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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:01 AM Oct 2021

Radical megachurch preacher warns that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul "may be a man"

Louisiana megachurch pastor Tony Spell is still railing about the coronavirus and what he sees as persecution of his religious beliefs. He’s so perturbed that he had to insult the governor of New York because she pointed out that all the major religious leaders agree: there shouldn’t be a religious exemption for the vaccine.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has instituted a mandate that requires health care workers to be vaccinated that does not include religious exemptions and she’s been vocal about her opposition to them. In a recent press conference, she pointed out that she’s not alone in that opinion. “I’m not aware of a sanctioned religious exemption from any organized religion, in fact they are encouraging the opposite,” Hochul said. “Everybody from the Pope on down is encouraging people to get vaccinated.”

During his online program, Spell expressed his outrage at her plainspoken punch to his ego and his excuses. Hochul didn’t refer to him and likely has no idea he exists, so Spell was indignant. “She had the audacity, she actually had the testicular fortitude… She may be a man!”

“…who says all the major religious leaders have said there are no religious exemptions,” he continues. “Well, excuse me, but all the major religious leaders are on the take. They are going to be controlled by the Antichrist.” Earlier this year, Spell was mocked for declaring that the world needs “manly preachers” with “calloused knees” to fight LGBTQ rights. “ ... Isn’t about time you get some blood on your sword? Cursed be the man that keepeth his sword from blood.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/radical-megachurch-preacher-warns-new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-may-man/

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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
5. Well there's no fucking way a man is qualified to be governor, so this better not be true.
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 02:04 PM
Oct 2021

They have neither the intellect, the self-control, or the moral fibre.

pillbug

(17 posts)
7. Speaking of religious leaders being controlled by the Antichrist...
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 05:10 PM
Oct 2021

Also, Spell's claim that "all the major religious leaders... are going to be controlled by the Antichrist" -- after Pres. Trump repeatedly gathered the nation's leading evangelical yahoos to literally lay hands on him in a group blessing -- is quite the take. This particular desecration transpired in the Oval Office in the summer of 2017: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/07/12/photo-surfaces-of-evangelical-pastors-laying-hands-on-trump-in-the-oval-office/

Bonus buffoonery: Christian leaders praying over Trump at one of his fascist rallies (this one launched the "Evangelicals For Trump" coalition), in Florida, in Jan. of 2020:



Still more bonus buffoonery: the notorious CPAC "golden idol" statue of Trump, from Feb. of this year. Can't make this shit up... https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/26/22302887/trump-cpac-2021-republican-gold-statue
 

marie999

(3,334 posts)
8. He seems to like "manly preachers" with "calloused knees".
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 05:20 PM
Oct 2021

Sorry, there was this picture that came into my head when I wrote this.

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