Fox News correspondent Todd Starnes
argues that gay rights will lead to the persecution of pastors.
During an appearance last month on the
Daystar program Joni Table Talk, which is hosted by Daystar
founder Joni Lamb, Starnes appeared to agree with Lamb who backed
daughter Rachel's statement that allowing gay couples to marry could
lead to man-dog marriage.
“At what point is the line drawn as
far as what is discrimination?” Rachel Lamb asked. “You know, is
it discrimination if they wanted to make a cake for them and their
dog, and they're going to get married to their dog, you know. Is
that something that's going to hold up? At what point do we say,
okay, you know, this is not okay.”
“Cause you're blurring the lines,”
Joni Lamb added. “And because now marriage isn't being clearly
defined.”
“When you think about it, though,”
Starnes
replied, “when you do redefine marriage, that means anything
goes. You're no longer allowed so say, well, you can't marry. Well,
who are we to say who can't marry if we've already redefined it. So
now, it really is anything goes.” (The video is embedded on this
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Later in the hour-long broadcast,
Starnes stated that some pastors who oppose gay rights will
eventually face jail sentences.
“I think that we are going to see
some pastors that may quite frankly have to go to jail to defend
their religious liberty,” Starnes said. “Some people say, oh we
ought to be real quiet. We ought not to say anything. Well, you know
what, I can appreciate that, but if I wanted to be persecuted for my
faith, I'd go move over to China. I like to live in America, where
we don't get beat up on the way to church.”