Gay-hater televangelist Pat Robertson comes out in support of transgenders (bc better a "girl" than a gay boy, amirite?!?!?)

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[–]mvmlego 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (4 children)

I have enough Protestant family members and acquaintances to know that Pat Roberson's combination of views is quite an outlier. It's good to keep an eye out for, though, since it's certainly not something we'd like to see become more common.

[–]BEB[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Televangelists and mega churches are mostly not relatively sane Protestantism (by which I mean Anglican, Methodist).

I never knew how crazy IMO these televangelist disciples and their preachers were until I lived next to and also with some. And they still wield a huge amount of influence in the US.

[–]mvmlego 7 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

That's a good point, although I think it's definitely region-dependent. The only one who's popular in my state is a guy named Charles Stanley, and the most controversial thing about him is a divorce.

[–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't know how much clout Pat Robertson has anymore, but he used to be huge and global with his 700 Club, etc. I hope his endorsement doesn't lead to thousands of children transitioning. I wonder if he's been bought off by the gender lobby too.

[–]hetisachoice 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More blood on his hands and more proof that T is a weapon of war on gays. What else do you call love-bombing that turns into hate once you start to recognize the flimsiness and corruption of all the pseudoscience the oligarchy has paid for to promote this crap?

Pat Robertson is a wannabe oligarch but even the real oligarchs consider him a joke and a relic of the 1980s. How he managed to stay out of prison when other televangelists ended up there is beyond me.