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A Pastor Police Calls For Death Penalty On LGBT In The USA by willyo(m): 12:43pm On Jun 16, 2019
A Tennessee pastor who is also a detective said in a sermon this month that people who were lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender were “freaks” and “worthy of death,” comments that have prompted prosecutors to review cases he has investigated.

In the sermon, delivered on June 2, the pastor, Grayson Fritts, also called for the government to send a riot team to a Pride parade scheduled for June 22 in Knoxville. He said L.G.B.T. people should be arrested, tried, and if convicted, executed.

“That’s the problem with law enforcement nowadays,” he said in a video of the sermon posted by The Tennessee Holler. “They are chasing around cookie thieves, when the real animals are on floats rolling down Gay Street.”

Mr. Fritts is a pastor at All Scripture Baptist Church, which makes its stance on homosexuality known on its website: “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.”

Re: A Pastor Police Calls For Death Penalty On LGBT In The USA by Jicqueville: 12:44pm On Jun 16, 2019
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Re: A Pastor Police Calls For Death Penalty On LGBT In The USA by budaatum: 12:50pm On Jun 16, 2019
Standing at the front of the All Scripture Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., Pastor Grayson Fritts had the rapt attention of his congregation. It was June 2, the first Sunday of Pride Month, and Fritts had planned a timely sermon.

For roughly an hour, Fritts, who is also a detective with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, railed against members of the LGBTQ community –– referring to them as “sodomites,” “freaks” and “animals” –– and called on the government to carry out the proper punishment for the “capital crime.”

“They are worthy of death,” he declared in a video originally released by the church that was later shared on social media.

The sermon, which was reported this week by the Knoxville News Sentinel, has since prompted fierce condemnation from elected officials, members of the public and advocacy organizations.

Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen has announced that her office will review all pending cases involving Fritts, who spent 30 years as a detective. In a statement to The Washington Post, Allen added that although no one has made any allegations against Fritts, a prosecutor will also be assigned to receive complaints about his past cases.
They are worthy of death’: A cop preached that the government should execute LGBTQ people
Re: A Pastor Police Calls For Death Penalty On LGBT In The USA by budaatum: 12:51pm On Jun 16, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvkVvQSF_qQ



Video of him spewing his bile has been removed from his church website, by you can watch parts of it here

Re: A Pastor Police Calls For Death Penalty On LGBT In The USA by Yuceeluv(f): 1:04pm On Jun 16, 2019
God would just be looking at you and shaking head as He alone knows the atrocities you've or do commit in secret.

If you say it should be frowned at and should be punishable by law, then you'll be making sense. They are not worthy of death mr man. You have no rights to take another life. Allow God to pass judgement.

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