UPDATE: Positive Atheism’s Big Scary List Of Pat Robertson Quotations
Responses to Robertson’s comment:
I like this statement:
Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said Venezuela was studying its legal options, adding that how Washington responds to Robertson’s comments would put its anti-terrorism policy to the test.
The article, Venezuela Slams Robertson Over Remarks, continues:
“The ball is in the U.S. court, after this criminal statement by a citizen of that country,” Rangel told reporters. “It’s huge hypocrisy to maintain this discourse against terrorism and at the same time, in the heart of that country, there are entirely terrorist statements like those.”
The State Department distanced itself from Robertson’s comments.
“We do not share his view, and his comments are inappropriate,” spokesman Sean McCormack said.
(inappropriate?? That’s all they have to say??)
Another article, also from My Way News, says this:
“It’s absolutely chilling to hear a religious leader call for the murder of any political leader, no matter how much he disagrees with such a leader’s policies or practices,” said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
David Brock, president of Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog group, said the remarks should discredit Robertson as a spokesman for the religious right.
The article ends with this:
Robertson has made controversial statements in the past. In October 2003, he suggested that the State Department be blown up with a nuclear device. He has also said that feminism encourages women to “kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”
Stay tuned for more.
link to first article’s full story: Venezuela Slams Robertson Over Remarks
link to second article’s full story: Robertson Calls for Chavez Assassination