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ROBERTSON BLAMES HURRICANE ON CHOICE OF ELLEN DEGENERES TO HOST EMMYS
Lesbian is New Orleans native
Hollywood - Pat Robertson on Sunday said that Hurricane Katrina was
God's way of expressing its anger at the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences for its selection of Ellen Degeneres to host this year's Emmy
Awards. "By choosing an avowed lesbian for this national event, these
Hollywood elites have clearly invited God's wrath," Robertson said on
"The 700 Club" on Sunday. "Is it any surprise that the Almighty chose
to strike at Miss Degeneres' hometown?"
Robertson also noted that the last time Degeneres hosted the Emmys, in
2001, the September 11 terrorism attacks took place shortly before the
ceremony.
"This is the second time in a row that God has invoked a disaster
shortly before lesbian Ellen Degeneres hosted the Emmy Awards,"
Robertson explained to his approximately one million viewers. "America
is waiting for her to apologize for the death and destruction that her
sexual deviance has brought onto this great nation."
Robertson added that other tragedies of the past several years can be
linked to Degeneres' growing national prominence. September, 2003, for
example, is both the month that her talk show debuted and when
insurgents first gained a foothold in Iraq following the successful
March invasion. "Now we know why things took a turn for the worse," he
explained.
In order to avoid further tragedy, Robertson called not only for the
Television Academy to find a new heterosexual host, but to bar all
homosexuals and bisexuals from taking part in the ceremony.
He said employees at the Christian Broadcasting Network had put
together a list of 283 nominees, presenters, and invited guests at the
Emmys known to be of sexually deviant persuasions.
"God already allows one awards show to promote the homosexual agenda,"
Robertson declared. "But clearly He will not tolerate such sinful
behavior to spread beyond the Tonys."
This story isn't real according to snopes.com. It is just his style, though. He's a scary man.
and the scarier thing is some idiotic people believe him
And the scarier part of that is some of these believers have very deep pocketbooks and give generously. I fear there are elements in this country who would like nothing better than America becoming a theocracy so people like Robertson can make and enforce the laws. If they want things the way they were back in the days of our founders, they'll probably give us just that, literally. Careful what you wish for, Pat. LOL!
I do apologize for posting this before checking it out, I found out it's not true after posting it. Funny though, it does sound just like something he would do. Once again, so sorry about this.
Carla
Carla, no worries. It was a clever hoax, since whoever wrote it seemed to ahve a pretty good handle on the kind of thing Robertson would go on about.
I can only say fair play to the hoaxers and I hope that even if 10 people believe it and wake up 10 more, that we eventually see a positive cumliative effect.
Pat Robertson may be a little fanatical and go overboard in some of his beliefs, but on the whole, he's justified. I can understand, from his deluded viewpoint, the reasoning behind this statement. I also agree with some of his views on the 700 club, definitely not all, but some of them are simply James Dobson taken to an extreme.
lol well hokes or not it's just totally rediculous. i mean how primative can you get? i thought medievil ages were left behind but evidently not i guess.
I agree. I understand that long ago, primitive people thought that storms or failed crops or whatever were signs from an angry god or gods. It's amazing people in the high-tech information age still hold to similar beliefs. But I guess these days, it's not the speaker or writer who is being punished by the storm, but people that the speaker or writer does not understand or see as normal. They're getting what they deserve because they didn't just step in line and go along.