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Religions > Atheism |
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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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16 Jun 2005 10:23:21 PM |
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Good Christian Swaggert |
Swaggart gay remarks violated code, council finds
http://tinyurl.com/a5egn
Comments made by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart about homosexuals violated
the code of ethics of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, an
industry watchdog said Tuesday.
The comments were made on a Sept. 12 program that was broadcast by Omni
1 in Toronto, and a complaint was later filed with the Canadian
Broadcast Standards Council.
Swaggart's ministry based in Baton Rouge, La., also received complaints
from gay groups over his remarks, in which he said he would kill any gay
man who looked at him romantically.
"I'm going to be blunt and plain: If one ever looks at me like that, I'm
going to kill him and tell God he died," Swaggart said in the broadcast.
He also remarked that politicians and lawmakers who are undecided about
same-sex marriage "all oughta have to marry a pig and live with him
forever."
About a week after the broadcast Swaggart apologized and said he has
jokingly used the expression "killing someone and telling God he died"
thousands of times, about all sorts of people. He said the expression
was figurative and not meant to harm.
"If it's an insult, I certainly didn't think it was, but if they are
offended, then I certainly offer an apology," he told The Associated Press.
The panel investigating the complaint said the station was entitled to
broadcast Swaggart's views against same-sex marriage and his criticism
of lawmakers who fail to take a stand on the issue.
But it found the television station in breach of the CAB's human rights
and religious programming clauses "on the basis of Swaggart's suggestion
that killing someone would be the proper way for one to respond to
homosexuality."
The panel described the debate over same-sex marriage as "more than
legitimate" and "democratically essential."
"The negativity was so visceral that Swaggart asserted that, despite his
own religiosity, he would feel justified in killing the man and in lying
to his God that the victim had simply died," the panel said in its
decision.
"The problem of Swaggart's language is, in a sense, exacerbated by the
fact that he, as a religious figure, can be presumed to set an example
for his community. It would, therefore, be easy for someone to infer
that this might be the proper way for a Christian of this sect (or
possibly of any sect) to respond to homosexuality."
Omni 1 is not required to broadcast the council's decision because the
station issued an on-air apology shortly after the incident.
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| User: "Rally_Round" |
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| Title: Re: Good Christian Swaggert |
17 Jun 2005 10:42:24 AM |
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"Fredric L. Rice" <FRice@SkepticTank.ORG> wrote in message
news:11b4h6448gf3i18@corp.supernews.com...
Swaggart gay remarks violated code, council finds
http://tinyurl.com/a5egn
Comments made by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart about homosexuals violated
the code of ethics of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, an
industry watchdog said Tuesday.
The comments were made on a Sept. 12 program that was broadcast by Omni
1 in Toronto, and a complaint was later filed with the Canadian
Broadcast Standards Council.
Swaggart's ministry based in Baton Rouge, La., also received complaints
from gay groups over his remarks, in which he said he would kill any gay
man who looked at him romantically.
"I'm going to be blunt and plain: If one ever looks at me like that, I'm
going to kill him and tell God he died," Swaggart said in the broadcast.
<snip>
What get's me is just what the hell does he mean by "...going to kill
him and tell god he died,"?
I am trying to wrap my brain around what this guy is thinking when he
says this. Does he mean he'll kill him, and tell his imaginary onmipresent
god, "I didn't do it - he died."? A lie? Or is he saying he is going to brag
to his pixie?
Either way, an obvious-to-everyone-but-xian uttering of an insane
person.
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