Well now, it seems the good Christians hereabouts have forgotten the teachings of Christ who advocated charity, kindness and understanding – and most of all, love.
You see, a few of these good Christians physically set upon an actual minister of the faith last Friday at Riverside Baptist Church in Denham Springs. The event was some sort of rally called by Livingston Parish Repugnantcan Rep. Valerie Hodges, now a candidate for the Louisiana Senate to fill the seat being vacated by the term-limited incumbent Rogers Pope.
Valerie Hodges, I would remind you, is the same one who, a few years ago – as in the Jindal administration – pushed through a bill to provide financial aid to religious-based schools and then raised holy hell when an Islamic school in New Orleans applied for funding. Apparently she forgot that religious is religious, regardless of the affiliation label that may be attached.
Oh, and she’s also the one who railed against illegal immigration and then when she and her husband purchased flooded rental homes in Denham Springs, employed – guess who? – to perform renovation work. No need to guess, you know damn well who.
Anyway, Hodges called this big rally of “all Louisiana pastors with sound Biblical conviction” to gin up support for what she obviously hoped would be a massive show of support for a veto override session for three gender-related bills that passed the recent session but which Gov. John Bel Edwards has promised to veto. You can see the bills in the attached flier that Hodges sent out to invite those pastors with “sound Biblical conviction.”
Now, I’m not certain if the “Biblical conviction” alluded to by Hodges included Second Samuel 1: 26, the Bible verse which noted that Jonathan’s love for King David was “deeper than the love of women,” or First Samuel 18: 1 where it says Jonathan “stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David,” or in Ruth 1: 16-17 where Ruth tells Naomi, “Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people…” Or if it’s the same Biblical conviction in which God instructs the Israelites to attack an enemy and “Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished” and that “they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.” And in Numbers 31: 31-40, along with His instructions to disembowel pregnant women (could that be considered a form of abortion?) He tells the Israelites to take livestock and virgins for themselves. According to the Bible, the Israelites responded by destroying the Midanites, but capturing 337,000 sheep, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys and (ahem) 16,000 virgins. Of course, they tithed, giving God 675 sheep, 72 cattle, 61 donkeys, and 32 virgins (just what God did with all that booty remains unclear). If you’re good a math (or even mediocre), you can readily see that those tithes come nowhere near the 10 percent we’re told to give today.
But I digress.
What transpired was anything but Biblical in the sense of the “Biblical” teachings we hear in Sunday School (as opposed to the above-cited passages). An Episcopal minister who has asked that his name not be revealed, did the unpardonable – he spoke of Christian love and acceptance.
His message wasn’t accepted too well. Nor was it loved. Some in the crowd, which also included State Rep. Kathy Edmonston (R-Gonzales), physically attacked the good reverend with at least one person actually grabbing him around the neck. (Not saying Edmonston was one of the attackers, just that she was in attendance.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office had to be called in to restore order, it was reported to LouisianaVoice.
Just another of the Christian influence of the political religious right.
Louisiana Voice 
Where is the news article in mainstream media? I can’t find it in Livingston or Baton Rouge.
Interesting question.
Doesn’t exist because this didn’t happen.
Ask yourself two questions:
1. Do you really think that a room full of BR area “Christian pastors” would attack a “fellow pastor” for simply participating in the meeting (as the poster alleged)?
2. Do you really think that if a room full of pastors DID attack a fellow pastor for “speaking on Christian love and acceptance”, that there would be no video footage, no media coverage, no police statements (since they were also apparently on scene)?
I’ve lived in Baton Rouge long enough to know that local police put damn near everything on their Facebook pages, and that if something like this would have happened, I would have seen it on Unfiltered With Kiran or Sadvocate. Lol.
It’s just like Satan and his followers to pick out and twist scriptures, he did the exact same thing to Jesus in the desert. Did you read that part?
I twisted nothing. I quoted scripture verbatim. Did you read that part?
Please Brandy, it’s barely 5AM. Choose wisely to whom you wish to chastise. Not being as judgmental as these “pastors with solid biblical convictions” I tend to attempt an understanding of what exactly is in front of me before lashing out.
Mr. Aswell as semi-retired as he is is still twice as sharp as most citizens.
I also looked in the mainstream media — I want to read more about the incident and have these people more exposed for who they are. (also is that a typo mixing Valerie Harper up in this event). Thanks.
Horrific typo. Valerie Harper would be spinning in her grave. Should have been Varerie Hodges. Thanks for pointing it out. Correction made.
Valerie Harper spoke at the Louisiana AFL-CIO convention in the 1970s. I was on her greeting committee.
Thanks for putting this out. Too bad it wasn’t on video. What a backwater freak show this must’ve looked like.
Thanks for posting. Ms Brandy, GOD is watching you…. if God created one of us to be different, you do not get to judge, such hypocrisy!!!
This is my shocked look.
/smirking
This article is filled with so may lies it’s laughable and typos (before pointed out &you fixed them )
1)Valerie did not contact Pastors, they contacted her.
2) the agitator you label a clergyman was Not allowed a platform to speak and was escorted from the building while spewing profanities
3) the Sheriff was not called to come as the unafraid and faithful pastors handled it themselves .
The only people that believe this garbage is people that weren’t there
Nice try though
You mean to tell me that I actually matched the Repugnantcan wingnuts for distortions? Didn’t think that was possible.
Interesting. Guess you’d call that karma.
Hilarious Tom Atwell
Your actually saying “yeah I know the article is completely false but I’m doing what crazy Republicans do. You have made a buffoon of yourself.
You should have digressed after sentence one of your blatant false and contradictory articles filled with distortions of the Bible.
Aren’t you a little old for this foolishness 🤣
Just a little sarcasm to go with your hysteria. And I didn’t misquote the Bible. Try reading it sometime.
Someone hiding behind an anonymous profile calls himself “Truthteller.” Irony is dead on the political right.
Yet another politician claiming “Christian values” as they promote un-Christian behavior. When will these clowns understand that in a country of codified, foundational religious freedom, you can’t expect something out of people that you won’t give them in return.
“Christians physically attack pastor, cops were called”
Source: Trust me bro.
Unless you have video footage of a deliberate attack, this story isn’t really adding up. A room full of people claiming to be Christian pastors singling out and physically attacking a fellow pastor for speaking “of Christian love and acceptance”? Nah I’m not buying it.
I would think this is false completely. Whereas the author of this article would be subject to legal action against him for defamation of character! It’s because of people like this author that cause undue chaos and venom and hatred from one human being to another . And that causes us all to not fulfill our responsibilities of Christian’s. The Bible and the word is not to be used as a weapon it is to be used as a guide . Having said that the word is the same yesterday Today & forever and the Bible clearly says specific things against homosexuality and other perversions. God never hates anyone , Jesus died for us all . He hates the sin, not the sinner. We all have a choice to whom we will serve. Be it Satan or God.
“Hate” is hate, regardless of who or what it is directed at. You can’t disqualify its meaning to justify religious commandments. And…if the bible is not to be used as a weapon, then you could probably direct that to the good “Christians” that claim to lead the GOP. They are the people that have wrecked the party with hate and refusal to compromise.
When dullafd liberals make up stories. Who is the writer of this crap??
This is a joke right. Did you see and hear the video. Let me guess. Hec no you didn’t. Do you make more money when you write FAKE NEWS??? CNN is looking for people. You would fit right in. Just saying. Because TRUTH doesn’t matter….right? Right. Let me answer that.