Tuesday, August 23, 2005

ABC Family TV's Pat Robertson Advocates Killing


Unbelievably, the world-famous American Christian Leader, Pat Robertson advocated breaking the Ten Commandments on his Christian TV show, the 700 Club - which airs on the ABC Family network 3 times a day! (See more on ABC Family below.)

Guess it's time to revise the Ten Commandments, Thou Shalt Not Kill.

[A]n American religious preacher, the founder of the Christian Coalition organization, a former presidential candidate, Pat Robertson, has called upon the United States to assassinate the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. Robertson called Chaves "a terrific danger" for the USA.

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war." -- Pat Robertson, 700 TV Show, 8-22-05

The Christian leader, Pat Robertson is the same loony tune who said that gays and lesbians are “self-absorbed narcissists who are willing to destroy any institution so long as they can have affirmation of their lifestyle.” The Christian leader blames gays and lesbians for no fault divorce, the legalization of abortion and the plan to destroy marriage.

The Christian leader had this to say about feminists:

"The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians." -- Pat Robertson, fundraising letter, 1992

Can you believe that the the ABC Family network airs Robertson's show, the 700 Club, 3 times a day?

ABC Family is a cable television network currently owned by Disney/ABC.

Media Matters is calling on ABC Family to give Robertson the boot:

Following his August 22 call for the United States to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Media Matters for America is urging ABC Family to stop showing Pat Robertson's The 700 Club. ABC Family shows The 700 Club three times a day.

Robertson's vitriol is not appropriate for children, or for anyone else, for that matter. His calls for the killing of a foreign leader certainly do not belong on a television channel that purports to offer family-friendly programming," said Media Matters for America President and CEO David Brock.

It only took me a minute to tell ABC Family that the 700 Club is not fit for the kind of families that watch their Disney owned station, or any other kind of families.