Georgia Church Sign: ‘Homosexuality Is A Death Worthy Crime’

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The pastor of a church in Milledgeville, Ga., recently changed the sign outside his church to read, “Homosexuality is a death worthy crime,” according to Georgia television station WGXA.

The sign caused a stir in the neighborhood, but Robert Lee, the pastor of Ten Commandments Church, defended his sign and claimed he was quoting the Bible.

“Homosexuality is an abomination, and the Bible says that homosexuality is a death worthy crime,” Lee told WGXA.

The sign references Leviticus 20:13, which reads, “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”

Lee told WGXA that he hoped his sign would have an impact and said he would oppose a Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage.

“The institution of marriage was instituted by God and it should not be changed by people who deserve not to live,” he said.

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  1. The MSM is ever willing to give bigots exactly the spotlight and publicity for which they were desperately scrabbling.

  2. I’m sorry Mr. Lee, this is America. I think the country you’re looking for is either Iran or Saudi Arabia.

  3. people who deserve not to live," he said.

    Wow, that sign is a collectable…attention pickers.

  4. If the sign incites violence ( as I am sure it is intended to do ) take that fucking Pastor to jail with the perp and keep him there.

  5. But don’t you dare try and infringe upon the good pastor’s right to preach about the righteousness of killing people because of their sexuality - cause that would be hating on Christians.

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