Church worker beaten for 'anti-gay' sermon?

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, August 20, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

A pastor who preached against homosexuality believes his sermon was the motive for three men who assaulted his church's part-time janitor.

Pastor Paul Endrei of the Church on the Rise in Westlake, Ohio, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper his Aug. 10 message was about the Rev. Gene Robinson, who became the first openly homosexual Episcopalian confirmed as a bishop.

The janitor, Richard Bilski, 49, told police three men beat him Sunday morning outside the nondenominational church after demanding to know when the pastor would arrive, the Cleveland paper said.

As the men fled, Bilski said, one yelled, "This is a message for Pastor Paul."

Endrei said the point of his Sunday sermon was "we love the homosexual, but we hate the sin."

"I told the congregation, 'The Gospel according to Gene Robinson is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ,' " he told the Plain Dealer.

Bilski also suspects the sermon was the motive for the attack.

The Cleveland paper quoted a former host of a gay-themed radio talk show, who contended sermons like Endrei's can fuel hate crimes.

"If they don't preach tolerance, they are preaching violence," Harris told the paper.

Bilski said the men confronted him as he took out the trash at about 6:45 a.m. The janitor reported he was attacked after he told them he didn't know what time Endrei would arrive, suffering cuts and bruises to his face, arms, hands and ribs.

"I did nothing against anybody, and I'm the one in the middle of this," Bilski said, according to the Plain Dealer.

On Aug. 7, a Kenyan Anglican bishop was attacked on a London street by two Church of England colleagues for opposing Robinson's appointment, according to the East African Standard of Nairobi.

The confrontation turned to blows before passersby came to the rescue of Bishop Simon Oketch who was attending an international seminar in the city.

An Episcopal vicar in Graham, Texas, near Fort Worth, reported his church was vandalized and a portion set ablaze Aug. 5 in an apparent reaction to the congregation's defense of traditional orthodoxy.

Police said their only lead is writing on the wall: "God and Jesus love Homosexuals."

In a letter, Rev. Scott Wooten said, "The thought of an active persecution crossed my mind when I decided to take a stand against biblical revisionists, but it turned very personal when it hit my church."

[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

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[dighton]

See also comments here.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Let me guess....the Pastor will be charged with a hate crime.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

"God and Jesus love Homosexuals."

Yes, they do. But They don't love their sin. PS...They hate adultery too.

[farmer18th]

Has Jesse Jackson arrived on scene to hold hands with members of the family?

[max_rpf]

Interesting... Yesterday stories were implying that they beat the janitor because the janitor was gay. Now we learn that it was the "Blue Oyster Bar" crowd...

[gunnedah]

The United States of Soddom!

[j_tull]

"If they don't preach tolerance, they are preaching violence," Harris told the paper.

Translation: "Embrace our agenda or prepare to suffer the consequences."

[glory]

The Cleveland paper quoted a former host of a gay-themed radio talk show, who contended sermons like Endrei's can fuel hate crimes
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Obviously this is correct. Oh wait, he meant hate crimes against gays--move along, nothing to see here.

[glory]

BTW, where are all the liberal lobbying groups calling out for tolerance and where is the media crying out of the injustices on orthodox Christians? crickets anyone?

[Gritty]

"If they don't preach tolerance, they are preaching violence," Harris (a former host of a gay-themed radio talk show) told the paper.

These militant homosexuals are a real piece of work!

[jonatron]

Ah, the new gospel of Diversity.

[joesnuffy]

By their "Fruits" you will know them

[CONSERVE]

It is amazing how all these headlines read like the janitor was gay and beaten up for that.
Not that he was beaten up by gays for not being that.

[CalvaryJohn]

To all you posters who assumed the janitor is a homosexual: have another cup of coffee first, and re-read the article.

[CONSERVE]

The article is not what the headline reads. If you read my post that is exactly what I am saying.
The news services are trying to make this look like a gay bashing in their headlines even though it was the gays who where doing the bashing.

[Texas Mom]

The Cleveland paper quoted a former host of a gay-themed radio talk show, who contended sermons like Endrei's can fuel hate crimes

Well, I guess he was right about that wasn't he? This seems to be a hate crime to me.

[RightOnline]

Anyone here as fed up with the homosexual gaggle/community as I am? As tired of these buggerers and their "agree with my sexual habits or I'll attack you and/or demonize you in the fawning media" attitude?

Sorry........I'm a Christian, and I don't love 'em one bit.

[gcruse]

Sorry........I'm a Christian, and I don't love 'em one bit.

It's a good sign we have invented God when God hates the same people we hate.