Before the inauguration ceremony, Trump and his family are
due to attend a private service at St John’s church in Washington, at which
controversial pastor Robert Jeffress is expected to preach, writes Harriet
Sherwood.
Jeffress is the Southern Baptist leader of a 12,000-member
megachurch in Dallas, a regular Fox News contributor and a strong supporter of
Trump during the election campaign.
He has described Islam as an “evil religion” that “promotes
paedophilia” and has said the Roman Catholic church is a “counterfeit religion”
which represents the “genius of Satan”.
He has accused Obama of paving the way of the Antichrist by
his support for same sex marriage, and that gay people lead a “miserable
lifestyle” that is predisposed to “depression, or suicide, or alcoholism.”
Jeffress tweeted on Thursday that he was “Honored to deliver
sermon ‘When God Chooses a Leader’ for Trump/Pence private family service at
St. John’s Church before#Inauguration.”
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