Tim Tebow has now decided to cancel his upcoming speaking engagement after outcry against the athlete over the Texas church's controversial anti-gay and anti-Semitic pastor. The outspoken Christian quarterback took to Twitter this morning to announce that he will no longer be speaking at the First Baptist Dallas Church on April 28. He tweeted: 'While I was looking forward to sharing a message of hope and Christ's unconditional love with the faithful members of the historic First Baptist Church of Dallas in April, due to new information that has been brought to my attention, I have decided to cancel my upcoming appearance.
'I will continue to use the platform God has blessed me with to bring Faith, Hope and Love to all those needing a brighter day. Thank you for all of your love and support. God Bless!' The church is notorious for its reverend's preaching marked by an abomination of gays and outside religions. The church has blamed the New York sports media for forcing the New York Jets quarterback to back out of the gig. A church representative told TMZ: 'We are saddened that Mr. Tebow felt pressure to back out of his long-planned commitment from numerous New York and national sports and news media who grossly misrepresented past comments made by our pastor, Dr. Robert Jeffress, specifically related to issues of homosexuality and AIDS, as well as Judaism.' In 2011, First Baptist’s Rev Robert Jeffress stated that '70 percent of the gay population' have AIDS while reciting an alleged quote by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force made in 2008. 'There are a disproportionate amount of assaults against children by homosexuals than by heterosexuals, you can’t deny that.' - Rev Robert Jeffress 'And the reason is very clear: homosexuality is perverse, it represents a degradation of a person’s mind and if a person will sink that low and there are no restraints from God’s law, then there is no telling to whatever sins he will commit as well.' In an outspoken interview in 2011 he also stated that Islam, Judaism and Mormonism are religions derived 'from the pit of Hell.' In another church service in November he warned churchgoers that President Obama's re-election into the White House was 'paving the way for the future reign of the Antichrist.' At the time of the presidential campaign he also branded Mormonism a cult before switching his political support in favor of Mitt Romney, a devout Mormon, after his first choice in Texas' Rick Perry crumbled. Message: Rev. Robert Jeffress, the Baptist pastor of the 11,000-member church, most recently said he hasn't stopped preaching that homosexual sex is sinful, but no longer singles it out for special condemnation Responding to Jeffress' statements concerning Judaism to MailOnline, First Dallas called them 'patently false.' 'Dr. Jeffress is committed to preaching the bold biblical truth of God’s Word. He has regularly stated the mainstream Evangelical Christian belief that Christ is the only way a person can escape Hell and that God's provision of salvation is necessary for everyone, as found in John 14:6,' they said in an email. Word of Tebow's engagement with the church came just weeks after Rev Jeffress said that he is changing the way he talks about homosexuality from the pulpit. Cast out: It's no secret that Tebow's days as a New York Jet are numbered He's not going to stop preaching that homosexual sex is sinful, he said, but will no longer single it out for special condemnation. 'It would be the height of hypocrisy to condemn homosexuality and not adultery or unbiblical divorce,' he said, explaining that the Bible allows divorce only in cases of adultery or desertion. He also includes premarital sex on that list. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282358/First-Baptist-Dallas-Tim-Tebow-cancels-speech-controversial-church.html#ixzz2LYd2VI42 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
