Post by pavel on Jan 18, 2016 19:50:46 GMT -6
Shrugging off critics of his anti-gay views, Bryant tells MLK crowd to 'love your enemies'
ST. PETERSBURG — Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant moved his audience Monday as if he were delivering one of his sermons at his Baltimore church.
Throughout his speech as keynote speaker of the 30th Annual MLK Leadership Awards Breakfast, audience members called out in agreement, stood and cheered, and waved their hands in praise.
Yet as popular as his words were with an overflow crowd of 1,200 at the city's historic Coliseum, his presence was problematic for a day meant to signify unity.
A national figure in the Black Lives Matter movement, Bryant has drawn attention for his inflammatory anti-gay views. Just how exactly would Bryant engage with audience members like St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, who refused to give him the key to the city because of his message of intolerance?
Read more: www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/controversial-speaker-bryant-shrugs-off-critics-tells-mlk-crowd-to-love/2261749
ST. PETERSBURG — Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant moved his audience Monday as if he were delivering one of his sermons at his Baltimore church.
Throughout his speech as keynote speaker of the 30th Annual MLK Leadership Awards Breakfast, audience members called out in agreement, stood and cheered, and waved their hands in praise.
Yet as popular as his words were with an overflow crowd of 1,200 at the city's historic Coliseum, his presence was problematic for a day meant to signify unity.
A national figure in the Black Lives Matter movement, Bryant has drawn attention for his inflammatory anti-gay views. Just how exactly would Bryant engage with audience members like St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, who refused to give him the key to the city because of his message of intolerance?
Read more: www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/controversial-speaker-bryant-shrugs-off-critics-tells-mlk-crowd-to-love/2261749