HRC Back Story

Pastor John Hagee just can't seem to resist the notion that Katrina was a divine disaster to wash the gays out. After he was called out on his wild statement that Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans because its "plan to have that homosexual rally [Southern Decadence] was sin,"  Hagee issued another statement saying, "ultimately neither I nor any other person can know the mind of God concerning Hurricane Katrina. I should not have suggested otherwise." Well, that ostensive spark of humility didn't last long: Hagee Reneges On Retraction Of His Katrina Comments: ‘God Always Punishes Unconfessed Sin’.

But in a conference call yesterday, Hagee appeared to renege on his retraction, reportedly saying “God controls hurricanes and ‘God always punishes unconfessed sin’”:

When a woman on the call asked why he seemed to have backed away from his Katrina comments in face of criticism, Hagee said he hadn’t. As for the Katrina, he said, God controls hurricanes and “God always punishes unconfessed sin.” You do the math.

hat tip: Think Progress.