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Thursday’s Religion News Roundup: Gay sermon non-apology, Billy Graham on gay marriage, NFL suicide

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The North Carolina pastor who said parents should ridicule and beat their children if they seem gay says he’s sorry that people didn’t understand him and that he wouldn’t say what the videotape shows him saying.

Topics: Culture, Social Issues
Beliefs: Christian - Protestant/Other
Tags: billy graham and gay marriage, gay marriage north caroloina, michele bachman, mitt romney, newt gingrich, ridicule and beat gay children, sean harris, umc

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