Last week far-right Christian nationalist pastor and Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith appeared on the "FlashPoint" program where he admitted that he is doing his best to give the residents of his state "permission to hate" the religion of Islam.
After fellow Christian nationalist pastor Brian Gibson declared that Islam is "incompatible with a constitutional republic that is built on the word of God" and must be banned, Beckwith readily agreed, saying that the right-wing effort to ban sharia law is vital to saving this nation by "giving people permission to hate again."
"I know that sounds a little harsh at first," Beckwith said. "We've seen this movement to eradicate hate in our culture; that is the worst thing we could do. The Bible talks about how God hates certain things and when we say we want to eradicate hate—think about this—we're actually saying we want to eradicate a characteristic of God. Hate is not the opposite of love; indifference is the opposite of love. So when I talk about this, I say, 'Guys, we need to, in Indiana, we need to hate.' If radical jihadi mindset starts coming into our state, I'm going to hate it and I'm going to hate it with everything that I am and I'm going to call on others to hate it because I hate Islam. It's a demonic death cult."
"Now, I love Muslims because they make great Christians when Jesus gets a hold of them," Beckwith added. "But I hate Islam and we need to be okay with hating again."
"This has been a twofold battle," Beckwith continued. "The jihadis can't come in until the first thing is torn down. Well, who tears it down? It's the useful idiots known as the Marxists. This is the Red-Green Alliance playing over and over again throughout history ... Once it's torn down, the Islamists come in, they build their caliphate, and then what do they do? They actually get rid of the Marxists and they lead them out into the public execution streets and they destroy them. That's what's happening again. It's replaying out over again and so we need to see it, we need to be proactive, not reactive. Now's the time to do it. Hate evil and love what God loves."
