This is not going to win any poetry prizes, unless it’s for ‘Most Bigoted Entry’.

Evangelist and apparent amateur poet Peter LaBarbera has released a new work attacking gay athlete Michael Sam.

It is titled ‘I Saw the Kiss by Michael Sam. It Made Me Mad. He Kissed a Man!’ (Hardly ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ is it?).

It is in ‘tribute’ to the gay athlete when he learned he would become the first openly LGBTI player to be drafted into the NFL.

When he learned the news he was in the St. Louis Rams, the kiss he gave his boyfriend Vito Cammisano went viral around the world.

Having spent months, clearly, working on the poem, LaBarbera has finally released his full rhyming thoughts on the subject on his website.

Note the couplet in which ‘gayness’ is rhymed with ‘anus’. Beautiful.

I saw the kiss by Michael Sam..

It made me mad–he kissed a man!

That’s something I don’t want to see

It’s wrong, unnatural, and it’s not just me.

Many now say, ‘Homosexuality is OK.’

But God says there’s a better way.

He made men for women, and women for men.

So why are ‘gays’ so prideful then?

Please, no public same-sex kisses, Michael Sam.

We don’t want to see this man-on-man!

Not in a boat, not in a car

This public perversion goes too far!

Not in the store or on a bus

This same-sex stuff, it brings disgust.

Not at the movies or on TV

It’s wrong, unnatural, can’t you see?!

I don’t want my kids to think it’s right

So please, please, keep it out of sight!

Why is it always in our faces?

This sin–celebrated in so many places?

Even at football and baseball games

We have to pretend homosexuality’s the same.

Young kids exposed to same-sex acts,

When parents just wanna’ have fun and relax.

‘Well,’ said Michael Sam, ‘let me ask you this:

‘Do you get mad when men and women kiss?!’

Man and woman, that’s Nature’s way.

As long as there’s not too much PDA.

‘But can’t you see, it’s who I am?!

‘I’m gay, accept me!’ begged Michael Sam.

I disagree–it’s not who you are, it’s what you do.

Hey, haven’t you had a girlfriend or two?

Yes, but this is now and that was then.

My ‘sexual orientation’…hey, it’s towards men!

No, Michael Sam insisted, I’m gay.

Can’t you see I was born that way?

Why must you hate gays like me?

‘Hate?’ I said. ‘I don’t hate you, I just disagree!’

You already changed from straight to perverse.

Why can’t the process work in reverse?

Many like you once thought they were that way.

But they left homosexuality behind and are now EX-gay!

Men like DL Foster and Stephen Black

Who lived as ‘gay’ for years but then turned back.

And EX-lesbians, too, like Charlene Cothran.

Have left the ‘gay’ life to follow God’s plan.

Besides, homosexuality’s not safe; you should see…

The alarming stats on MSM [men who have sex with men] from the CDC.

Almost every case of young male HIV

Is linked to the practice of gay sodomy.

Sure, the PC sports writers will all say

They couldn’t be happier that you’re ‘gay’

Some have compared you with the great 42.

But he broke the color barrier;

Homosexuality’s just a sin people DO!

I do not mean to pick a fight

When I say most Blacks don’t think homosexuality’s a ‘civil right.’

Far from a ‘right,’ Michael. In fact, it’s wrong.

Must I put this in a song?

Michael shot back: ‘Not wrong at all, it’s who I am!

‘I’m gay. My name is Michael Sam.’

‘God made me black and blessed me with gayness.’

Blessed you?! Then why are so many diseases linked to ‘sex’ in the anus?

No, God made you black–not “gay,”‘ said I.

‘You’ve chosen to believe a lie!’

You can’t change your skin color, that’s a fact.

But homosexuality? That’s only an act.

And conduct we don’t want to see–at all!

Not on a train, or at the mall.

Not at the beach or in the gym.

Don’t be a poster boy for sexual sin!

We don’t want to see your ‘gay’ kisses.

God’s ideal for sex and love homosexuality misses.

But I will pray for you, Michael Sam.

I’ll pray to the One who told Moses, ‘I AM WHO AM.’

If you believe in Jesus and turn from your sin,

Behold God’s kingdom: He’ll welcome you in!

Just remember, it’s God, not man, we answer to.

And He’s prepared a virtuous path for you.

No, He can’t bless your same-sex behavior.

But He’ll give you an ‘abundant life’ with the Savior.

And no ‘hate’ here–just God’s people’s love for the lost.

A price was paid for my sins and yours, at great cost.

Thanks for the chat,

I hope you see…

That you and I can disagree

Without me hating you, or you hating me.