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47of74

(18,470 posts)
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 04:49 PM Nov 2016

Someone spray painted a Mason City church sign again.

Ugh

MASON CITY — A sign posted by a Mason City church as a reminder of God’s unconditional love after a contentious election has been vandalized with spray paint.

The message outside First Congregational United Church of Christ reads: “We are a sanctuary for the least, lost, gay & straight, female, Muslim…For all! God’s love wins!”

On Friday morning, Pastor Chuck Kelsey learned someone had sprayed red paint on the plastic sign covering over the word “gay.”

“I’m so sad for people who can’t get beyond hate,” Kelsey said, sighing. “What it is in their lives that causes them to hate so much? Everyone has a different story. I’m more than willing to listen to their story, but I’m not, you know, I’m not willing to give in to the hate.”


And of course the representatives of the Party of Personal Responsibility are whining about how the looks are going in their direction now.
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Someone spray painted a Mason City church sign again. (Original Post) 47of74 Nov 2016 OP
Oh, and don't forget, volstork Nov 2016 #1
Who's that, the church or the vandals? 47of74 Nov 2016 #2
The vandals volstork Nov 2016 #3
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
2. Who's that, the church or the vandals?
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 06:17 PM
Nov 2016

No church follows His teachings to the letter but that church I daresay got closer than a lot of churches do.

As for the people who spray painted the sign, they don't worship Jesus Christ of Nazereth. Rather they worship Jeeeeeeeezus who shares their hatred of the poor, minorities, immigrants, and the LGBT.

volstork

(5,593 posts)
3. The vandals
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:04 PM
Nov 2016

Any church who welcomes all with open arms is following jesus' teachings as far as I understand them

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