Want An AIDS-Free Christmas? Arizona Pastor Recommends Killing Gays

Are you dreaming of an AIDS-free Christmas? So is Arizona pastor Steven Anderson, and his recommendations are controversial to say the least. Raw Story reports that the pastor is calling for the death of homosexuals to put a stop to the spread of the infectious disease. The Faithful Word Baptist Church pastor uploaded a video of one of his latest sermons on YouTube recently, which has attracted a lot of negative attention.

Specifically, Anderson claims that he has figured out the cure for HIV/AIDS. That solution, however, involves the mass extermination of LGBTQ persons. He believes that if all the gays are exterminated, there will be a likely end to the disease epidemic by the holiday season.

“Turn to Leviticus 20:13, because I actually discovered the cure for AIDS. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.”

During Steven Anderson’s sermon, he declared that Leviticus is the answer for curing AIDS, which he associates solely with homosexual people.

“And that, my friend, is the cure for AIDS. It was right there in the Bible all along — and they’re out spending billions of dollars in research and testing. It’s curable — right there. Because if you executed the homos like God recommends, you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant.”

This isn’t the first time Anderson’s anti-gay sermons have caught the attention of the media. Back in 2014, the Huffington Post shared videos of his sermons, along with his troubling thoughts against LGBTQ persons who identify as being Christians or followers of Jesus Christ. That’s not all. He also believes that remarriage is a form of adultery, regardless of legal divorce. He also believes that women are below men.

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man.”

These extreme views are protected as free religious expression, but the facts about AIDS and HIV differ from Anderson’s belief. It’s common knowledge that heterosexuals can become infected with the disease just as easily as homosexuals. According to Americans In Partnership Against AIDS, one of the most widely spread myths is that the disease is primarily spread by homosexual men. The facts of the matter indicate that heterosexual sex is the primary form of transmission, with women becoming infected as frequently as men.

[Photo: Screenshot of video via Huffington Post]