By ANDY BOROWITZ - YAHOO NEWS
Added: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:42:27 UTC

Thanks to KimZ for the link.
No this isn't The Onion but it is humor, although I had to read the whole article before I figured that out. Note the tag "humor" in addition to "wingnut" - the problem is it really wouldn't be that unreasonable if I'd heard that he really did say this. /Mike

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Creators Syndicate – VIRGINIA BEACH (The Borowitz Report) — Rev. Pat Robertson sparked controversy in today's broadcast of his "700 Club" program when he claimed that God created the blizzard currently battering the Northeast "to punish Americans who were planning to drive to do something gay."

Explaining his theory, Robertson said, "Because of the bad road conditions the Almighty has made, any gay activities that people were planning on doing will have to be postponed by a day or two." Additionally, he argued, God shut down major airports in the New York area "so that people who were hoping to fly to do something of a gay nature would have to take a train or a bus, so it might be days before the gay thing they were going to do could occur."__

As for the millions of straight people in New York City who were also grounded by the bad weather, the televangelist said, "I think God probably wonders: If these people are really straight, then what are they doing in New York?"__

In other blizzard-related news, the National Weather Service offered this update: "It's as white as a Glenn Beck rally out there."
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