Outrage erupted after famous pastor Greg Locke tweeted that Stormy Daniels, the porn “actress” who slept with President Trump, called her a “hooker”:
Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee has garnered controversy for a social media post in which he defended President Donald Trump by calling porn star Stormy Daniels a “hooker.”
On a Sunday episode of “60 Minutes,” Daniels advanced her claims that President Trump had had an affair with her back in 2006 while he was married to Melania.
“The funny thing is @realDonaldTrump is still the President and she’s still a hooker. #StormyDanielsDay,” tweeted Locke on Sunday afternoon.
While Locke’s comment on Daniels received as of Monday afternoon nearly 800 likes, it also garnered criticism from many individuals, including Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol.
“The funny thing is that in our fallen world, porn stars can sometimes demonstrate better character than self-styled pastors,” tweeted Kristol, getting well over 9,000 likes.
Daniel Bennett, political science professor at the Arkansas-based John Brown University, also denounced Locke’s tweet about Daniels.
“It’s easy to write this off as a misguided pastor, but it’s harder to grapple earnestly with how detrimental this is to the Gospel. This is how some see the church. Very troubling,” posted Bennett.
Time Magazine political correspondent Phil Elliott posted Locke’s quote on Twitter, commenting that “I had to check. This is not a parody account. Jesus, take the wheel.”
Recently, Stephanie Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, garnered headlines for her claim that she had had an affair with Trump and that during the 2016 election, a Trump lawyer paid her $130,000 to keep silent.
According to Daniels, she and Trump began their affair in July 2006 at American Century celebrity golf tournament in which Trump invited the porn star into his room and they had what she later described as “textbook generic” sex.
In 2011, Daniels passed a lie-detector test when asked about her affair with Trump, according to a document published by CNN on Mar. 20.
In response to the criticism, Locke has doubled down on his comments, labeling his critics as “liberals” who are “fake moral freedom fighters” who “have selective outrage” because they have not been as critical of former President Bill Clinton’s alleged and admitted extramarital affairs.
“Let me get this straight, we can say all manner of evil slanderous gossip about the leader of the free world with no respect to his office but be critical of a porn star and you’re the bad guy? Haha. Carry on Liberals,” added Locke.
Earlier this month, a brawl broke out while Locke was overseeing a revival service at Benchmark Church in Oliver Springs after critics heckled Locke due to him having recently separated from his wife.
Sources from Locke’s church reportedly told the website Pulpit & Pen that he recently claimed that his wife was mentally ill and that they were getting a divorce. Many in the congregation, however, appeared unaware that Melissa was suffering from any illness.
For her part, Locke’s ex-wife Melissa claimed in an interview with Pulpit & Pen that her husband had been both physically and verbally abusive to her.
Soon after the divorce, Pulpit & Pen noted that Locke apparently had a new girlfriend identified as “Tai,” adding that they had evidence of the relationship.
“Tai was given a ministry position at the church shortly before this unfolded. Pulpit & Pen has seen text messages between Greg and others, acknowledging that he was indeed in a relationship with the woman,” reported the site.
“They have begun doing things together with their mutual families. We have also seen photos of the two together.” (source)
According to the dictionary, a hooker is another word for a prostitute. A prostitute is a woman or man who engages in sexual activity for money, and prostitution is the act of partaking in sexual activity for money:
Stormy Daniels is a woman who engages in sexual activity for money. Therefore, she is a prostitute. What makes the difference between a street prostitute and a “porn star” is that the person in question is being paid for sex on camera that is intended for another person to purchase. The difference between a street prostitute and an “escort” is that an “escort” says that a person is paid for her “time” with another person and she “chooses” to have sex with him, whereas a street hooker is paid directly.
There is no difference between them. It is all a word game, a mixture of legalese meant to give social license to the same sin while condemning it as socially unacceptable in another situation. In other words, prostitution is OK if there is a lot of money or potential money involved, but if a person is poor or a member of the social underclass, then it is forbidden.
Trump is a rich man. He already is known for his many affairs with women, single and married. It is not a surprise he paid a famous prostitute a lot of money to have sex with him, and then to keep quiet about it.
The issue that is worth more attention here is with the “pastor.”
Pastor Locke, the man who divorced his wife after having an affair, also hates the Catholic Church, calling it “incompatible with Biblical Christianity”:
Bill Kristol is an infamous neoconservative, which we have already elaborated on at Shoebat.com about the evils of the modern conservative movement. Daniel Bennett is a defender of the “Christian conservative” movement, which possesses equally questionable and many times, nefarious roots.
Where is the concern for President Trump’s soul?
No president is perfect, and it is true that many times presidents make difficult decisions in situations that are distantly removed from perfection. However, some decisions are just wrong in such a blatant way that inexcusable.
Adultery is wrong. It is a violation of the sixth commandment.
Supporting Planned Parenthood is wrong, especially in light of how they earn their money by the murder of the innocent.
Where are the pastors speaking about this to their congregations in a public way?
One will seldom find them because for many pastors, support of Trump has been made synonymous with national support just as resistance to Obama was portrayed as synonymous with resistance to tyranny.
This is not an issue of who is or is not president, or whether a president’s personal life even matters in so much as his exercise of his office is concerned. A moral person may be a bad leader as much as an immoral person may be a good leader.
Historically speaking, the Catholic Church had the dual role of being both a check on the personal life and public decisions of a leader, the former to ensure the salvation of his soul, and the latter to ensure the moral welfare of society. Both are equally important because a good leader who cannot care for his people is just as problematic as a bad leader who cares for his people.
The real test of love for the current president will not be the one who simply supports his decisions, but will tell him when he is wrong and will not be afraid of losing the support of others, even in a significant way.