Anti-'gay' Bible verse angers Florida airport

[Shammu]

Anti-'gay' Bible verse angers Florida airport

Cops check surveillance video after Leviticus quoted on P.A.
Posted: May 6, 2007
11:00 p.m. Eastern

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

FORT LAUDERDALE – Authorities in South Florida have identified the person responsible for quoting an anti-homosexual Bible verse over the public address system at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Apparently Jethro Monestime, 23, a skycap for Superior Aircraft Services, used the microphone without permission to quote from Leviticus 20:13, which states:

    If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. (New International Version)

The passage was read more than once in the baggage area of Terminal 3 at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, prompting complaints from a local homosexual couple.

"It was almost so threatening I was frightened," Waymon Hudson, who overheard the message with his partner of six years, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

"I understand that it is a Bible verse," said his partner, Anthony Niedwiecki, "but there should be no reason that a Bible verse to begin with should be going over the PA system of a public entity."

Broward County's mayor apologized for the incident Friday, and the county administrator had vowed if a county employee were responsible, the person would be fired, though a final decision on disciplinary action has not been made.

"We welcome all people of all races ... all ethnicities, all religions and sexual orientations," Mayor Josephus Eggelletion Jr. told the paper. "We have a very large gay population, and we are sorry this occurred."

A member of the public could get access to the microphone, but it's designed for airport-employee use only, and a code needs to be punched in to choose the loudspeakers on which it is heard.

Monestime said he didn't know a homosexual couple was in the terminal at the time of the broadcast, according to airport officials.

But Niedwiecki says he's skeptical of the claim.

''Who's to say he didn't see us walking over from baggage claim and then decide to play the message?'' he told the Miami Herald. "There's a definite possibility that we were targeted.''

[Shammu]

If I knew who did it, I'd take it to my grave.
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Monestime's troubles began last Tuesday, when Anthony Niedwiecki and Waymon Hudson, a gay couple from Oakland Park, said they heard the message around 1 a.m. after stepping off a United Airlines flight from Chicago.

The recording was actually a verse from the Old Testament book of Leviticus, condemning homosexuality.

Niedwiecki and Hudson said they felt threatened by the message and complained.

''Who's to say he didn't see us walking over from baggage claim and then decide to play the message?'' he said Monday. ``There's a definite possibility that we were targeted.''

'Broward County has a zero tolerance policy for these type of offenses,'' Eggelletion said at the press conference Monday. ``He does not work for us, but we hope the company takes appropriate action.''

Officials at Superior Aircraft Services said they planned to meet with Monestime Monday. They would not comment further.

Even if allowed to keep his job, Monestime may encounter some difficulties. Airport officials will not give him another security badge, Eggelletion said.

''Don't get me wrong, we're happy that they caught the guy,'' Niedwiecki said. ``But if they decide it a prank and don't push it any further, we'll be disappointed.''

BSO was turning the case over to the State Attorney's office to see if any criminal charges can be pressed

http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/98826.html
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And those Christians that don't think these hate crimes laws are targeting us. That bill hasn't been passed yet and people are already talking about pressing charges against those who quote the Bible.

It was wrong for him to use the PA system for the purpose he did but you sure can see the writing on the wall. There will come a day (not long from now I am thinking) when gays will be having pastor's arrested in their own church for preaching " anti gay" sermons.

[ibTina]

"It was almost so threatening I was frightened," Waymon Hudson, who overheard the message with his partner of six years,

Whoa be it to them if they found this so frightening ... When Almighty GOD does the final judement!!


 And OH!!  I just had a strange/funny thought ... this 'voice' over the intercome, wonder if his voice was deep and moving?  Get my drift here?!

[Joyfilled]

Anti-'gay' Bible verse angers Florida airport

Cops check surveillance video after Leviticus quoted on P.A.
Posted: May 6, 2007
11:00 p.m. Eastern

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

FORT LAUDERDALE – Authorities in South Florida have identified the person responsible for quoting an anti-homosexual Bible verse over the public address system at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Apparently Jethro Monestime, 23, a skycap for Superior Aircraft Services, used the microphone without permission to quote from Leviticus 20:13, which states:

    If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. (New International Version)

The passage was read more than once in the baggage area of Terminal 3 at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, prompting complaints from a local homosexual couple.

"It was almost so threatening I was frightened," Waymon Hudson, who overheard the message with his partner of six years, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

"I understand that it is a Bible verse," said his partner, Anthony Niedwiecki, "but there should be no reason that a Bible verse to begin with should be going over the PA system of a public entity."

Broward County's mayor apologized for the incident Friday, and the county administrator had vowed if a county employee were responsible, the person would be fired, though a final decision on disciplinary action has not been made.

"We welcome all people of all races ... all ethnicities, all religions and sexual orientations," Mayor Josephus Eggelletion Jr. told the paper. "We have a very large gay population, and we are sorry this occurred."

A member of the public could get access to the microphone, but it's designed for airport-employee use only, and a code needs to be punched in to choose the loudspeakers on which it is heard.

Monestime said he didn't know a homosexual couple was in the terminal at the time of the broadcast, according to airport officials.

But Niedwiecki says he's skeptical of the claim.

''Who's to say he didn't see us walking over from baggage claim and then decide to play the message?'' he told the Miami Herald. "There's a definite possibility that we were targeted.''

And it's going to get worse. With the new hate crimes bill called ENDA, there might come a time when we Christians will be prosecuted for speaking against homosexuality.

[Faithin1]

I'm sorry, but I had to laugh. I can just imagine the reactions from people at the airport, especially homosexuals.  On a more serious note, we do need to be concerned about the hate crime bill.  They are indeed trying to silence us. 

If this happened today, they probably would try to arrest me. 

My mother invited my son and I to a 'family day' at the CIA headquarters in Langley, VA.  A crowd was gathered around a snake handler as he touted the virtues of reptiles.  My son, who was in kindergarten, shouted "And the Lord said, ye shall crawl on your belly and eat dirt all of your days!"  You could have heard a pin drop.  It was as though some expletive had come out of his mouth.  I even heard a woman say, "I don't believe he said that."

[Soldier4Christ]

I would have had to shout a very large AMEN! if I had been there. Out of the mouths of babes. 

[def]

out of the mouth of babes. :DGlory to God