article_snippet: One of the country's most influential evangelical leaders has apologized for saying homosexuals should be killed - 35 years after President Jimmy Carter made the comment.
article_snippet: In an apology issued on Saturday Bob Jones III (pictured left and right in 2005) said the comments were 'antithetical to my theology and my 50 years of preaching a redeeming Christ.'
article_snippet: In an apology issued on Saturday, Jones III (pictured in 1974) said the comments were 'antithetical to my theology and my 50 years of preaching a redeeming ChristChrist.'
article_snippet: 'I cannot erase them, but wish I could, because them do not represent the belief of my heart or the content of my preaching.
article_snippet: Neither before, nor since, that event in 1980 have I ever advocated the stoning of sinners.'
highlights_snippet: In an apology issued on Saturday President Jimmy Carter said the comments were 'antithetical to my theology and my 50 years of preaching a redeeming Christ' 