Pat Robertson: Abusive Coaches And Guidance Counselors May Be Making People Gay

Parenting is tough. And for some parents, the discovery that their child is gay, can make it even tougher. It's a good time to pause and learn what your son or daughter is going through, to reach out to those who've been down the same path, and to remember, above all else, that those strong familial bonds of love and understanding are going to be the foundation that helps you and your child confront both fears and doubt.

Or, alternatively, you can seek out the advice of a doomsday-predicting, despot supporting, Scotland fearing, snake-oil selling, idiot religious fanatic!

Here's a video that documents some parents who have chosen the latter path, and who sought out the advice of 700 Club huckster Pat Robertson. Let's see what he had to say:

ROBERTSON: I am not at all persuaded that so-called homosexuals are homosexuals because of biological problems. They're may be a very few but there are so many that have been made homosexuals because of a coach or a guidance counselor or some other male figure who has abused them and they think that there's something wrong with their sexuality so you need to get deep into why he is what he is instead of just saying "he's a homosexual so how do I handle him and how do I be Christian?" Well, I think you ought to tell him "Listen, son. Here's what the Bible says about this and it's called an abomination before God so I've got to tell you the truth because I love you." That's what I think.

That's what he thinks! Also, there was another time when he thought that, "What we need is for somebody to place a small nuke at [The State Department]," which is not just an abomination, it is quite literally A BOMB. IN THIS NATION.

So, yes, this is definitely the guy you want guiding your kid's genitalia into an uncertain future.

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Comments

[FrReader]

01:41 PM on 06/11/2009

"You can't just let him go and... if someone is on his way to Hell, you've got to love him and rescue him."

Unreal. Pat Robertson, to be frank, how dare you? GLBT youngsters are four times more likely to commit suicide than their straight counterparts. Feelings of alienation and isolation are all too common. There is absolutely no excuse. You love your son unconditionally, that's what you do; you don't say, "Well, SON, because I love you, I need to tell you that you're an abomination before God and you're going to hell." Can you imagine for a moment what it's like for a young man to hear that from his parents? How you can advocate telling someone that is mind-numbing.

[Robert Evans]

05:11 PM on 06/10/2009

Sadly, this is not entertainment, but real life in all its confusion. Robertson needs our prayers as he defiles the very faith tradition he loves. The Ground of Being transcends all our ideas of sexuality.

[StPeteRickster]

05:01 PM on 06/10/2009

Just shows we have religious extremists, too. What scares me are the people that hang on every word they say.
Sounds more like we don't understand everything that God does, nor are we meant to.

I don't know one gay person who wasn't born that way - who would want to go through the hatred, ridicule and scorn by CHOICE??

The fact he is still on the air is testament to how many people out there are buying this 'stuff' - that's what really scares me, not the fact that some people love others, differently....

[JWoode]

05:00 PM on 06/10/2009

More like grade school principles...

I remember when I was about 7 or so... I'd see the school principle go walking by and wowza.. I would just about trip over my feet.

If I knew then what I know now... he would have been up on charges.

[LiberalForever]

04:52 PM on 06/10/2009

Another old guy quoting some stuff written by some other old guy a couple of thousand years ago. Just who the h*ll in their right mind portends to know what their so-called God said, or thought, or meant?

This old guy has lived a fat life off of his predictions and pronouncements. All that needs to happen to any evangelical right winger is to have a child who is homosexual or lesbian. That is the only way they ever learn that sexual preference is one terrible way to pick and choose who you will love, trust and admire.

[SteveDenver]

04:51 PM on 06/10/2009

Abusive Coaches and Guidance Counselors make gay people?

If I give them the wool, will they make me one of my very own?

[AnotherTry]

09:22 AM on 06/10/2009

Pat Robertson speaks rather authoritatively on the subject of 'making homosexuals." How did he get this knowledge? And when you tell your child the 'truth' about homosexuality being an abomination, should you also mention that last night's shrimp scampi was an abomination, too?

Religious bigotry needs to end. For the sake of our children. Those who espouse this nonsense are wounding young souls with this abomination garbage and it is akin to child abuse.

[kwinter]

02:11 PM on 06/10/2009

Yes, it is akin to child abuse. Maybe more than just akin.

[SteveDenver]

04:49 PM on 06/10/2009

I'm gay and Pat Robertson ponders homosexuality more than I ever have.

[madisonhack]

08:25 AM on 06/10/2009

Robertson went on to say, "And if you believe this, I have a diamond mine in Africa for sale...not so cheap".

[Dbos]

08:08 AM on 06/10/2009

The lord has spoken. P.S. send Pat all your money.

[oldgeek1]

08:07 AM on 06/10/2009

The GOP and the conservative icon's have picked up some disease that has attacked the brain. It is the only explanation.

[savertime]

07:35 AM on 06/10/2009

That is so sad.

[Truby]

07:06 AM on 06/10/2009

I am sure he has done extensive and exhaustive research using a double blind study that was peer reviewed before he felt confident enough to make these statemenst, so now we know definitively, homosexuality is the result of sports and education.

[Rog49Thomas]

06:24 AM on 06/10/2009

I thought sober Republican thinkers believed that one "got gay" from shaking hands or touching something that a gay person had touched.

[frappe]

03:32 AM on 06/10/2009

How can someone be so clueless?

[fireW]

08:46 AM on 06/10/2009

Maybe he had an abusive coach and guidance counselor.

[openhand]

03:12 AM on 06/10/2009

Guys like this despel any concerns I have about Evolution. Not only is he behind, he is looking backwards.