NC pastor’s anti-gay sermon sparks plans for protest

May 23, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

McClatchy Newspapers

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

A North Carolina pastor’s sermon in which he called for gays and lesbians to be placed in a form of concentration camp has spurred a protest planned at the church Sunday.

A group calling itself Catawba Valley Citizens Against Hate says it plans a peaceful protest Sunday outside Providence Road Baptist Church in Catawba County, an independent Baptist church where the Rev. Charles Worley delivered his controversial homily May 13.

Worley’s sermon has received more than 165,000 views on YouTube.

It appears the sermon was aimed as criticism of President Barack Obama’s announcement that he supports the right of gay couples to be married.

The 71-year-old minister suggested building a large fence, 100 or 150 miles long, he said. He said lesbians would be put in one area, “and the queers and the homosexuals in another, and have that fence electrified, so they can’t get out.”

“Feed ’em, and you know what?” Worley continued. “In a few years, they’ll die. Do you know why? They can’t reproduce.”