Pat Robertson Don't Try It

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Don't try to make me just like you
I must cherish my free speech and thought
If I just clung on to your point of view
I’d relinquish a right which cannot be bought

LGBTQ people are dancing, spitting on, and defiling your grave
Well because ding dong, yet another witch is dead
Christian Broadcasting, you founded to minister and save
Condemned feminists as devils whom we should dread

We speak of religious right pundit Pat Robertson
Avowing 9/11 attacks as divinely ordained
The Queen is dead, but perhaps not gone   
Because his small minded thoughts have remained

Nothing says Pride like the death of your proto-Hillsong
They won’t miss that homophobia which you did awake
So here’s to you Mr. Robertson
And your accusing gay men of a spiky HIV handshake

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Date: 7/14/2023 7:47:00 PM
Pat Robertson did look to scapegoat minorities for 9/11 and for so many other ills that beset America. Rather than seeing Biblical scripture as loving + embracing humanity, sins + all, he took the severe, Old Testament view of condemnation. Whatever happened to "judge not, lest ye be so judged" ? A very powerful write, Anaya. Sincerely Brian
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Date: 7/14/2023 8:07:00 PM
It went bye bye as well as "Before you judge me, take a good look at yourself" --CCR! Thank you, Brian! I'm honored. ~Anaya
Date: 6/13/2023 6:50:00 PM
TVangelists took most of the 'angel' out of evangels... I preferred the 'after-midnight miracle men' who used to make the blind see, the lame walk, and then push them away, causing them to faint away or collapse. Those frauds were at least good for a laugh or two. :) gw
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Date: 6/13/2023 7:14:00 PM
Healing powers, like Oral Roberts, Tulsa OK. I heard of him through research. Elvis had the experience. Send me your money, Roberts said the Lord would take him away unless the viewers sent him a million dollars. eke. Thanks for the visit GW, I am honored and enjoy your fun poems!
Date: 6/12/2023 4:54:00 AM
Ding dong, now there’s a song! Fabulous ear worm to start my day. This piece be a winner for me! Enchanté mon cheri! xomo <3
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Date: 6/12/2023 9:04:00 AM
Ha you like that, yay. I'm glad I made you smile. I know politics can be harsh, but it is a choice from the check box poem description! Thank you, Maureen. Xhugs
Date: 6/11/2023 4:14:00 PM
I see God as loving and tolerant, not a bigot or ogre. You wrote what needed to be said, a funeral should not preclude honesty. Best to you, Robert
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Date: 6/12/2023 9:07:00 AM
We are on the same page, dear Robert. Choices we make stay with us, hopefully they'll understand what message I'm trying to convey.
Date: 6/11/2023 3:12:00 AM
He insighted a lot of hatred from his radio mutterings. We need acceptance of differences, not ridicule. Lets hope he isnt replaced by another such fool. Well written Anaya, and your subject, was so well chosen.
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Date: 6/11/2023 8:13:00 AM
Thank you, S'sV's! He says with that smile, you're such a good friend, sorry you're going to hell.
Date: 6/9/2023 12:57:00 PM
Sounds like one of the holier than though brigade Anaya, I'd never heard of him. Tom
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Date: 6/9/2023 5:09:00 PM
Known for his eerie smile as he evangelized.
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Date: 6/9/2023 5:05:00 PM
Gone at 93, yesterday. In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 Robertson televangelist was harshly condemned for blaming abortion doctors, feminists, gay people and the American Civil Liberties Union. Robertson came under fire in 2010 for falsely claiming that the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti that year was caused by enslaved Black people who made a “pact with the Devil” in the 18th century as they fought for liberation from French colonizers.
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