{"id":12421,"date":"2012-05-26T06:17:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T10:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=12421"},"modified":"2012-05-26T06:17:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T10:17:34","slug":"north-carolina-pastors-anti-gay-sermon-spurs-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/05\/north-carolina-pastors-anti-gay-sermon-spurs-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina pastor\u2019s anti-gay sermon spurs protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Steve Lyttle, McClatchy Newspapers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 A North Carolina pastor\u2019s sermon in which he called for gays and lesbians to be placed in a form of concentration camp has spurred a protest planned at the church this Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

A group calling itself Catawba Valley Citizens Against Hate says it plans a peaceful protest Sunday outside Providence Road Baptist Church in Catawba County, an independent Baptist church where the Rev. Charles Worley delivered his controversial homily on May 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

Worley\u2019s sermon on Mother\u2019s Day has received more than 165,000 views on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also has caused plenty of confusion for the much-larger Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte, where the church\u2019s senior pastor has issued a statement, distancing his church from the Catawba County pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders at the Charlotte church said they thoroughly disagree with Worley\u2019s comments and say they have received a number of angry emails, phone calls and other messages from people who mistook them for the Catawba church.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Catawba preacher\u2019s remarks came five days after more than 60 percent of North Carolina voters approved a referendum that defined marriage as a civil union between a man and a woman \u2014 in effect, outlawing gay marriages.<\/span><\/p>\n

The church originally placed the video on its website, but it was removed late over the weekend. Providence Road Baptist\u2019s website was not operating Tuesday, possibly due to the large number of people trying to access the site. But the video is still posted on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n

It appears as if the May 13 sermon by Worley was aimed as criticism of President Barack Obama\u2019s announcement days earlier that he supports the right of gay couples to be married. Worley told his congregation that he couldn\u2019t vote for a \u201cbaby killer and a homosexual lover.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After using biblical passages that he said supported his argument, Worley then outlined a plan to put gays and lesbians in confinement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 71-year-old minister suggested building a large fence, 100 or 150 miles long, he said. He said lesbians would be put in one area, \u201cand the queers and the homosexuals in another, and have that fence electrified, so they can\u2019t get out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFeed \u2019em, and you know what?\u201d Worley continued. \u201cIn a few years, they\u2019ll die. Do you know why? They can\u2019t reproduce.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Some members of the congregation can be heard saying \u201cAmen\u201d in response to the pastor\u2019s remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n

As might be expected, the pastor\u2019s comments have set off an outburst of comments on Internet bulletin boards. Worley himself could not be contacted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group planning the protest Sunday is asking for people opposed to Worley\u2019s comments to gather outside the church in Maiden, N.C., for a peaceful demonstration.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not scream, shout or taunt Pastor Worley or his church\u2019s members,\u201d according to a message issued by the group. \u201cWe will not vandalize, threaten or injure property or persons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Charlotte, Dr. Al Cadenhead, senior pastor of Providence Baptist Church, said, \u201cIn recent hours, we have been incorrectly identified as the church in another town where hatred and violence have been advocated from the pulpit.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, we are genuinely Baptist in that we recognize the right of every church to reach out or not to reach out, as that church deems itself to be led.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJesus preached a Gospel of love. So do we. Jesus preached that we love our neighbor, whether that neighbor is like us or not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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