Pastor who preached against gays arrested on lewdness charge

[Thom Little]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A pastor who has spoken out against homosexuality was arrested after propositioning a male undercover police officer outside a hotel, authorities said.

As the Rev. Lonnie Latham, 59, left jail Wednesday, he said "I was set up. I was in the area pastoring to police."

Latham, a member of the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee, was arrested Tuesday and charged with offering to engage in an act of lewdness, Capt. Jeffrey Becker said.

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Latham has supported a convention directive urging members to befriend gays and lesbians and try to convince them that they can become heterosexual "if they accept Jesus Christ as their savior and reject their 'sinful, destructive lifestyle.'"



http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-05-pastor-arrested_x.htm

[XanaDUer]

1. "Pastoring"

is that what southerns baptists call it?

:rofl:

[RagingInMiami]

3. I thought that was something ...

That cows did.

[XanaDUer]

5. No, that's "Pasturing"...

:D

[RagingInMiami]

2. "I was in the area pastoring to police"

More like prowling for a piece.

[punpirate]

4. First, it's a shame that Oklahoma police are still...

... engaging in entrapment of gays, and second, that this guy has allegedly bitten on the entrapment after, presumably, hypocritically excoriating gays. Time for this sort of insanity to stop.

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2021215