In the aftermath of the racial unrest in Charlottesville , Virginia , in August 2017 , Pastor Jeffress condemned white supremacy : " Let there be no misunderstanding . Racism is sin . Period . " In a separate interview , he also stated that white supremacy and neo-Nazism are " repulsive and totally contradictory to the teaching of God . " During an interview with CBN , Jeffress further addressed racial issues : " There has been a failure on the part of the Church , even a failure on conservative Christians in decades past , to denounce racism , to embrace segregation , which is so wrong . " He added , " I think we did have some catching up to do but I think that in this environment , we need to say clearly , that racism is abhorrent in the eyes of God . " In the summer of 2017 , addressing the issue of DACA and children born to illegal immigrants , Jeffress said the " president is one of the most compassionate people I have ever been around , and he was sincerely torn between his sincere compassion for the DACA recipients and the oath of office he took on January 20th to execute all the laws of the land . " Commenting on the future for those who would be affected by a change in DACA policy , Pastor Jeffress added , " I think the president came up with the perfect solution of delaying the ending of DACA and allowing Congress , the rightful people , to make the laws to fix this problem . " Jeffress summed up his views by stating , " Like nearly every pastor in America , I want to see a solution for children threatened with deportation ... I believe it is unbiblical to tear apart families and to punish people who are in our country illegally through no fault of their own . " An outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage , Jeffress has described such marriages as being " counterfeit . " In 2008 , Jeffress , in his sermon " Gay Is Not OK , " stated , citing Romans 1:27 : " And the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another . Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity . " He declared : " What they homosexuals do is filthy . It is so degrading that it is beyond description . And it is their filthy behavior that explains why they are so much more prone to disease . " After the Las Vegas massacre in October 2017 , Jeffress appeared on the Fox Business network and said , " Evil is real , but evil is also temporary . " After the church shooting in Charleston in June 2015 , Jeffress was on Fox News and referred to the attack as " pure , unadulterated evil . " Jeffress believes that the teachings of Judaism , Islam , Mormonism and Hinduism reject " the truth of Christ " , and that their adherents will go to hell if they do not accept Christ . In a sermon in August 2010 , Jeffress said that Prophet Muhammad and Islam promoted pedophilia referring to Aisha 's age at marriage . Also in 2010 , Jeffress referred to Roman Catholicism as a " Satanic " result of " Babylonian mystery religion " . In another interview the same year , he said , " Mormonism is wrong , it is a heresy from the pit of Hell ; Judaism , you ca n't be saved being a Jew , you know who said that by the way , the three greatest Jews in the New Testament , Peter , Paul , and Jesus Christ , they all said Judaism wo n't do it , it 's faith in Jesus Christ . " In October 2011 , at the Values Voter Summit , Jeffress called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) " a cult . " He received widespread criticism for the statement but did not retract it despite Mitt Romney 's request for him to do so
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