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Pastor Of Gun-Toter At Obama Event Prayed For Obama To Die
Justin Elliott | August 27, 2009, 3:14PM

Chris Broughton, the man who brought an assault rifle and a handgun to the Obama event in Arizona last week, attended a fiery anti-Obama sermon the day before the event, in which Pastor Steven Anderson said he was going to "pray for Barack Obama to die and go to hell", Anderson confirmed to TPMmuckraker today.

Anderson also said Broughton had informed the pastor about his planned show of arms-bearing, but "he planned out the AR15 thing long before he heard that sermon," delivered Sunday August 16 at the fundamentalist Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, AZ.

This is the second example of the gun-toters at the Arizona Obama event tied to the violent fringes of American life.

"I don't obey Barack Obama. And I'd like Barack Obama to melt like a snail tonight," Anderson said in the sermon.

The sermon, which was titled "Why I Hate Barack Obama" and also contained virulent anti-gay themes, continued:

... you're going to tell me that I'm supposed to pray for the socialist devil, murderer, infanticide, who wants to see young children and he wants to see babies killed through abortion and partial-birth abortion and all these different things -- you're gonna tell me I'm supposed to pray for God to give him a good lunch tomorrow while he's in Phoenix, Arizona?

Nope. I'm not gonna pray for his good. I'm going to pray that he dies and goes to hell.
Listen to the full sermon here:

Anderson told TPMmuckraker today that Broughton, who also has ties to right-wing groups, joined the church about three months ago.

The pastor said he encouraged Broughton to make sure he would not run afoul of any federal laws. And he insisted he was not encouraging acts of violence toward the president.

"No where in the sermon did I advocate vigilantism," Anderson said today, reached at the church. "It's a spiritual battle."

He continued: "I'd rather have him die of natural causes anyway, that way he's not some martyr. I'm praying for him to die just so he gets what he deserves."

The connection between Broughton and Anderson was first pointed out by the Phoenix New Times. During an appearance on the radio show of noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Broughton mentioned that Anderson was his pastor.

On his blog, Anderson posted a video of Broughton at the Obama event under the headline "Brother Chris carries an AR to Obama event 'because he can'".

The post contains only this text: "Good job, Chris!"

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@DontTreadOnMe,

Gotta love it. wwjd indeed.

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So many nut jobs out there, so little time to refute them all.

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@Merry Andrew,

Merry Andrew wrote:

wwjd

Pack heat, but turn the other cheek.

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@DontTreadOnMe,

just saw that on another thread...chilling

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@panzade,

panzade wrote:

just saw that on another thread...chilling

it really is. at some point the adults in this country are going to have to step in and re-establish the concept of being a responsible citizen.

as is, the screaming brats are wreckin' the place and walking off looking for something else to tear up.

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@DontTreadOnMe,

I have to say...the news and opinion shows on TV and radio are having a very negative effect on politics in this country...there seems no end to it

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@panzade,

and this supposed pastor is just as bad. try listening to his "sermon". it is mind boggling, not only in it's violent message, but the suspension of logic it takes to believe it.

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Ugh. Hate hate hate in the name of Jesus.

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@FreeDuck,

it's a little disconcerting, isn't it?

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@DontTreadOnMe,

I'd like to say that's the first time I heard that kind of talk from a "man of God", but I can't.

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@FreeDuck,

FreeDuck wrote:

I'd like to say that's the first time I heard that kind of talk from a "man of God", but I can't.

seriously... this didn't start yesterday, either. this is the boiling point of a very nasty pot put on the fire over 20 years ago.

at some point the sane people in this country, regardless of party or practice, are going to have to shut this kind of crap town. this isn't a good faith use of free speech and it sure as hell isn't the simple observance of one's faith. frankly, if this insane and ignorant mishmash is these people's "country", it can't disappear fast enough.

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Oh DTOM if only this wasn't a continuation of sermons preaching hate. But twenty years... seriously. There's a reason we've all heard of the stereotypical religious wack job from the States. For some reason the fifth amendment has spawned/enabled, just another tentacle or brand of lunacy and hatred in the good ol'USA..
I recently heard, I was shocked, Canada actually has more guns per/pop than the US. Our murder rate with/without gun is not even close to our southern neighbours. Why???
Perhaps because, we prosecute hate speech, we don't allow nut jobs to openly carry assault weapons and if our Prime Minister had ever been assassinated, I'm sure we'd have a kazillion laws in place to block any future attempt.

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@DontTreadOnMe,

Y do u add the letters: ist to Christians ?

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@OmSigDAVID,

Somebody explain to David the difference between Christians and Christianists. He has me on 'ignore' or I'd do it myself.

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@DontTreadOnMe,

DontTreadOnMe wrote:

FreeDuck wrote:

I'd like to say that's the first time I heard that kind of talk from a "man of God", but I can't.

seriously... this didn't start yesterday, either. this is the boiling point of a very nasty pot put on the fire over 20 years ago.

at some point the sane people in this country, regardless of party or practice, are going to have to shut this kind of crap town. this isn't a good faith use of free speech and it sure as hell isn't the simple observance of one's faith. frankly, if this insane and ignorant mishmash is these people's "country", it can't disappear fast enough.

Yeah, we 'll establish a court to decide what degree of sanity will be necessary
for freedom of speech, and that no speech will be allowed except in GOOD FAITH,
(that 's the end of comedians)
and Dont Tread On Me will be the Only Judge.

I wonder whether he is an alien; maybe a Canadian ?

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Y do u add the letters: ist to Christians ?

To differentiate the wackjobs from the normal Christians.

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@FreeDuck,

I wonder which one I am.

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I'm most outraged about how numb I'm getting to this kind of thing.

T
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@OmSigDAVID,

what makes you think i hold myself as the only judge?

if that was true, everyone but me would be echoing the immortal words of ol' pastor steve. that doesn't seem to be the state of things though.

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