A man in Wilmington, N.C. is being sought after he was seen smashing a “homophobic” sign in front of a church.
WECT reports on the sign at Sea Gate Community Chapel, which had become a flashpoint for vandalism from opponents and supporters of the church prior to the damage on Sunday afternoon. Wilmington Pride protested the sign Sunday morning because of its message, which said, “God loves gays but he hates a perverted lifestyle,” with the warning to “turn or burn.”
“Witnesses tell police a tall man took a hammer to the sign before leaving in a silver Ford Taurus,” reports WECT. “The car is reported to have bumper damage and a missing hubcap from the front left tire.”
Anna Benson, who made the sign, told the news station that it is not meant to offend anyone. Pastor David Heuring supports her and the sign because, he said, it is based on biblical truth.
“I love the gays,” said Benson. “I love everybody.”
The sad thing about religion, which is supposed to be about love, is that people twist the bible to fit their cause. I’m sure if I cracked open the holy book, I could take a statement out of context and further my cause as well. But is this really love?
Check out what a pastor in Charlotte did during a recent service at St. Peter’s Catholic Church And he explains his hate holy reasoning for protesting gays by quoting the bible.
This article appears in Best of Charlotte 2011.
Hey Mustang Sally, in what way is the verse cited on the sign being taken out of context?
An un-natural lifestyle, an un-natural pervision, an un-natural mindset,an un-natural desire, an un-natural act, un-natural demands, and un-natural sickness,leads to an early grave.
Believe what you want, I don’t care who you sleep with, but I do care about you! Gays will not be accepted into the Kingdom of Heaven! I didn’t say it,Jesus did.
“A man in Wilmington, N.C. is being sought after he was seen smashing a “homophobic” sign in front of a church”
I do not understand why a news journalist would call a sign “homophobic” when the first line of the sign states that “God loves…” this article sounds more like it is Christian-phobic. People afraid to allow a Christian message to be seen or heard.
God didn’t write the bible. You people are so naive if you believe this bible BS. It was written so long ago so who cares what it may or may not say. Gays will have our equal rights sooner or later and most of you people can keep you stupid opinions to yourselves. Grow up already. THE BIBLE IS JUST WORDS. Take them however you want.
Just more religious fanatics who have been brainwashed from birth to promote hate, intolerance, fear and bigotry. Let your kids grow up, study world religions and decide for themselves if they want to be religious. If that ever happened, in one or two generations religion would be on the fringes of society.
“Gays will not be accepted into the Kingdom of Heaven! I didn’t say it,Jesus did.”
No, Jesus NEVER said that in any New Testament I’ve seen. If you really want to follow Jesus, I suggest you worry less about people’s personal lifestyle choices and a whole lot more about taking care of the less fortunate.
What Jesus DID say is (John 16:1 ff) “Indeed, there are those who will throw you out of the temple, and even try to murder you, in my name. And they do these things because they do not know me or the father”. Who are YOU trying to throw out of the temple because you do not know the Father or the Son?
It might have been better to leave the last line off, the “Turn or Burn”, though I’m sure they thought it catchy. I do not feel I have the authority to declare anyone damned to Hell. “We all fall short…”