Ellen DeGeneres, Anderson Cooper and
Rachel Maddow are to blame for Tyler Clementi's death, according to a
minister.
Clementi is the 18-year-old Rutgers
University freshman who jumped off George Washington Bridge to his
death in the fall of 2010 after learning that his roommate, Dharun
Ravi, had secretly streamed live video of him having sex with another
man onto the Internet. On Friday, Ravi
was found guilty of a hate crime.
Bill Keller of LivePrayer.com pointed
the blame for Clementi's death at DeGeneres, Cooper and Maddow and
away from Ravi.
“Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow,
Ellen DeGeneres, the media, and gutless pastors are guilty for the
death of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, not Dharun Ravi1”
“The fact is, suicide is
exponentially higher amongst those who choose the homosexual
lifestyle, and while those in the media want to blame people like
myself who take a Biblical stand on this issue, the fact is, they are
the ones most responsible!” Keller
said in a statement.
“It is the homosexual community and
media who promote this lifestyle to society, forcing it to validate
legally and ethically this choice of sexual behavior and
relationships to our children as normal, even desirable behavior!”
Keller, who claims to have helped
thousands of men and women make the choice to “turn from the sin of
homosexuality,” added: “Homosexuality is a bondage like alcohol,
drugs, gambling or anything else people get addicted to.”