{"id":5396,"date":"2010-12-28T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T18:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=5396"},"modified":"2011-05-03T16:56:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:56:50","slug":"pat-robertson-blames-blizzard-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/12\/pat-robertson-blames-blizzard-on.html","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS FAKE NEWS: Pat Robertson blames blizzard on….?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pat Robertson’s smoking the wacky weed again. This time he’s speaking out about the recent blizzard that hit the Northeast over the holiday weekend…<\/p>\n

Wanna know why Pat thinks God sent the blizzard?<\/p>\n

Because of GAY PEOPLE! Yes, gay people. According to Pat, God can’t stand the gay people. And of course God knew that this past weekend a lot of people were going to be donning now their gay apparel… so God said… NO! You’ll get stuck in snow drifts instead…<\/p>\n

But seriously, poor Pat… read these horrible quotes…<\/p>\n

Rev. Pat Robertson sparked controversy in today\u2019s broadcast of his 700 Club<\/em> program when he claimed that God created the blizzard currently battering the Northeast \u201cto punish Americans who were planning to drive to do something gay.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And too, snow is measured in inches and everybody knows that gay people LOVE measuring inches…<\/p>\n

Explaining his theory, Rev. Robertson said, \u201cBecause of the bad road conditions the Almighty has made, any gay activities that people were planning on doing will have to be postponed by a day or two.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gay activities? Like… writing Broadway plays? Dressing in drag? Performing Southern Gospel music? Being <\/em>Rosie O’Donnell…? And what about all of those gays who live in Texas who did accomplished all of their gay activities just fine…<\/p>\n

But you have to wonder if he really knows what “gay activities” actually are…<\/p>\n

Additionally, Pat argued, God shut down major airports in the New York area \u201cso that people who were hoping to fly to do something of a gay nature would have to take a train or a bus, so it might be days before the gay thing they were going to do could occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the millions of straight people in New York City who were also grounded by the bad weather, the televangelist said, \u201cI think God probably wonders, if these people are really straight, then what are they doing in New York?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh wow. The man needs to be sedated…<\/p>\n

He’s so over the top it’s hard to know what to say or how to respond. I wish the media would just ignore him.<\/p>\n

Rebecca sent me this link!<\/a><\/p>\n

**UPDATE** This could be satire… <\/a><\/p>\n

**UPDATE 2**I confess. I took it seriously. I apologize for misleading you. It wasn’t on purpose. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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