This month, Pastor Charles L. Worley preached about rounding up all the gays and lesbians and placing them in a concentration camp so that they would die out. Jeremy dug up another interesting quote, though, from the beginning years of Worley’s career at his North Carolina church. In 1978, he said this:
“Forty years ago they would’ve hung [homosexuals], bless God, from a white oak tree!”
And a couple of other things! So on one hand, we’re reminded of Nazis, and on the other, we’re reminded of the Klan. Sounds about right.
In related news, David Pakman just interviewed a lesbian mom who has attended services at his church, so that’s worth checking out. From what she recounts, all this is pretty par for the course for Worley:
