Photo by Greg Garrison/ggarrison@al.com"
Posted on 07/17/2013 11:03:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
Churches across Alabama are known for their clever and sometimes humorous signs promoting the Sunday sermon –but not many people are laughing at the sign outside the New Era Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
“They’re calling me a hate-monger,” Pastor Michael R. Jordan told Fox News. “Most whites down South don’t like it.”
The sign reads, “George Zimmerman jury supported white racism.” It was first reported by Birmingham news reporter Greg Garrison.
Jordan said he made the decision to post the controversial statement after preaching the Sunday night message, calling Zimmerman a ‘”racist” and his acquittal a “racist verdict.”
“I believe racism and bias and prejudice caused the jury to be sympathetic,” he told Fox News. “Race played a major, major role in their decision and in their thinking.”
He said the 100-member congregation was stunned by the verdict.
“George Zimmerman deputized himself as a law enforcement agent,” Jordan said. “I feel he was a racist. He was stereotyping. He stalked and killed Trayvon Martin.”
The black minister also placed blame on white pastors.
“There’s been a breakdown in the white clergy,” he said. “They refuse to preach against blatant racism in America.”
As a result, he believes the lives of black Americans have been devalued.
“We can send Michael Vick to prison for killing dogs, but we can’t send George Zimmerman to prison for murdering an African-American young man.”
Jordan said he’s gotten lots of complaints about the sign but he refuses to take it down.
“They tell me I’m spreading hate,” he said “But the sign is staying up.”
Can we ban the word “racism”?
I am highly offended by it.
What the h*** is the matter with people? Has the world gone nuts?
Where did this guy come from.
I haven’t spoken to a white man yet who didn’t agrees that Zimmerman was innocent.
I have a woman I went to school with in the 60’s who was dissappointed that he wasn’t found guilty, but she was a nut then got pregnant while in school, and now thinks more of her dog than her husband.
Racist?? This guy is insane. Don’t try to convince me it was racist I will slam you right quick with facts.
Martin was a criminal in training. A thief, a drug user and seller. A burglar, a bully who sought out fights, Thank Goodness Zimmerman got him before he bred.
The racism is coming from the black side and they can shout it all they like my answer is They are full of crap.
Photo by Greg Garrison/ggarrison@al.com"
And the prosecutors, Obama, etc,
support black racism.
Dear Pastor Jordan:
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." (Matthew 5:9 KJV)
Do your words bless you or indict you?
That sign would look really nice with a shotgun hole in the middle of it
I hope this pastor has a good answer ready when he’s asked by the ultimate authority to account for his time as a ‘christian’ leader.
This pastor says “the lives of African-Americans have been devalued”. Yes they have. Judging by the black on black violence, he is right on target.
Ya think?
Yesterday, when I was in KMart to visit their pharmacy, there were 2 strapping young black men--probably teenagers about Trayvons age. They weren't at all friendly or disarming.
There was a palpably tension among those folks waiting for prescriptions.
Folks of all races are usually chatty and friendly there, but not yesterday...folks looked nervous.
I noticed a difference in myself...a sense of anticipation.
Note that these kids were most likely just normal high schoolers...but their presence made folks nervous in a way completely new since the Trayvon trial and aftermath.
It was though someone had brought two pit bulls into the store. An element of potential and unpredictable danger was introduced.
I’m beginning to believe the black sense of entitlement is beginning to extend to the right to beat and rape white people.
What the h*** is the matter with people? Has the world gone nuts?
Note sure if that church rape sign is a warning for blacks NOT to do it or not...
Remember what Obama said during his campaign about whites attitude towards blacks.
You're just proving Obama right again. /sarcasm>
Beginning to, eh?
Alabama is just short for Allah O’Bama!
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