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Ah, Christians. Those wonderful folks of a faith that's all about charity and loving neighbors & enemies alike...ThinkProgress
Last week, the Presbyterian Church (USA), or PC(USA), officially voted to fully embrace marriage equality as a denomination, a historic move celebrated by LGBT advocates and lay Presbyterians alike. But just a few days after the pivotal vote, four different Presbyterian churches in southeast Missouri received an unsigned letter condemning homosexuality and threatening to attack congregations that embrace same-sex marriage.
The letter, written in all capital letters and riddled with typos, opened by citing a passage from the biblical book Leviticus condemning same-gender sex. The author then issued a chilling warning to area churches who host same-sex weddings.
People U (sic) had better turn around or your soles (sic) are going down the letter read, which was photographed by local news affiliate 12 KFVS. Any church that accepts this [same-sex marriage], should be burned to the ground, any pastor who performs such marriage (sic) should be kicked out of the church forever. The above statement could happen to any church that performs this action You have been warned churches.
Rev. Kim Nelson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Cape Girardeau, which received one of the letters, told ThinkProgress that local police and the FBI are investigating the incident to determine whether the letter constitutes a hate crime.
Some people are intolerant of differences and social change, he said. [The letter] is surely not the biblical model of how we respect each other.
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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/03/26/3639504/love-your-neighbor/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tptop3
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After National Church Makes A Move On Marriage Equality, Presbyterian Congregations Receive Threats (Original Post)
Panich52
Mar 2015
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Trillo
(9,154 posts)1. Who are the terrorists and which god are they following?
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)2. Your soles?
I thought all god's chillun got shoes?
People who can't spell and make badly worded threats......
Presbyterians are among the more progressive denominations. Not as progressive as the UCC and the UUs, but not far behind.
I have a lot of respect for Presbyterians because I graduated from a Presbyterian college. I got a damn good liberal arts education.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. None dare call it terrorism
stone space
(6,498 posts)5. That's exactly what it is. (nt)
stone space
(6,498 posts)4. When you threaten to burn down churches, any claims of being Christian...
...should be met by others with nothing but derision and ridicule.
You just ain't doin' it right!
niyad
(113,774 posts)6. one would think that a devout christian should at least be able to spell "soul" correctly.