Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the
Nation of Islam (NOI), has criticized President Barack Obama for
endorsing gay marriage.
The 79-year-old Farrakhan spoke at the
San Diego Convention Center on Sunday.
Holding a copy of the Koran, the
religious leader said: “Males coming to males with lust in their
hearts as they should to a female. Now don't you dare say Farrakhan
was preaching hate, he's homophobic. I'm not afraid of my brothers
and sisters or others who may be practicing what God condemned in the
days of Lot,” Farrakhan said. “That's not our job, to be hateful
of our people. Our job is to call us to sanity. Our job is call the
people to righteous conduct.”
Later Farrakhan said Newsweek was
mocking the president by describing him as the “first gay
president.” (By which they meant he sympathized with the gay
community.)
“Now you think they're not mocking
him? The first gay president. Now I never heard from Michelle that
our brother, you know, was absent from duty. But he's the first
president that sanctioned what the scriptures forbid.” (The video
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