! I will share your page with all my fellow believers. God will show you the way,” wrote Nathen Elbert Dovel from Virginia.

The church is the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle in Greensburg, Indiana.
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4-Year Old Sings ‘Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven’ In Church (Original Post) edcantor May 2012 OP
"Wow, y’all is getting famous." Wait Wut May 2012 #1
No, sir.. this is not AsahinaKimi May 2012 #2
Why are these churches tax exempt? Pigman May 2012 #3
Disgusting! And, Link to their website: One Voice May 2012 #4
Dated today on the website's front page: snappyturtle May 2012 #14
I'll never be able to understand the obsession with homosexuality rbixby May 2012 #5
Horrors! A whole room full of nasty bullies. JDPriestly May 2012 #6
Behold! The next Marjoe! n/t BiggJawn May 2012 #7
The making of a bully mabuhayp May 2012 #8
Isn't that just precious! Hulk May 2012 #9
Wish I could recommend your post here on this thread! edcantor May 2012 #10
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell and Barney Frank.. edcantor May 2012 #11
And people are hooting and cheering? Lifelong Protester May 2012 #12
The Hat Is Growing YOHABLO May 2012 #13

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
1. "Wow, y’all is getting famous."
Wed May 30, 2012, 04:29 PM
May 2012

The word you're looking for is "infamous" you backwoods bigot.

I hope DCFS has a copy of this video.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
2. No, sir.. this is not
Wed May 30, 2012, 04:57 PM
May 2012

The America I grew up in. Something has gone horribly wrong in America, and it will probably get worse, before it gets better.

Pigman

(15 posts)
3. Why are these churches tax exempt?
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:04 PM
May 2012

I don't understand why this church is given a tax exemption when they are preaching hate and intolerance. Moreover, I don't understand why any church or religious organization is being given tax exemptions, when it seems as though the biggest issue facing this country is people/corporations/organizations are not paying their fair share.

I live in California and am an Atheist. I was raised up and forced to go to a Pentecostal Church for about 20 years of my life. I recently went to visit my folks in Orlando, Florida. Being that it was Mother's day, I attended church with my parents. Within 15 minutes I realized why I hate the church and organized religion. This particular Sunday, the church had a guest speaker who began his sermon with opening his message on the premise that we are going to be given the choice of electing a Muslim or a Mormon this November (not Jesus Christ himself). People within the audience thought it was funny and giggled. I found it insulting and left the service.

I bring this up because, the church pretty much consist of middle class families/retirees, young children and college students...none of these people benefit from a Republican in office. I understand they are stupid and are voting based on religious reasoning...for some reason they believe the Right is more religious or it something that Jesus would do. In any case, I just don't understand why this church along with other non profit organizations, that claim to be religious institutions are given tax exemptions. Let me explain why I don't understand...

This church has approximately 100 families. They are making probably close 100k a year each. They give at minimum 10% (tithe) or more a year to the church. That is a minimum of 10k a year from each family. That is a guarantee of 1 million a year that is tax exempt. This money is then sent abroad for missionary work. How is this not money laundering or how does this benefit our country. This is a million dollars that is not being locally or federally invested. It is sent abroad to enrich foreign countries - this to me is economic terrorism and not what Jesus would do!

snappyturtle

(14,656 posts)
14. Dated today on the website's front page:
Thu May 31, 2012, 10:18 AM
May 2012
"5/30/12 - The Pastor and members of Apostolic Truth Tabernacle do not condone, teach, or practice hate of any person for any reason. We believe and hope that every person can find true Bible salvation and the mercy and grace of God in their lives. We are a strong advocate of the family unit according to the teachings and precepts found in the Holy Bible. We believe the Holy Bible is the Divinely-inspired Word of God and we will continue to uphold and preach that which is found in scripture."

rbixby

(1,140 posts)
5. I'll never be able to understand the obsession with homosexuality
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:25 PM
May 2012

Aren't there much better things churches could be preaching about?


It seems like so many churches are so anti-gay.....and really, is it that big of a deal that they have to preach about it constantly?

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
6. Horrors! A whole room full of nasty bullies.
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:40 PM
May 2012

Let's hope this child does not suddenly discover that he, himself, is gay.

This is sad. What are these people doing to that child? It's so mean.

And Romney beat up on the gay kid in his school. What kind of nation are we?

mabuhayp

(135 posts)
8. The making of a bully
Wed May 30, 2012, 06:25 PM
May 2012

This is why kids turn out to be bullies. They are taught and egged on by parents and friends. This type of atmosphere encourages violence against gay people.
 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
9. Isn't that just precious!
Wed May 30, 2012, 06:38 PM
May 2012

So proud my little boy has been taught to hate before he can even think for himself. This is what we want to teach our little christian haters....how to become famous for parroting their parents ignorance and twisted sense of religion for a dollar.

What a sad, sad day for this little imp, his family and his congregation of haters.

 

edcantor

(325 posts)
11. Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell and Barney Frank..
Wed May 30, 2012, 10:27 PM
May 2012

talking about this clip in a few minutes.

This should be good.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
12. And people are hooting and cheering?
Wed May 30, 2012, 10:28 PM
May 2012

this child is being used to spew THEIR hate, and they see nothing wrong with it, it is obviously cute to them..

I cannot recall being this disgusted by a 'church' video, or any 'brainwashing' video.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
13. The Hat Is Growing
Thu May 31, 2012, 02:22 AM
May 2012

This is not the only hate from the pulpit we've witnessed in the past couple of months. What about the preacher, Pastor Sean Harris addressing his congregation:

"Dads. the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up! Give them a good punch. OK. You're not going to act like
that. You were made by God to be a male and you're going to be a male."

And then there is Pastor Charles L. Morely who said: “Build a great, big, large fence — 150 or 100 mile long — put all the lesbians in there,” and followed up with:

''Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can’t get out…and you know what, in a few years, they’ll die out…do you know why? They can’t reproduce!''

So this hate is coming directly from the churches and I don't think it is that peripheral as people think. I find this scary .. reminds me of the hate in pre war Germany in the 1930s .. and don't think it can't happen here. They're bullying, they're causing young vulnerable gay men so much shame that we're hearing about many suicides. This Rutgers University student who caused a young man to take his own life and showed very little remorse in court for his actions. I don't know about my fellow gay bothers and sisters ... but it is cause for alarm.

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