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Sunday, September 25th, 2016

American Pastor Deported From Botswana After Calling For Gays To Be Murdered

Author:     Michelle Goldberg
Source:     Slate
Publication Date:     September 21, 2016
 Link: American Pastor Deported From Botswana After Calling For Gays To Be Murdered
Stephan:   There is a vile and nasty quality to American Evangelical "Christianity." Many think it, but few will say it out loud, however I will because I think our failure to openly discuss this toxic social force is degrading our society, as well as peoples' perception of the U.S. abroad. I have a number of friends, and one close family member, who are involved in African NGOs, and they have told me awful stories of "Christian" missionaries acting out their obsessions, particularly their sexual dysfunctionality.  Here is an example of what I mean.
Steven Anderson has been banned from entering the U.K., Botswana and South Africa due to his homophobic views. Credit: YouTube Screenshot/sanderson1611

Steven Anderson has been banned from entering the U.K., Botswana and South Africa due to his homophobic views.
Credit: YouTube Screenshot/sanderson1611

U.S. pastor Steven Anderson was arrested and deported from the African nation of Botswana after calling for gay people to be killed, President Ian Khama told Reuters Tuesday, just days after the pastor was banned from neighboring South Africa over his anti-gay views.

Anderson, of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona, notoriously welcomed the gunning down in June of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida by saying “there’s 50 less pedophiles in this world,” including Omar Mateen, the mass shooter.

Khama told Reuters he had ordered Anderson’s immediate arrest and deportation after the pastor said in an interview with a local radio station in the capital Gabarone that gays and lesbians should be killed.

“He was picked up at the radio station. I said they should pick him up and show […]

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