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By David Edwards
Sunday, May 11, 2014 15:41 EDT
Two brothers who were fired by HGTV said on Sunday that they did not mind losing their reality TV show over their anti-gay views because their message was part of the perfect truth of Jesus Christ.
In an interview with Fox News host Shannon Bream, David Benham said that he could understand why ant-gay statements like comparing same-sex marriage to Nazism would offend LGBT people if they were taken out of context.
The statements that I made were actually in context of a prayer service to the church, he explained. And so, its been very pleasing to my brother and I, for us to be able to go on record and set it straight, and let those that have been hurt, let those that have felt some type of hatred for my brother and I in terms of what weve said in the past, and say, We do not hate you all. As a matter of fact, we love you.
However, David Benham pointed out that he and his brother did absolutely hate the gay agenda.
We see what its doing to our nation, he said. We see how polarizing it has now become. We see the political landscape and we hate this, and we hate what its doing to our nation.
Bream remarked that many Christians had told her that they would never publicly oppose LGBT rights for fear of being ostracized.
What David and I say is that in the embodiment of Jesus Christ, you have perfect love and perfect truth, Jason Benham opined. See, truth is a person. Love is a person. And thats why we talk so much about Jesus. Because when you bring Jesus into the equation, youve brought love and youve brought truth. And theres no fear in that.
So, I can go and I can proclaim Jesus, and thats truth and its love, he continued. We didnt fear losing a television show.
Jason Benham said that his experience had made other Christians a little more bold to say what they believe.
If you do love people, you can voice your beliefs, David Benham argued. And the scripture says and were Bible guys, sorry but the scripture says, Greater love hath no man than this, that he would lay down his life for his friend.
You have to identify that your friend is being bullied, he insisted. So thats what Jason and I are doing.
Jason Benham noted that his brother used to suck his thumb, and knew what being bullied felt like.
I remember him getting bullied and sucking his thumb, and I had to come in there and clean house, Jason Benham said, holding up his fist.
David Benham concluded: We want to step in and say, You know what? These bullies, were done with this. We want to step in and say to the agenda to silence, enough is enough.
Watch the video below from Fox News, broadcast May 11, 2014.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/11/fist-waving-fired-hgtv-hosts-are-ready-to-clean-house-on-the-gay-agenda-of-silence/
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winstars
(4,219 posts)I mean as I read the headline.... Surprise surprise surprise.....
CurtEastPoint
(18,613 posts)How is it hurting you? Hmmm? Freaks.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,575 posts)Odd-looking dudes. Their heads would fit nicely under those white pointy hoods, though.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)Great minds!
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)Response to CurtEastPoint (Reply #2)
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rurallib
(62,373 posts)Rogers had them on for about ten or 15 minutes. He toyed with them like a cat with mice. When he was done it was almost as if he flipped them in the air and swallowed them whole.
Rogers is really sharp. These guys, at least Friday, were really - well, dumb. They started with some "we're being bullied by the mean old gays who won't give us our free speech" crap. Rogers destroyed that and proceeded to make fools of them. I was just laughing my ass off.
Of course the big thing for these guys is to exploit the hate and get money from the suckers. They won't ever have to work like real people. Just exploit the suckers and bank it. Makes me sick.
House of Roberts
(5,160 posts)I was in and out of the house and missed part of Rogers talking to them. Then I came in and Ed was talking to Rogers about what they had said. First time I can remember a host taking a day off, and then calling his own show.
rurallib
(62,373 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)where JC Himself says anything about homosexuals. If it is His perfect Truth, should be there, right?
I'm gonna guess these bozos pray very ostentatiously in public. And have lots of money that they don't give to the less fortunate.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)How could the context of "a prayer service to the church" make it any better? That just seeks to excuse their hatred by saying "but we hate them as part of our religion".
Cha
(296,771 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)Are these guys atheists, perhaps?
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)meanwhile, the Property Brothers are perfectly innocuous and brilliant at concealing any personal agenda or politics at all.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)even with all the banter back and forth they all get along.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)they should move over to FOX.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)Enough is enough! out of you religious nut cases!
In the future, please keep your faux outrage to yourselves.
bluesbassman
(19,358 posts)Must really suck to not only be on the losing side of social enlightenment, but to lose your gig over it to boot. My only regret is that I don't watch any of those kinds of shows so I can't rejoice that theirs got the ax!
catbyte
(34,325 posts)Assholes x 2.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Where do they decry the abomination of Lobster Bisque?
Why aren't they protesting modern clothing manufacturing that uses blended fabrics?
Lex
(34,108 posts)Dim-witted hypocrites.
Raine
(30,540 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,310 posts)If they knew Jesus was gay?