{"id":179963,"date":"2010-01-14T07:36:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T12:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/01\/14\/shep-smith-hits-robertsons-devil-comments-the-people-of-haiti-dont-need-that-at-a-time-like-this\/"},"modified":"2010-01-14T07:36:19","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T12:36:19","slug":"shep-smith-hits-robertsons-devil-comments-the-people-of-haiti-dont-need-that-at-a-time-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/179963","title":{"rendered":"Shep Smith hits Robertson?s ?devil? comments: The people of Haiti ?don?t need that? at a time like this."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/13\/shep-smith-robertson\/\" >Shep Smith hits Robertson?s ?devil? comments: The people of Haiti ?don?t need that? at a time like this. \t\t<\/a><br \/>Today on his 700 Club broadcast, televangelist Pat Robertson said that the horrific earthquake that hit Haiti was a result of the country&#8217;s &#8220;pact to the devil&#8221; &#8220;a long time ago.&#8221; This afternoon on Fox News, Shep Smith did a segment on the devastation in the country and played a clip of Robertson&#8217;s remarks, which [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Today on his 700 Club broadcast, televangelist Pat Robertson said that the horrific earthquake that hit Haiti was a result of the country&#8217;s &#8220;<a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/13\/robertson-haiti\/\">pact to the devil<\/a>&#8221; &#8220;a long time ago.&#8221; This afternoon on Fox News, Shep Smith did a segment on the devastation in the country and played a clip of Robertson&#8217;s remarks, which he then sharply condemned: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>SMITH: <strong>The people of Haiti have been used and abused by their government over the years.<\/strong> They have dealt with unthinkable tragedy day in and day out. And we&#8217;re in the middle of a crisis the Western Hemisphere has not seen in my lifetime, and 700 miles east of Miami, <strong>hundreds of thousands of desperate human beings need our help, our support, our money, and our love. And they don&#8217;t need that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch it: <\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"320\" height=\"260\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/maArcr6b6l8&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/maArcr6b6l8&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"320\" height=\"260\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/13\/marriage-china\/\" >Chinese state press highlights China?s first public same-sex ?marriage.? \t\t<\/a><br \/>Today&#8217;s China Daily, a state-owned English publication, has a story about the first public same-sex wedding ceremony in the country. Zeng Anquan and Pan Wenjie married 10 days ago at a gay bar. AFP notes that China Daily&#8217;s decision to run a story on the two men is significant, since same-sex marriages and civil unions [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s China Daily, a state-owned English publication, has a story about the <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/regional\/2010-01\/13\/content_9314498.htm\">first public same-sex wedding ceremony<\/a> in the country. Zeng Anquan and Pan Wenjie married 10 days ago at a gay bar. AFP notes that China Daily&#8217;s decision to run a story on the two men is <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5iOx2uULFeVyod-LB3mA4hQupWFLw\">significant<\/a>, since same-sex marriages and civil unions aren&#8217;t actually legal in China:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>State press splashed a front-page photo of China&#8217;s first publicly &#8220;married&#8221; gay couple on Wednesday &#8212; <strong>the latest sign of new openness about homosexuality in a country where it has long been taboo<\/strong>. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Homosexuality remains a sensitive issue in China. It was officially considered a form of mental illness as recently as 2001. Same-sex marriages or civil unions have no legal basis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/marriagechina.gif\" alt=\"Same-Sex Marriage in China\" title=\"Same-Sex Marriage in China\" width=\"316\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77051\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>China has <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/regional\/2010-01\/13\/content_9314498.htm\">roughly 30 million gay men and women<\/a>. The first government-backed gay bar opened last month &#8220;<a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5iOx2uULFeVyod-LB3mA4hQupWFLw\">after a three-week delay<\/a> sparked by intense media attention, in a bid to boost HIV\/AIDS prevention efforts.&#8221;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shep Smith hits Robertson?s ?devil? comments: The people of Haiti ?don?t need that? at a time like this. 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