Bigot starts ground zero church: Where's the outrage?

[babylonsister]

Bigot starts ground zero church: Where's the outrage?
By Justin Elliott


A bigoted pastor who has assailed gays and Muslims is launching the "9-11 Christian Center at Ground Zero" a mere two blocks from the World Trade Center site this Sunday, but so far the project hasn't drawn a peep of protest from those who are outraged by the "ground zero mosque."

Pastor Bill Keller of Florida said today he will begin preaching Sunday at the Marriott at 85 West Street (see proximity to ground zero here). A weekly service is planned at the hotel until the $8 million 9/11 Christian Center finds a permanent space. (Fundraising is going well, Keller told Salon today.)

To get a sense of where Keller is coming from, consider his project's website, which calls Islam a religion of "hate and death" whose adherents will go to hell. It also says: "Islam is a wonderful religion... for PEDOPHILES!"

Keller is the same pastor who hosted a birther infomercial that encouraged viewers to send him and a partner donations to advance the birther cause. His Internet ministry explicitly calls President Obama the new Hitler. He calls homosexuality a perversion. And in 2008, he targeted presidential contender Mitt Romney for being Mormon with a campaign called "voting for Satan."

In short, if critics of the Park51 Islamic community center, which is explicitly welcoming of all faiths, truly believe that there is a "zone of solemnity" around ground zero (as Gov. Pat Quinn put it), they should be horrified at Keller's 9/11 Christian Center.

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http://www.salon.com/news/ground_zero_mosque/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/08/30/bigot_establishes_ground_zero_church

[ck4829]

1. Religious bigots/homopbobes attacked us on 9/11

This guy is religiously and ideologically much closer to the 9/11 hijackers than your average Muslim is.

So, teabaggers, where are you?

K&R.

[dkf]

2. Using 9/11 like this is unseemly.

No one should be using the deaths of Americans to further their self promotion. It is disgusting all the way around

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[WillParkinson]

3. Um...hello? It's a "CHRISTIAN" center...

That trumps solemn any day.

[babylonsister]

5. So I guess they get a pass, even with these views. Very sad. nt

[AspenRose]

6. That's disgusting.