Posted: June 21, 2019
A Tennessee sheriff's deputy and part-time pastor is calling for the police and courts to put gay men to death.
"I'm sick of sodomy getting crammed down our throats," said Grayson Fritts in a recent sermon, implying that police officers like himself "should enforce Leviticus 20:13… If they are convicted then they are to be put to death."
Facing criticism, the deputy sheriff doubled down in another sermon: "I'm not calling anyone here to violence. I'm saying it's the government's responsibility."
Sheriff Tom Spangler condemned the remarks and placed Fritts on leave, but that's not nearly enough. This hateful pastor who twisted Scripture to threaten LGBT people should be fired outright, and not receive a buyout for his bigotry.
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