TV preacher Pat Robertson made a startling announcement the other day: Sodom was not destroyed by God because of butt sex.

 

Some have claimed that the Bible says God rained "fire and brimstone" down on Sodom, punishing the Sodomites after gangs of men tried to force themselves on angelic houseguests. This interpretation of the passage is used by fundamentalist Christians as evidence that God hates gays.

 

But homo-hating Robertson of the 700 Club now admits that using the term "Sodomites" to refer to same-sex couples just isn't accurate.

 

“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy," he read, then added, "Pride, the Bible says, idleness and abundance of bread, neither were they thankful… that was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah.

 

“[God] didn’t talk about homosexuality.”

 

Yes, he'll probably claim later this week to have had a "brain fart" or "senior moment," but at least we now know that once every hundred years Robertson is capable of telling the truth.