Current:Home > InvestPastor Alistair Begg's podcast pulled over his advice that a woman attend LGBTQ wedding -InvestSmart Insights
Pastor Alistair Begg's podcast pulled over his advice that a woman attend LGBTQ wedding
View
Date:2025-04-16 14:12:55
An Ohio pastor was removed from a Christian radio network over his advice that a grandmother attend her son's wedding to a transgendered person.
In a September episode of his podcast on American Family Radio, Alistair Begg recounted a time when he advised the grandmother to go to the wedding.
"Well, here’s the thing: your love for them may catch them off guard, but your absence will simply reinforce the fact that they said, ‘These people are what I always thought: judgmental, critical, unprepared to countenance anything,'" Begg said on the podcast.
The comments reappeared on social media, leading the network to remove Begg's half-hour weekday program "Truth for Life" on Jan. 24, according to The Pink News.
American Family Association did not respond to USA TODAY's request for comment on Wednesday.
In a statement sent to Fox News on Tuesday, the association said that "members of our leadership team held a call with Alistair Begg’s team and were unsuccessful in convincing them of his error."
"At American Family Association, we believe it to be an act of unfaithfulness to God to attend a ceremony that celebrates any union outside of the biblical model of marriage as being between one man and one woman," according to the statement. "As a result of this, we will no longer air Pastor Alistair Begg’s Truth for Life program."
Pastor: 'I'm not ready to repent over this. I don't have to'
In a sermon on Sunday, Begg defended his advice, calling the situation, "a storm in a teacup."
"I'm not ready to repent over this. I don't have to," Begg said.
Begg said that gay marriage went against biblical teachings and told a story where he said to an audience at a Christian college: "The only place for sexual relationships is within a heterosexual, monogamous relationship between one man and one woman, for life."
Begg also said that those who condemned LGBTQ people were not practicing the teachings of Jesus.
"What happens to homosexual people is that they are either reviled or affirmed," Begg said. "The Christian has to say we cannot treat you in either of those ways. The reason that we can't revile you is the same reason why we can't affirm you because of the Bible, because of God's love."
veryGood! (44712)
Related
- Pregnant Kylie Kelce Shares Hilarious Question Her Daughter Asked Jason Kelce Amid Rising Fame
- How AP Top 25 voters ranked the latest poll with Alabama’s loss and other upsets
- 'Just gave us life': Shohei Ohtani provides spark for Dodgers in playoff debut
- Jayden Daniels showcases dual-threat ability to keep Commanders running strong
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Rosie O'Donnell says she's 'like a big sister' to Menendez brothers Lyle and Erik
- Connecticut Sun force winner-take-all Game 5 with win over Minnesota Lynx
- How will the Fed's rate cuts affect your retirement savings strategy?
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- San Jose State women's volleyball team has been thrown into debate after forfeits
Ranking
- Hackers hit Rhode Island benefits system in major cyberattack. Personal data could be released soon
- Madonna’s Brother Christopher Ciccone Dead at 63
- LeBron and son Bronny James play together for the first time in a preseason game for the Lakers
- Opinion: Trading for Davante Adams is a must for plunging Jets to save season
- Stamford Road collision sends motorcyclist flying; driver arrested
- Jeep Wrangler ditches manual windows, marking the end of an era for automakers
- Olivia Munn Details Journey to Welcome Daughter Méi Amid Cancer Battle
- Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91
Recommendation
Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
Tia Mowry Shares She Lost Her Virginity to Ex-Husband Cory Hardrict at 25
For US adversaries, Election Day won’t mean the end to efforts to influence Americans
Bear with 3 cubs attacks man after breaking into Colorado home
Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
Bachelor Nation's Clare Crawley Shares She Legally Married Ryan Dawkins One Year After Ceremony
The Tropicana was once 'the Tiffany of the Strip.' For former showgirls, it was home.
Opinion: Trading for Davante Adams is a must for plunging Jets to save season