You may have seen this video making the rounds today. It's an audio track of Pastor Sean Harris of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina telling his congregation to punch their children and break their bones if they exhibit any sign of behavior not gender specific.
I couldn't make that up.
So, a few things. Not that it makes him any less dangerous, but in no way do I believe this represents a majority opinion of the country's, or even the south's for that matter, pastors. Not even close.
He's an anomaly, like a two-headed snake. Or a viable Republican presidential candidate.
Next is that as scary as this guy is, even scarier are the homophobes - and really, what other name is there for them - in his church that are "amen-ing" every hateful thing he's saying.
But we know how this ends, right? Of course we do.
At some point in the very near future, someone will come out (see what I did there?) with pictures of the good pastor on his knees in an airport men's room, or dressed in assless leather chaps dancing to Donna Summer under the mirrored ball in a North Carolina gay bar.
Then that'll be that. His fifteen minutes will be up and hopefully he'll blow his brains (or whatever is in his head) out.
There's only one thing any pastor should be preaching to parents about their children.
To unconditionally love and accept them for who they are.
