Fort Worth pastor says 'God will finish' what the Orlando shooter started

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After 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando last week, a Sacramento pastor faced harsh criticism after he praised the gunman for his actions and now, a Fort Worth man has stood up for the California church leader, saying everyone who died was a pervert.

In a video posted to YouTube, which has been removed for violating the company's policy on hate speech, Jimenez says it was a tragedy that more people weren't killed.

"People say, 'Well, aren't you sad that 50 sodomites died?' Here's the problem with that, it's like the equivalent of asking me, 'Well, aren't you sad that 50 pedophiles were killed today?'" Pastor Roger Jimenez said during a Sunday sermon at his church. "No, I think that's great. I think that helps society. I think that Orlando, Florida is a little safer tonight."

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Pastor Donnie Romero of the Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth took a moment to stick up for Jimenez during a sermon posted to YouTube June 16.

"I agree 100 percent with Pastor Roger Jimenez," Romero says in the video."These 50 sodomites are all perverts and pedophiles and they are the scum of the earth and the earth is a little bit better place now."

Romero goes on to say that he plans to pray to God that more "queers in the intensive care and ICU" die so they no longer have an opportunity to go out and hurt children. He said "God will finish the job" the Orlando shooter "started."

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The pastor told FOX 4 in Dallas the word of God is currently under attack, and he had to "support men that have the backbone to say what the bible says," which can be hard to do, he said.

Romero claims every gay person is a "child molestor" and "predator."

"They're evil people," he said.

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When asked what he would say to the families of the 49 victims, Romero said he feels bad for them, not because their children were killed, but because their child ended up being a "sodomite."

"Their families are now safer because they're not around to hurt their children," he said.

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