Televangelist Pat Robertson on Thursday
criticized the federal government for its attempts to prohibit
transgender discrimination.
After airing a segment on the
Department of Education's efforts, Robertson called the push for
transgender protections “crazy” and likened it to a Satanic plot
to undermine America's Judeo-Christian values.
“Why do we make it a big cause
celebre? Why do we fight about it? Why does the Justice Department
get involved? Why does the federal government come in with
mandates?” Robertson
rhetorically asked his The
700 Club
viewers.
“It's the constant driving of the
agenda of anti-Christian bias. We're going to destroy any semblance
of the Christian morality that exists in our country and our
government is going to be at the forefront of it. That's what you're
looking at. It's one more attempt by the so-called progressives to
destroy the Judeo-Christian fabric of America.”
Robertson repeated the claims of
opponents, saying that such measures “turn loose” a “voyeur who
likes to look at little girls with no clothes on.”
“The devil is obviously fighting at
one particular place,” he continued. “It's not that there are a
lot of people being discriminated against, they aren't.”
Americans, he added, are “furious”
because “they don't want this so-called progressive agenda being
jammed down their throats.”