Posted on 02/23/2024 12:14:28 AM PST by Morgana
Fury has erupted after a North Carolina pastor giving a sermon said that he would clear any rapist whose victim was wearing shorts because 'a man's a man'.
Pastor Bobby Leonard was forced to apologize for his despicable comments, posting a message on the billboard outside the Bible Baptist Tabernacle church in Monroe saying: 'I was wrong'.
But it was too late. The clip quickly went viral, and people called for him to resign.
Christian journalist, Julie Roys, wrote: 'Yes, a man is a man, not an animal. And he is responsible for controlling himself. This pastor needs to resign.'
In the full video, Pastor Leonard can be seen addressing the congregation, holding his hands out as he says 'if you dress like that and you get raped, and I'm on the jury, he's gone go free' because 'a man's a man'.
He said: 'You find more women going to those places with shorts, than you will women with pants and dresses put together.
'Try it, if you got time, try it. Have your boy go ahead and try it and watch for it, have your girl go out and watch for it.
'I used to say this, I haven't said this in a long time, you ready: I say if you dress like that and you get raped, and I'm on the jury, he's gone go free, you don't like it do you, I'm right though.
'I'm right, because a man's a man.'
Fury erupted online with one viewer saying: 'Pull him out of the pulpit. This shouldn't even be a discussion.'
Another said: 'That is beyond disgusting. Utterly shameful.'
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I hate to break this to you, but if you think this attitude of yours reflects "critical thinking" on your part, then you're doing it wrong. :-)
I think you sound fully vaxed.
Sounds like this guy couldn’t walk through art museum without humping the Renaissance and Classical paintings and statues.
Rape is and should be a serious crime, but the late, and missed Walter Williams compared scantily clad women to parking your car in the worst neighborhood, leaving it unlocked, with your keys and wallet on the roof. It’s wrong and illegal for anyone to steal your car and your stuff, but what would it say about your judgement?
No wonder he thinks it’s okay. He looks like he lives in a van down by the river.
Yes, but the better the pastor, the more satan attempts to sidetrack them with temptation.
What a foolish thing to say.
Just remember, when you have a Jury Trial, your fate is decided by people too stupid to know how to get out of Jury Duty.
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