Pastor Encourages Parents To Beat Kids To Discourage Homosexuality

May 1 2012, Published 2:00 p.m. ET

A North Carolina-based pastor has gone viral after delivering a homophobic sermon Sunday in support of Amendment 1, the state's proposal that would make gay marriage there illegal.

A man identified as Berean Baptist Church pastor Sean Harris, in his over-the-top sermon, encourages parents to take harsh actions against their sons, should they display any trace of effeminate behavior.

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"So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is 4-years-old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, "Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,''" the pastor yelled.

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He continued, "Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. OK? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to be a male and you are going to be a male!"