Posted on 02/19/2008 5:19:44 AM PST by abigail2
Charles Barkley Must Apologize For ‘Fake Christians’ Remark Or Face Suspension, Says Rev. Peterson
Former NBA star and TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley attacked Christian conservatives Friday on CNN’s The Situation Room news show, referring to them as “fake Christians” and “hypocritical” people. Barkley has endorsed Barack Obama and has a problem with conservative Republican stances against abortion and homosexual marriage. He repeatedly told CNN anchorman Wolf Blitzer “I’m pro-choice” and “I’m for gay marriage.” Conservative radio talk show host Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is calling on Barkley to apologize for his bigoted remarks or face pressure for TNT to suspend him.
“If a white conservative Republican commentator called liberal Christians who support Obama and Hillary ‘fake Christians’ he would be publicly repudiated by the liberal press,” said Rev. Peterson. “Barkley is getting a pass because he’s a black liberal Democrat attacking Christian conservatives. The man is a bigot and has no moral character. He should apologize for his remarks.”
Since the early 90’s Barkley has had a checkered record. In two separate incidents he was reportedly arrested and charged with assault and disorderly conduct for allegedly throwing one man through a plate-glass window and breaking another man’s nose. In 1991 he allegedly spat on a young girl in New Jersey while trying to go after a heckler. He’s also been caught on tape saying, “I hate white people.”
“I can think of at least four white public figures who have been fired or suspended for comments deemed offensive to blacks including: Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.); shock jock Don Imus; Dune “DOG” Chapman; and The Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman. Despite making public apologies, all these people were mercilessly hounded and excoriated by the liberal press. So, where’s the demand for an apology and suspension of Barkley for his offensive comments about Christian conservatives?” asked Rev. Peterson.
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is the founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny. He's also the host of “The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show.” For more information, visit www.bondinfo.org
Judging whether someone “needs” it, or is squandering your good will is so.... judgemental.
Can’t have that, that would be “discriminatory” towards those who make different decisions than you do.
/ leftist bllsht thinking
Agree with you both . . . the “communism” of Acts was in the form of a voluntary religious community. It was not state communism at all.
“fake christians and hypocrites...”
the poor man sounds like the victim of a snot-nose, arrogant, socialist, propagandist punk.
I found this interview with Sir Charles here:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/0424barkley0424.html
Here are some choice quotes:
“Racism is not a Republican or a Democratic thing. It’s not just a White thing. There are Black racists. There are Hispanic racists. There are Jewish racists. It goes across the board. You can’t pigeonhole . . . just because we’ve got a couple positions of power ...”
“Really I’m talking to poor Black kids, poor White kids and poor Hispanic kids. They have to realize that they’ve got a strike against them. Number 1 is the environment they grow up in. They are going to go to a terrible school system more than likely, and I think they have to realize that they’ve got to stop, especially the Black kids, they’ve got to stop becoming their own worst enemies with Black-on-Black crime, teenage pregnancies and single-parent homes. I think all three of those groups, whether they are poor White, poor Black or Hispanic, have to understand that it’s going to be an uphill climb for them.”
“Cosby is not wrong. He’s 100 percent right. But you have to admit that race has something to do with that.”
Is it your perception that the average White American is prejudiced against people of color?
“No. Not true. I don’t think you can put a blanket number on it. I don’t think it’s fair to say that most White people dislike Blacks. Actually, I think it’s the opposite. I think there are more good White people and Black people than people are getting credit for.”
The christian bible of the religious left says “render unto Ceaser what is God’s” because their god is the state. The god of state only is able to provide what is good, not the individual worshiper of God. Therefore he is only being consistent with his theology and therefore cannot apologize. The true Church needs to be better at equipping its people with the true gospel and the ability to recognize the work of Barclay’s father, the devil.
Thanks, I will be emailing them.
thanks for the ping...they pay these athletes way too much and that adds to their big heads. They should make about as much as an average blue collar worker...like someone who builds a car or something.
Let him run his mouth until he trips over his own...tongue..
Well, they may not KNOW that he will have made a mess. They only know what the “mainstream” media tell them if they listen.
He sounds very dumb to me. Really confused.
Yes, it certainly sounds like gibberish.
Well, that’s what I like about Rev. Peterson. He always tells it like it is.
Vision, what did you mean by that?
Good for you.
Thanks that clarifies things. And he must have been hit in his head too many times........
I am really puzzled. My recollection is that Barkley was portrayed as a conservative. Indeed he was often mentioned in these forums as a “celeb” black conservative.
Yes, years and years ago I thought I remembered he was one of the good guys. Too much contact sports...
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