Televangelist Pat Robertson, of the "700 Club" thinks homosexuals in San Francisco purposely spread HIV infections through sharp jewelry.
"You know what they do in San Francisco? Some of the gay community there, they want to get people. So, if they've got the stuff, they'll have a ring. You shake hands and the ring's got a little thing where you cut your finger," Robertson said, according to the Daily News. "Really. I mean it's that kind of vicious stuff, which would be the equivalent of murder."
So what sparked this comment?
A viewer asked if it had been wrong of her church not to inform her that a man she had been driving to worship services was suffering from AIDS, Right Wing Watch, who posted a video of the incident, reported. The Christian Broadcasting Network took down the original clip.
"I regret that my remarks had been misunderstood, but this often happens because people do not listen to the context of remarks which are being said. In no wise were my remarks meant as an indictment of the homosexual community or, for that fact, to those infected with this dreadful disease," Robertson told the Atlantic Wire.
This is not the first time one of Robertson's remarks have caused and uproar, the Daily News reported.
Robertson made an unsavory statement about cheating men that left CBN trying to explain.
"Males have a tendency to wander a little bit," Robertson said on his show. "And what you want to do is make a home so wonderful he doesn't want to wander."
CBN officials told the public that Robertson's comment's "intent was not to condone infidelity or to cast blame."
The televangelist has also joked about a "vomit button" on Facebook to use for photos of homosexuals kissing, the Atlantic Wire reported.
During the show in which he made the "AIDS ring" allegations, Robertson made other remarks about the gay community.
"There are laws now, I think the homosexual community has put these draconian laws on the books that prohibit people from discussing this particular affliction, you can tell somebody you had a heart attack, you can tell them they've got high blood pressure, but you can't tell anybody you've got AIDS," he said.
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