Transmissions: Cracked wrists, cut hair, and a split community
Published 05/31/2012
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=67764In the run-up to North Carolina's Amendment 1 – which limits the definition of marriage in the state even further than already-existing law – pastor Sean Harris of the Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville delivered a fiery sermon. Allow me to quote his words:
"So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is 4 years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, 'Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,' you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed.
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I also should point out that Harris was not specifically talking about transgender people, but gay and lesbian folks. Nevertheless, I think anyone reading the above can tell that Harris is not one for splitting hairs in regards to gender identity and sexual orientation: to him, a male acting effeminately – regardless of orientation or identity – should be squashed like a cockroach. They should have their wrist cracked. They should be given a "good punch." Or if they're born female, you apparently give them a good talking to.
