thomas nelson jr. -- the nelson home was taken over. he urged general george washington to open fire. the home was destroyed and nelson died bankrupt. 13 children fled for their lives. they lived in forests and caves for year. his wife was dead. he died a few weeks later of a broken heart. every day think about the last phrase of the first verse of " the star spangled banner." the free andd of the home of the brave." we must have a great leaders like you defending the gates of freedom. we are so fortunate to have you with that mission. i know you'll continue to do great work. you will make our country better as we go forward. thank you for your service to the country. it is an honor to be with you today. thank you so much. thank you very much. >> ladies and supplement, we have the opportunity to of a personalized question and answer session. we have some questions that were compiled. here's your microphone. all right. we will get that working. there were go. i think you're good, sir. the first question -- did you have any time in annapo

he's got a book out now with one of the largest evangelical publishers in the united states with thomas nelsonomosexuality should be regulated and even compares it to things like salt and cigarettes and transfats and points to thomas jefferson who he claims, and i can find this nowhere on the internet or in any books, but says he authored a bill that would punish sodomy by castration. so i think that it's time that the mainstream christians who are out of step with this guy stop listening to the leaders who are in step with them. >> let's talk about this notion of loving the sinners but hating the sin. because for worley at least we hear a lot more hating, not much of the love. is this whole thing really just a facade? >> i don't know that i can judge his heart. i don't know that i can say it's a facade or that there's some sort of loaded motive. i can only take him at his word. what i do think is that we do a lot more hating as christians in america than we do loving anyone, so that can be frustrating. especially when it comes to this conversation. i believe i'm a part of a new generation of

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