A Pastor Who Wanted Women Executed for Abortions Was Arrested for Raping a Child

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A Pastor Who Wanted Women Executed for Abortions Was Arrested for Raping a Child
By Hemant Mehta, June 17, 2019

The short version of this story is that a Southern Baptist pastor was arrested for sexually assaulting a minor.

The longer version of this story is somehow even more disturbing.

A couple of months ago, Texas was considering a ban on abortions that would have subjected women — not just doctors — to the death penalty. Because that’s what it means to be “pro-life” in Texas.

A Republican state legislator, Jeff Leach, said he couldn’t support the “Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act” because he felt only doctors should be punished, and the bill eventually died. Jack Graham, the pastor of a Houston megachurch, even praised Leach (who happened to be a member of his congregation) for his “courageous” decision.

But that exchange infuriated Stephen Bratton, the pastor at Grace Family Baptist Church, who had publicly testified in defense of the bill. He soon penned a lengthy rebuke of Graham for supporting a man who had prevented the passage of an anti-abortion bill — in a red state, no less — and for allowing supposed “murder” to continue unabated.

(Snip: quote of rapist's religious nonsensical ranting redacted)

See, everyone? Unlike Graham, Bratton cared about children — pre-born and presumably otherwise. As a pastor, he understood the influence he had. He also understood the importance of moral integrity because he would one day stand before the Lord.

In hindsight, that was quite a statement coming from Bratton, because a month after he wrote that public denunciation against Graham, he confessed to his fellow church leaders that he had repeatedly raped an underage relative.

No wonder he wanted to protect the unborn. In a few years, they could become his victims.

Emphasis added.

When is "Religious Man" going to have the same social sigma in a news headline that "Florida Man" currently enjoys?