Someone plugged this guy's brain into a "wrong outlet." Sweet Jesus someone please save us from these so-called "Christian" bigots. From our friends over at Right Wing Watch, it seems these televangelists just can't quit carrying on about sex in general and especially those "evil" homosexuals who are doing things that remind them of something blowing up.

Jeffress: Homosexuality Like Plugging a TV into the Wrong Outlet and Blowing It to Smithereens:

Jeffress, who has a history of using virulently anti-gay rhetoric, argued that homosexuality violates God’s design for sex.

“Think about this one time in heaven God was sitting up there with his sketch pad and he said, ‘you know I’m going to design human beings and would it be fun of they started doing this together with one another,’” Jeffress explained. “God dreamed up sex, He thought it up for our enjoyment, He gave us the equipment to enjoy it with.”

He went on to claim that homosexuality is like plugging a TV into a 220-volt power outlet rather than the recommended 120 outlet “because those are antiquated instructions” and “it’s my TV and I can do whatever I want to with it.”

“Well it is my TV to do what I want to with it but I’m going to blow that TV into smithereens if I put it in a 220 outlet,” Jeffress said.

Put me on the list of people who will not be surprised or shocked one iota if we would find out later that Robert Jeffress is taking a page out of George Rekers' playbook and caught with some escort from Rentboy.com.

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A Texas pastor who has repeatedly called Mitt Romney's religion a cult is now endorsing the former Massachusetts governor because President Barack Obama "opposes Biblical principles."

Dallas pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress first said in 2007 that Romney was not qualified to be president because “Mormonism is a cult.”

"Mitt Romney is a Mormon, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise," Jeffress told his congregation. "Even though he talks about Jesus as his Lord and savior, he is not a Christian. Mormonism is not Christianity. Mormonism is a cult."

"It's a little hypocritical for the last eight years to be talking about how important it is for us to elect a Christian president and then turn around and endorse a non-Christian," he added. "Christian conservatives are going to have to decide whether having a Christian president is really important or not."

But in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, the pastor reversed course after Romney became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

"I haven't changed my tune," Jeffress insisted. "In fact, I never said Christians should not vote for Mitt Romney. When I talked about his theology, I was answering a question about theology. And I still maintain there are vast differences in theology between Mormons and Christians, but we do share many of the same values, like the sanctity of life and religious freedom."

Fox News host Clayton Morris noted that Jeffress was quoted in October as saying, "Evangelical Christians should not vote for Mitt Romney because he’s a Mormon, therefore not a real Christian."

"Critics would argue that President Obama is a real Christian," Morris continued. "By that metric then, why wouldn't you support Barack Obama?"

"Well, again, I never said that quote that you attributed to me," Jeffress argued. "There was a spurious article in one magazine that just completely fabricated that quote. I've never said don't vote for Mitt Romney because he's not a Christian. But in my book that you were so kind to reference, I said, given the choice between a Christian like Barack Obama who embraces non-Biblical principles like abortion and a Mormon like Mitt Romney who embraces Bible principles, there's every reason to support Mitt Romney in this election. I've been consistent in that."

Jeffress added that he expected evangelicals across the nation to put Romney in the White House because Obama "opposes Biblical principles."

"When we have seen what the president has done especially in the last six months in launching this war against religious liberty -- I'm not just talking about the [Health and Human Services contraception coverage mandate], but I'm also talking about last October when he tried to rescind the church exemption in hiring practices -- I think as more evangelicals are aware of what this president is doing, I think they will turn out and vote," he said.

"Not for partisan reasons, but because he opposes Biblical principles."

(h/t: Media Matters, Mediaite)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Tuesday called on fellow candidate Rick Perry to renounce an anti-Mormon Dallas pastor who he had chosen to introduce him at last week's Values Voter Summit.

In his introduction, Dr. Robert Jeffress hailed Perry as "a genuine follower of Jesus Christ." Jeffress has said that Romney was not qualified to be president because "Mormonism is a cult."

"Gov. Perry selected an individual to introduce him who then used religion as a basis for which he said he would endorse Gov. Perry, and a reason not to support me," Romney explained at a news conference ahead of Tuesday's debate.

"I just don't believe that kind of divisiveness based on religion has a place in this country... I would call on Gov. Perry to repudiate the sentiment and the remarks made by that pastor."

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who was on hand at the news conference to announce his support of Romney, agreed that religious bigotry had no place in the presidential race.

