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Black pastor triggers VA dims
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:22 pm
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Democrats walked off the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates Tuesday morning after a pastor invited to give the day's opening prayer condemned abortion and gay marriage, the Virginia Mercury reported.
Video of the prayer by the Rev. Dr. Robert M. Grant Jr. of The Father's Way Church shows a pair of women to his right making strained faces at the chamber as Grant dove right into hot-button issues and implored elected officials to abide by biblical principles and not "provoke" God's "anger and bring wrath upon this state."
"Is this a prayer or a sermon?" a delegate yelled from the Democratic side of the chamber, the Mercury reported.
Grant — who had been invited by Republican Del. Michael Webert — also asked, "Why are there so many abortion facilities near African-American communities? This is planned urban genocide ... this needs immediate attention."
At one point someone hollered "amen" apparently in support of Grant's points.
The pastor also asked the body to protect "biblical traditional marriage, as God instructed the first man and the first woman in the Bible," warned them to "never rewrite what God has declared," and stated that marriage is between biological males and biological females.
Video doesn't show Democratic delegates departing at that point, but the sound of individuals walking is audible.
Democratic Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn ended the pastor's prayer by banging her gavel and moving right into the Pledge of Allegiance, the paper said. It appeared that Grant hadn't completed what he planned to say.
Afterward, Grant stood by his prayer and called the Democratic response "unprofessional," the Mercury reported.
"I think that the statehouse belongs to all the citizens. And all the citizens have a voice," Grant said, according to the paper. "If it's my turn to have a voice, and I am a pastor, what do you expect from me? If you don't want to hear what a pastor has to say, then don't invite one."
The Mercury added that as Grant walked away, a man accompanying him who declined to give his name asked a group of reporters if they were aware that "sodomy" was once considered an offense worthy of capital punishment.
"It was totally disrespectful to all of us, all of us in this House," Democratic Del. Luke Torian of Prince William — also a pastor — told the paper. He added to the Mercury that "most of the clergy that come here have been very respectful of the opportunity extended to them. And every now and then you get someone that goes off the rail."
Democratic Del. Delores McQuinn of Richmond — also a pastor — told the paper that Grant's prayer "felt like condemnation."
The Mercury added that the General Assembly — now under Democratic control for the first time in decades — is advancing legislation to roll back restrictions on abortion and strengthen laws protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination.
Also on Tuesday, Democrats crammed an unpopular gun control bill through the state House that would ban so-called "assault weapons" and criminalize the possession of certain magazines.
Democrats walked off the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates Tuesday morning after a pastor invited to give the day's opening prayer condemned abortion and gay marriage, the Virginia Mercury reported.
Video of the prayer by the Rev. Dr. Robert M. Grant Jr. of The Father's Way Church shows a pair of women to his right making strained faces at the chamber as Grant dove right into hot-button issues and implored elected officials to abide by biblical principles and not "provoke" God's "anger and bring wrath upon this state."
"Is this a prayer or a sermon?" a delegate yelled from the Democratic side of the chamber, the Mercury reported.
Grant — who had been invited by Republican Del. Michael Webert — also asked, "Why are there so many abortion facilities near African-American communities? This is planned urban genocide ... this needs immediate attention."
At one point someone hollered "amen" apparently in support of Grant's points.
The pastor also asked the body to protect "biblical traditional marriage, as God instructed the first man and the first woman in the Bible," warned them to "never rewrite what God has declared," and stated that marriage is between biological males and biological females.
Video doesn't show Democratic delegates departing at that point, but the sound of individuals walking is audible.
Democratic Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn ended the pastor's prayer by banging her gavel and moving right into the Pledge of Allegiance, the paper said. It appeared that Grant hadn't completed what he planned to say.
Afterward, Grant stood by his prayer and called the Democratic response "unprofessional," the Mercury reported.
"I think that the statehouse belongs to all the citizens. And all the citizens have a voice," Grant said, according to the paper. "If it's my turn to have a voice, and I am a pastor, what do you expect from me? If you don't want to hear what a pastor has to say, then don't invite one."
