Bishop Harry Jackson has urged pastors
to fight the “radical homosexual agenda.”
Speaking at the Family Research
Council's (FRC) Watchmen on the Walls conference, Jackson, a minister
at the Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, said pastors
need to “lead the people” in fighting the “radical homosexual
agenda that is trying to take over the nation.”
Wearing a camouflage shirt and pants,
Jackson told the crowd that church leaders need “to bring a New
Testament apologetic on why homosexuality is not the will of God, why
God didn't make anyone that way, and why it's all right to speak out
and keep on speaking.”
“We're not just fighting a political
battle, but we're dealing with principles and powers and this present
darkness in the land,” he
added. (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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Jackson was a leader in speaking out
against marriage equality in Maryland and Washington, D.C., where gay
and lesbian couples won the right to marry legislatively. Voters in
Maryland later upheld the law approved by lawmakers.
(Related: Franklin
Graham prepared to have his head “chopped off” for opposing gay
rights.)