A Jamaican activist is petitioning the Andrew Holness government to ban an anti-LGBT American pastor from entering the country.
A petition that Jay John posted to Change.org notes that Pastor Steven Anderson has previously said gay men should be stoned to death.
It also notes Pastor Anderson has celebrated the 2016 massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida and has spoken out against women’s rights.
Steven Anderson is a pastor at the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona.
His church’s website says he is scheduled to be in Jamaica from January 29 to February 3 for a “Missions Trip.”
But Mr. John told the Washington Blade on yesterday: “Folks like this set us back in our discussion surrounding LGBT rights as a country.”
He added that Pastor Anderson’s messages are inflammatory and his literal interpretation of the Bible regarding killing of gay people should not be echoed in a society like Jamaica.
Botswana in 2016 deported Pastor Anderson after he told a radio station during an interview the government should kill gays and lesbians.
He also described the victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre as “disgusting homosexuals who the Bible says were worthy of death.”
