Burns: 'Al Sharpton Is A Pompous Ass'

Del. Emmett Burns and the Rev. Al Sharpton don't agree on the issue of same-sex marriage—and that's putting it mildly.

The five-term Democrat who represents Randallstown and Woodlawn, had some unkind words for Sharpton during an interview Thursday with Kenneth Burns, a State House reporter for WNAV in Annapolis.

"Al Sharpton is a pompous ass," said Del. Burns, adding that Sharpton "doesn't speak for anybody but himself most of the time."

Sharpton, a Baptist minister, recently released a video in which he supported the passing of a same-sex marriage law in Maryland.

Del. Burns, a pastor at Rising Sun Baptist Church, and in the past has sought to pass an amendment to the Maryland Constitution defining marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Burns went on in the interview to criticize Sharpton's preaching credentials.

"What kind of a Baptist preacher is he?" Del. Burns said. "He has never pastored a church. He's never had a congregation. All he does it run around the country and suck up to big movie stars so he can preach at their funerals when they die."