"These type of religious matters have nothing to do with the quality of somebody's ability to lead," Christie said. "Any campaign that associates itself with that type of conduct is beneath the office of the president of the United States."

Within moments of the conclusion of that news conference, a Perry spokesman told The Associated Press that the Texas governor was refusing to disassociate himself with Jeffress.

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Appearing on CNN Sunday, both Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann repeatedly dodged questions on whether fellow candidate Mitt Romney was a Christian.

Dallas pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress, who introduced Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry at Friday's Values Voter Summit, has said that Romney is not qualified to be president because "Mormonism is a cult."

CNN's Candy Crowley asked Cain and Bachmann if they agreed that Romney was not a Christian.

"I'm not running for theologian in chief," Cain declared. "I'm a lifelong Christian. And what that means is that one of my guiding principles for decisions I make is I start with 'do the right thing.' I'm not getting into that controversy."

"But it will still beg the question that you dodged a direct question: Is Mitt Romney not a Christian?" Crowley asked.

"He's a Mormon, that much I know," Cain replied. "I am not going to do an analysis of Mormonism versus Christianity for the sake of answering that. I'm not getting into that..."

"Even knowing that it will looking like you are dodging it?" Crowley wondered.

"If that's what it looks like, I'm dodging it because it's not going to help us boost this economy and you know it," Cain said, adding that someone's religion was a "valid concern" when selecting a president.

Crowley later posed the same question to Bachmann.

"We have religious tolerance," the Minnesota Republican explained. "We understand that people have different views on their faith, and I have a very sincerely held view on faith and I think we just leave it at that."

"You know that by not answering the direct question -- 'Do you think you think that Mitt Romney is a Christian?' -- you leave open the possibility that people are going to say you dodged a direct question?" Crowley noted.

"No, I think what the real focus is here, again, that on religious tolerance," Bachmann argued. "That's really what this is about."

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Evangelicals left no doubt where they stood on Mormonism at the Value Voters Summit yesterday. Tony Perkins, organizer of the event and head of the Family Research Council had Pastor Robert Jeffress introduce Rick Perry. And while his opening remarks merely hinted at his own unease and distrust of Mormonism, he was far more explicit in his denunciations later, as the video from Rightwingwatch.org makes plain.

His interview with John King on CNN left no doubt where he stands, and has stood for years as an influential representative for Southern Baptists: Mormons are not Christians, they're members of a cult.

It should be noted that Mitt Romney also attended the event and spoke a few hours after Rick Perry. Whether Jeffress' opinion is the prevailing one there seems likely, but I couldn't say for sure. What is certain though is that Mitt Romney has no problem pandering to any and all republican voters who can cast a ballot.

Rightwingwatch.org has more.

Following his endorsement and introduction of Rick Perry at the Values Voter Summit, Robert Jeffress went on Focal Point with Bryan Fischer to chastise Romney's Mormon faith, arguing that he is not a "true, born again follower of Christ." He said that only Perry can defeat "the most pro-homosexual, most pro-abortion president in history."

"It is not Christianity, it is not a branch of Christianity," Jeffress said, "It is a cult." Jeffress went on to explain that many evangelical Christians will not vote for Romney because he is a Mormon and therefore not "indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God." He even claimed that Romney's Mormon faith "speaks to the integrity issue" as it explains why he has reversed his position on abortion rights, among other issues.

Transcript from CNN below.

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Appearing at the Values Voter Summit Friday in Washington, D.C., Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, who has presided over 234 executions during his time as governor of Texas, declared "every human being is entitled to life."

"There are millions of Americans that are born into less than ideal circumstances," Perry told the conservative crowd. "Maybe they were born into poverty, born without a parent, but as a society, we must stand for the principle that every life is worth living regardless of the circumstance."

"As Americans, we must affirm the value of life. Not just in our Declaration of Independence, but in the ways that we live. For some candidates, pro-life is an election year slogan to follow the prevailing political winds. To me, it's about the absolute principle that every human being is entitled to life. All human life -- all human life is made in the image of our creator."

The candidate added that he was proud of his record as governor, including signing a budget that defunded Planned Parenthood.

While introducing the governor Friday, Dallas pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress hailed Perry as "a genuine follower of Jesus Christ." Jeffress has said that fellow candidate is not qualified to be president because "Mormonism is a cult."

After the speech, Jeffress told Talking Points Memo that Perry had welcomed his endorsement.