CNN host Don Lemon said that Christians need to re-examine their beliefs and claimed that God doesn't judge people when responding to a statement from the Vatican on same-sex unions.
Lemon, 55, made the theologically questionable comments as a guest on "The View" on Monday
Co-host Meghan McCain quoted a comment from the Vatican saying that the church could not bless same-sex unions because "God cannot bless sin," and asked Lemon, who is openly gay, to respond.
"Do you think this sends a damaging message? How do you feel about that given that obviously you're now engaged and going to get married?" McCain asked.
'Well I think there are, listen, I respect people's right to believe in whatever they want to believe in their God," Lemon claimed.
"But if you believe something that hurts another person, or does not give someone the same rights or freedoms, not necessarily under the Constitution because this is under God," he continued. "I think that this is wrong, and I think that the Catholic Church and many other churches really need to re-examine themselves and their teachings. Because that is not what God is about. God is not about hindering people or even judging people."
'Gaan uit en braai'
Lemon het voortgegaan om die kwessie in die "konteks van ras" te plaas deur dr. Martin Luther King Jr. aan te haal, wat segregasie in kerke verwerp het.
"So ek dink dat godsdiens en die kerk ons eintlik daarvan weerhou, dit is hindernisse vir mense om mekaar eintlik te leer ken," het Lemon voortgegaan.
“So ek sou sê vir die Pous en die Vatikaan, en alle Christene of Katolieke, of wie ook al, watter godsdiens jy ook al glo, jy moet aan daar buite behoort, uitgaan en mense ontmoet en mense probeer verstaan en doen wat die Bybel en wat Jesus eintlik sê, as jy in Jesus glo, en dit is om jou medemens lief te hê en nie te oordeel dat julle nie geoordeel word nie,” het hy verkeerd aangehaal.
"In plaas daarvan dat die kerkbank julle verhinder, moet die kerk julle verhinder, in plaas daarvan om in die kerk en onder mekaar geskei te wees, gaan uit en braai," het hy afgesluit. “En ontmoet mense en begin brood breek met mense en leer hulle ken.”
Sommige Christene op sosiale media het beswaar gemaak teen Lemon se afgewaterde weergawe van historiese Christelike lering.
Hier is die video van Don Lemon se raad aan Christene:
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