‘End Times’ Pastor Cites Gays, Obama—and Romney!

Pastor John McTernan, the controversial Pennsylvania-based minister and “End Times” author, has blamed an unlikely “trinity” of culprits as responsible for the destructive storm winds and rains of Hurricane Sandy, which has buffeted the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast this week.

“The holy God of Israel is systematically destroying America right before our eyes,” wrote McTernan, the founder of Defend and Proclaim the Faith Ministries. “The east was not affected by the drought, but now the most powerful hurricane on record is heading directly towards Philadelphia and New York City. It could do catastrophic damage to the entire northeast!”

McTernan, a former Treasury Department agent, said that the weather system was divine punishment. “Hurricane Sandy may flood Washington, DC on election day! It is like the hurricane is a huge bucket of vomit in America’s face during the election,” he blogged. “What a sign from the holy God of Israel that American politics is an abomination to Him. A pro-homosexual Mormon along with a pro-abortion/homosexual, Muslim Brotherhood promoter, Hard Left Fascist [is] running for president,” wrote McTernan.

“Both candidates are pro-homosexual and behind the homosexual agenda. America is under political judgment and does not know it,” he added. This summer, McTernan blamed the approach of Hurricane Isaac—as well as 2005’s Hurricane Katrina—on the wickedness of gays. “The church, city [of New Orleans], and nation have not repented and the homosexual agenda is far worse than it was in 2005,” he wrote in August.

“New Orleans is still hosting Southern Decadence with open homosexuality manifesting in the streets of the city. It could be that God is putting an end to this city and its wickedness. The timing of Hurricane Isaac with Southern Decadence is a sign that God’s patience with America’s sin is coming to an end.”

In a second blog this week (“Hurricane Sandy and the Election”) McTernan further condemned Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, whom he declared to be “a big time pro-homosexual supporter to the point he will keep open homosexuality in the military; he wants homosexuals in the Boy Scouts; and he wants more open homosexuals in the Republican Party.”

In an apparent reference to the 1991 Arab-Israeli Peace Conference, McTernan noted, “It appears that God gave America 21 years to repent of interfering with His prophetic plan for Israel; however, it has gotten worse under all the presidents and especially Obama. Obama is 100 percent behind the Muslim Brotherhood which has vowed to destroy Israel and take Jerusalem.”