NC Pastor tells graduating seniors they'll be going to hell if they're gay

Jen Hayden

Daily Kos Staff

Tuesday June 02, 2015 · 8:53 AM PDT

2015/06/02 · 08:53

no image description available — Pastor Scott Carpenter says he loves students too much to deny them the truth.

Pastor Scott Carpenter says he loves students too much to deny them the truth.

North Carolina Pastor Scott Carpenter says he just couldn't pass up the opportunity to spread the good word and alert graduating seniors from Kings Mountain High School, a public school, that they'd surely be headed to hell if they are gay:

“It's a public school. There are children here. I think there should be some level of responsibility of the speaker coming in to not take advantage of a captive audience,” Wilson said.
Wilson says dozens of parents and students were offended by Carpenter's message but the interim pastor of Temple Baptist Church doesn't care.

“Nobody got bashed or anything. All I did was simply speak biblical truth... The number one audience that I have to please is God,” Carpenter said.

The pastor's comments came at a baccalaureate service on campus, which precedes their graduation ceremony.

The service was held on campus and Cleveland County Schools tells WBTV that was their only involvement in it. They say they had no part in the selection of speakers, which was left up to religious leaders in the community.
The service was optional for students but Wilson says that doesn't matter.

“It was just simply an inappropriate topic for a baccalaureate service,” Wilson said.

The school district says they'll re-evaluate how speakers for the event are chosen in the future. See an interview with Pastor Scott Carpenter and upset parents here.

NC Pastor tells graduating seniors they'll be going to hell if they're gay

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