The Mercury added that as Grant walked away, a man accompanying him who declined to give his name asked a group of reporters if they were aware that "sodomy" was once considered an offense worthy of capital punishment.
"It was totally disrespectful to all of us, all of us in this House," Democratic Del. Luke Torian of Prince William — also a pastor — told the paper. He added to the Mercury that "most of the clergy that come here have been very respectful of the opportunity extended to them. And every now and then you get someone that goes off the rail."
Democratic Del. Delores McQuinn of Richmond — also a pastor — told the paper that Grant's prayer "felt like condemnation."
The Mercury added that the General Assembly — now under Democratic control for the first time in decades — is advancing legislation to roll back restrictions on abortion and strengthen laws protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination.
Also on Tuesday, Democrats crammed an unpopular gun control bill through the state House that would ban so-called "assault weapons" and criminalize the possession of certain magazines.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:25 pm to Crimson Wraith
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Democratic Del. Delores McQuinn of Richmond — also a pastor — told the paper that Grant's prayer "felt like condemnation."
It ain't a good sermon unless a few toes are stepped on...
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:27 pm to SSpaniel
Wish i was fly on wall there
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:30 pm to Crimson Wraith
It's the same boat that many Republicans are in, they have nowhere else to go.
This board is right in that politically religious Blacks align with Republicans, but the politics will always be sketchy because what Blacks want as a group does not align with the greater GOP.
GOP policies ensure less government programs. Nobody is going to give up their gravy train, religious or not. So most Blacks are stuck with Democrats because they know Democrats will at least fulfill their promises.
This board is right in that politically religious Blacks align with Republicans, but the politics will always be sketchy because what Blacks want as a group does not align with the greater GOP.
GOP policies ensure less government programs. Nobody is going to give up their gravy train, religious or not. So most Blacks are stuck with Democrats because they know Democrats will at least fulfill their promises.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:45 pm to Crimson Wraith
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Democrats walked off the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates Tuesday morning
Petulant children
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:53 pm to Crimson Wraith
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"Is this a prayer or a sermon?"
Oh, no he didn't.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:54 pm to Crimson Wraith
Reverend Dr. Sr. Pastor?
They love some titles
They love some titles
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:58 pm to Crimson Wraith
The pastor was right in his prayer to condemn those public sins.
And yes, if you support sin, you should feel convicted by such a warning.
And yes, if you support sin, you should feel convicted by such a warning.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 3:58 pm to Crimson Wraith
I'm just guessing he won't be ask back.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:02 pm to tigertim
A Republican asked him to attend.
If I were an R, I'd ask for him every day.
Can you imagine being so low brow that you heckle a pastor?
Tigerdoc's people strike again.
If I were an R, I'd ask for him every day.
Can you imagine being so low brow that you heckle a pastor?
Tigerdoc's people strike again.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:05 pm to Crimson Wraith
Can he come every day?
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:07 pm to volod
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So most Blacks are stuck with Democrats because they know Democrats will at least fulfill their promises.
Which would be....? Vote for me and I'll keep you poor and dependent the rest of your life?
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:12 pm to Crimson Wraith
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"Why are there so many abortion facilities near African-American communities? This is planned urban genocide ... this needs immediate attention."
The Dems dirty little secret, and their inner city base still haven't figured it out.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:13 pm to Crimson Wraith
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If you don't want to hear what a pastor has to say, then don't invite one.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:16 pm to tigertim
A member of Team Filth needs to get this silly negro back on the plantation.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:22 pm to volod
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So most Blacks are stuck with Democrats because they know Democrats will at least keep making promises.
FIFY
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:30 pm to EZE Tiger Fan
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every now and then you get someone that goes off the rail
They basically said as much.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 4:35 pm to Crimson Wraith
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If you don't want to hear what a pastor has to say, then don't invite one.
This man makes far too much sense to be taken seriously in a VA Democratic House.
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