Missouri Pastor's Fiery Speech Against Equal Rights for Homosexuals Has 'Stunning Twist Ending'

[romantico]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 8:27pm

Back in August, during a Springfield City Council public hearing on amending the city's nondiscrimination ordinance to include sexual orientation and gender identity protections, Rev. Phil Snider of the Brentwood Christian Church lashed out at the council for 'inviting the judgement of God upon our land' by making 'special rights for gays and lesbians.'

He goes on to invoke the bible and morality and the end of days a few more times before suddenly appearing to lose his train of thought.

And then something pretty amazing happens.

BE SURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO ALL THE WAY TO THE END

http://gawker.com/5953357/missouri-pastors-fiery-speech-against-equal-rights-for-homosexuals-has-stunning-twist-ending

[Playbilly]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 8:37pm

Thanks for sharing! Powerful!!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 8:55pm

Wow. I don't just usually burst into tears watching something so that was...powerful.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 9:08pm

Now if everyone started thinking that way we'd be better off.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 10:18pm

A Facebook friend said this about the video:

"Apparently he took elements of segregationism and substituted the language of anti-gay. How absolutely banal and unsurprising. FAIL!"

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/20/12 at 1:18pm

A viral video and millions of Google hits--your friend has an odd notion of the word "fail."

"Fail" FAIL.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 10/20/12 at 4:39pm

That was a very bold maneuver on his part and he pulled it off.

Referring to JRed's friend's post on Facebook and other things I am hearing in my own circle of movement, I am discerning a re-assertion of the it's-choice-to-be-gay argument from the Christian right.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 10/20/12 at 7:45pm

Scripps, I can see that happening. And underscoring that argument is the implication thate if black people could choose to be other than white then racism would be perfectly justified. And the arrogance that asserts that there must be something deeply wrong with anyone who would choose to be other than white like us.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 10/20/12 at 10:08pm

I never updated my earlier post.

When I told my friend if he watched the entire video, he said he didn't. He read a spoiler and made a bad judgment. After watching the end, he deleted his entire post and said, "I'm so glad to be proven wrong!"

So, I'm friends with an idiot. No surprise there.