{"id":650671,"date":"2013-04-04T15:16:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=223821"},"modified":"2013-04-04T15:16:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:16:48","slug":"bill-oreilly-laura-ingraham-argue-over-thump-the-bible-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650671","title":{"rendered":"Bill O\u2019Reilly, Laura Ingraham Argue Over \u201cThump the Bible\u201d Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, conservative Fox News star Bill O’Reilly<\/a> seemed to defend the supporters of gay marriage, saying that they have a “compelling argument<\/a>.” At the same time, the pundit criticized opponents of gay marriage, stating that they haven’t been able “to do anything but thump the Bible<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Now, O’Reilly is having to defend his comments against a backlash of Christians who feel the host was criticizing their religion. O’Reilly brought conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham onto The O’Reilly Factor<\/em> to provide a warm body to whom he could further explain his comments.<\/p>\n

“If you’re going to stand up for heterosexual marriage and exclude gay marriage, if you’re going to do that, you’ve got to do it outside the Bible<\/em>,” said O’Reilly. “You can’t cite the Bible, ’cause you’ll lose if you do it.”<\/p>\n

Ingraham told O’Reilly that she thinks his comments are “disrespectful” to Christians. O’Reilly went on to try and explain that he makes a distinction between Americans’ privately held beliefs and how public policy should be made, insisting that he meant no offense to Christians. He also went on to double-down on his “thump the Bible<\/em>” comment.<\/p>\n

“There are Bible<\/em> thumpers, and all they do is say, ‘I object to gay marriage ’cause God objects to it,” said O’Reilly. “You don’t win a policy debate in America with that.”<\/p>\n