A right-wing priest has been defrocked after mimicking Elon Musk’s controversial salute while addressing a pro-life convention.
Father Calvin Robinson, 39, spoke at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington D.C. last weekend where he claimed that the U.S. is the “only country fighting for life”.
Robinson concluded his speech by thumping his chest and raising his right hand to the sky. “My heart goes out to you,” he said with a wry smile as he exited the stage.
The priest’s actions – and remarks – appeared to emulate those made by Musk who, at Donald Trump’s post-inauguration rally on January 20, beat his chest and shot his right hand – twice – uttering the same phrase. Musk denies his gesture was a Sieg Heil, or had Nazi connotations.
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Robinson, from Nottinghamshire in England, belonged to the UK Anglican Catholic Church – before he was defrocked and had his license revoked.
“Mr. Robinson had been warned that online trolling and other such actions (whether in service of the left or right) are incompatible with a priestly vocation and was told to desist,” the church wrote in a notice on its website on Wednesday.
“Clearly, he has not, and as such, his license in this Church has been revoked. He is no longer serving as a priest in the ACC.”
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Robinson has been colloquially branded Britain’s conspiracy theorist cleric.
After studying theology at St Stephen’s House in Oxford, he hoped to become a deacon for the Church of England but his application was unsuccessful. He continues to trash the church as being weak, and cowardly.
Robinson become a firm fixture in the UK’s far-right movement and bills himself online as a lead spokesperson for the right-wing populist party UKIP, which was formerly led by Trump loyalist and Reform U.K. leader, Nigel Farage.
Robinson, who describes his background as “half Afro-Caribbean and half English”, previously derided the Black Lives Matter movement as “clearly a con”.
On his Substack, Robinson condemned same-sex marriage as “sacramental sodomy,” urging homosexuals to “repent!”
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Robinson is friends with incarcerated far-right agitator and founder of the now-defunct English Defence League, Tommy Robinson, whom he describes as “a patriot, persecuted for being a working-class hero”.
Father Ted has been on my back burner for so long, I need to get to it. I loved vicar of dibley, and it feels similar
Well jump to it - it’s an order of magnitude better than the Vicar of Dibley (and I say that as a fan of both).
That’s high praise! Alright, I just finished Evil, and I need a new binge. I’ll check it out!
Nazi… priests fuck off!
Priest lives don’t matter.
Make Anglican Catholicism Great Again - by leaving.
So he was a member of a sect that was a break-away of a break-away. Now he gets to form a new sect to the third degree.
Splitters!
I’m immensely relieved he was actually defrocked and not just given a slap on the wrist.
I sense a right wing grift career in his future.
If you’ve seen his schtick, he’s been at it for a long time.
I’m sure quite a few unfortunate people have seen his schtick
He’ll say he’s been cancelled for being Christian, or something, too.
“I’m being persecuted which proves I’m right”
A common sentiment in Christian circles.
It’s funny when all these poor people doing “awkward hand gestures” keep getting fired, yet the rich one who did it is still around.
Its an American thing
Who fires the owner of a company? Who can afford to sue you for decades straight?
The shareholders. He holds 20% stake.
These shareholders who gave him more money than Tesla has made in profits so far? I don’t think they will.
A right-wing priest has been defrocked after mimicking Elon Musk’s controversial salute while addressing a pro-life convention.
Robinson concluded his speech by thumping his chest and raising his right hand to the sky. “My heart goes out to you,” he said with a wry smile as he exited the stage.
JFC “Elon Musk’s controversial salute”?? JUST SAY IT ALREADY.
“. . . with a wry smile” yeah they’re all in on it. This needs to be stopped now.
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, a working class hero? I wonder why he changed his name to Tommy Robinson?
It musk just be a misinterpretation 😵💫
I salute your effort, but not like that.
Haha. Yes niiiiice aaaaand sloooooow.
Here we see a giant piece of shit.
Robinson, the premier surname for all right-wing asshats.
This poor man thinks US administration would consider him “one of the ‘good’ ones.”
What a moron lol
Call him a mormon, that’ll really grind his gears
why do they all have that slack jaw?
It’s the weight of the chinstrap beard pulling it down.
Irony is dead
Seems to be fully functioning in regards to this whackjob.
