NEW YORK: Sen. Ruben Diaz Denounces Sacramento Hate Pastor, Forgets Own “Worthy Of Death” History

Via press release from viciously anti-LGBT New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz:

You should know that Sacramento California Pastor Roger Jimenez of the Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, California, has been reported in the media as rejoicing in the massacre that took place this weekend at the Orlando gay nightclub.

It is very important for you to know that as the President of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization, my fellow ministers and I condemn his rejoicing in those killings. We condemn Pastor Jimenez’s statements: “The tragedy is that more of them didn’t die,” and “I’m kind of upset he didn’t finish the job because these people are predators.”

Pastor Jimenez’s message is deplorable, and any preacher who shares that mindset does not understand the Bible. Pastor Jimenez should realize that all of the victims of the Orlando shooting are human beings, and any preaching to harm their lives is un-Christianly.

Longtime readers will recall that I attended the Ruben Diaz-organized anti-gay hate march in the Bronx back in 2011, where Diaz turned the microphone over to a fellow preacher who declared, in Spanish, that gays are worthy of death. (His words were translated from the stage as “worthy to death.”) Jeremy Hooper caught it all on video and that bit comes at the very end of the clip below. Diaz, not incidentally, is a Democrat.