On June 12th, 2016, I woke up to coverage of the Pulse nightclub shooting and felt my heart being ripped out. Even worse, I was due to moderate a Q&A of the Sandy Hook shooting documentary Newtown that night. What world were we living in? In the aftermath of Pulse, I couldn’t believe the bigotry of certain “ministers” who did more than hint that they believed the terrorist had done the world a favor. Roger Jimenez, a Sacramento preacher, said in a sermon to his parishioners, “The tragedy is that more of them didn’t die… I’m kind of upset that he […]...
- 7/19/2018
- by Bears Fonte
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
On June 12th, 2016, I woke up to coverage of the Pulse nightclub shooting and felt my heart being ripped out. Even worse, I was due to moderate a Q&A of the Sandy Hook shooting documentary Newtown that night. What world were we living in? In the aftermath of Pulse, I couldn’t believe the bigotry of certain “ministers” who did more than hint that they believed the terrorist had done the world a favor. Roger Jimenez, a Sacramento preacher, said in a sermon to his parishioners, “The tragedy is that more of them didn’t die… I’m kind of upset that he […]...
- 7/19/2018
- by Bears Fonte
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
A homophobic pastor in Sacramento praised the Orlando terror attack that killed 49 people, saying during a sermon, “They deserve what they got.” Pastor Roger Jimenez’s sermon from Verity Baptist Church was posted to YouTube the day after the tragedy, as first reported by Khou in Houston. The video has since been removed. In the video, he told his congregation that the gay victims of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history are pedophiles. “Are you sad that 50 pedophiles were killed today?” asked Jimenez. “Um, no, I think that’s great. I think that helps society. I think Orlando,...
- 6/14/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
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