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| Superstorm Sandy and many more disasters that have been blamed on the gay community | Superstorm Sandy and many more disasters that have been blamed on the gay community |
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| An American pastor has blamed homosexuality for Hurricane Sandy. "God is systematically destroying America," said John McTernan of the Defend and Proclaim the Faith ministries. It's not the first time the LGBT community has been blamed for a disaster. The following, according to someone somewhere, were all gay people's fault: | An American pastor has blamed homosexuality for Hurricane Sandy. "God is systematically destroying America," said John McTernan of the Defend and Proclaim the Faith ministries. It's not the first time the LGBT community has been blamed for a disaster. The following, according to someone somewhere, were all gay people's fault: |
| • The decline in US marriage (Rick Santorum) | • The decline in US marriage (Rick Santorum) |
| • Last year's US earthquake (Rabbi Yehuda Levin) | • Last year's US earthquake (Rabbi Yehuda Levin) |
| • 9/11 (Rev Jerry Falwell) | • 9/11 (Rev Jerry Falwell) |
| • Hurricane Isaac (McTernan, again) | • Hurricane Isaac (McTernan, again) |
| • Hurricane Katrina (Pastor John Hagee, Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas) | • Hurricane Katrina (Pastor John Hagee, Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas) |
| • 2007 UK flooding (Rt Rev Graham Dow, The Bishop of Carlisle) | • 2007 UK flooding (Rt Rev Graham Dow, The Bishop of Carlisle) |
| • The Catholic church's paedophile crisis (The Catholic League) | • The Catholic church's paedophile crisis (The Catholic League) |
| • Colorado Batman movie massacre (American Family Association) | • Colorado Batman movie massacre (American Family Association) |
| • The fall of Srebrenica (blamed on "openly homosexual" Dutch peacekeeping force, by US Army General John Sheehan) | • The fall of Srebrenica (blamed on "openly homosexual" Dutch peacekeeping force, by US Army General John Sheehan) |
| • The 2008 collapse of Panama's emergency phone system (anonymous police sources) | • The 2008 collapse of Panama's emergency phone system (anonymous police sources) |
| • Global warming (Samoan church ministers) | • Global warming (Samoan church ministers) |
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