Oral Roberts’ Gay Grandson Delivers Sermon, Calls Grandfather “Liar”
Using the famous movie “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” as a metaphor, Oral Roberts’ gay grandson, Randy Potts Roberts, discusses life growing up in his evangelical family, his gay uncle who died by suicide, and says in his mid-twenties he realized he was gay, and came out, despite the fact he was married.
Randy Potts Roberts, guest minister on Sunday, July 17, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, discusses his grandfather’s famous plea for eight million dollars, calls his grandfather, the famous Oral Roberts, the pioneer televangelist, a liar.
Despite this statement, despite the fact that Oral Roberts was one of the greatest homophobes this country has known, Randy Potts Roberts finds ways to speak lovingly of his home life. Regardless of your faith, or lack thereof, it’s a fascinating and heartwarming speech.
Be sure to watch Randy Potts Roberts’ It Gets Better video.
“Tulsa, Oklahoma is ground zero for the American Pentecostal Charismatic Christian (Fundamentalist) movement and most definitely Oral Roberts country so the importance of the grandson of Oral Roberts, Randy Roberts Potts, speaking out on this subject can not be understated,” wrote Timothy Beauchamp at Americablog Gay.
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