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NeoGreen

(4,033 posts) Wed Apr 17, 2019, 11:22 AM Apr 2019

Donor Tells Parents of Toddler With Cancer: I Won't Give Because You're Lesbians

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/04/17/donor-tells-parents-of-toddler-with-cancer-i-wont-give-because-youre-lesbians/

Donor Tells Parents of Toddler With Cancer: I Won’t Give Because You’re Lesbians
By Hemant Mehta, April 17, 2019

Tiffany and Albree Shaffer found out earlier this year that their 18-month-old daughter, Callie June, suffered from advanced neuroblastoma. According to a news report, the cancer had advanced to the point where she was in need of 18 months of “chemotherapy, radiation treatment, a bone marrow transplant and surgery.”

She’s current in the hospital (and doing okay!) and her parents created a GoFundMe page to raise money for her treatment. But on the Facebook page where they’ve been providing updates on Callie June’s treatment, someone recently sent a message saying they were going to donate thousands of dollars… until they realized the girl’s parents were lesbians.

“My prayers for Callie. I was going to donate $7600.00 to her fund, but I found out her parents are lesbian. I’ve chosen to donate to St. Jude due to that fact. Sorry. I’ll still pray for her though but maybe it’s God’s way of getting your attention that she needs a mommy and a daddy, not 2 mommy’s,” the message read.

It’s a despicable statement coming from anyone, and even more perverse that a Christian would use a baby girl’s cancer as a way to demonize her loving parents.

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Donor Tells Parents of Toddler With Cancer: I Won't Give Because You're Lesbians (Original Post) NeoGreen Apr 2019 OP

These so called Christians are fucking sick Docreed2003 Apr 2019 #1

Nothing "so called" about them. trotsky Apr 2019 #7

Their beliefs aren't how I would view the teachings of christ Docreed2003 Apr 2019 #11

But if there were any kind of agreement on what the "teachings of christ" are... trotsky Apr 2019 #12

Oh I agree with your point Docreed2003 Apr 2019 #15

Despicable yes Cartoonist Apr 2019 #2

Whoever he is lsewpershad Apr 2019 #3

Absolutely despicable! Why did that person not hold his or her tongue? MineralMan Apr 2019 #4

Many Christians enjoy being cruel Mariana Apr 2019 #9

Isn't that just a dandy thing? MineralMan Apr 2019 #10

Perhaps the poster to the Go Fund Me page got his inspiration from Jesus. Mariana Apr 2019 #13

Hell must be full mindem Apr 2019 #5

Many flavors of Christianity say salvation is by faith alone. Mariana Apr 2019 #14

Just another internet troll, not worth giving any publicity to. Doodley Apr 2019 #6

A Donor who doesn't donate isn't a Donor. mn9driver Apr 2019 #8

Yes, it's just an asshole doing what assholes do -- LuvNewcastle Apr 2019 #17

Hurting the right people? czarjak Apr 2019 #16

Docreed2003

(17,682 posts)

1. These so called Christians are fucking sick

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 11:28 AM

Apr 2019

Why say anything at all??? No you just had to be a dick and add to the suffering of these two parents. Sick

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

7. Nothing "so called" about them.

Reply to Docreed2003 (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:01 PM

Apr 2019

They're Christians too. They just interpret certain verses differently. Or perhaps you interpret them differently. Hard to say, ya know?

Docreed2003

(17,682 posts)

11. Their beliefs aren't how I would view the teachings of christ

Reply to trotsky (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:39 PM

Apr 2019

I don't recall any verses in the Bible about going out of your way to be a bigoted asshole...but pointing out stuff like that is what got me kicked out of Sunday school to begin with and set me on the path of being a "recovering person of faith", if you will..

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

12. But if there were any kind of agreement on what the "teachings of christ" are...

Reply to Docreed2003 (Reply #11)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:41 PM

Apr 2019

there wouldn't be the 1000s of churches all calling themselves "Christian"!

Docreed2003

(17,682 posts)

15. Oh I agree with your point

Reply to trotsky (Reply #12)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:52 PM

Apr 2019

Cartoonist

(7,507 posts)

2. Despicable yes

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 11:28 AM

Apr 2019

But at no time was he going to donate a dime. This is a common remark made by haters. I doubt he made a contribution to St. Jude.

lsewpershad

(2,620 posts)

3. Whoever he is

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 11:29 AM

Apr 2019

is dying slowly from a diseased heart.

MineralMan

(147,334 posts)

4. Absolutely despicable! Why did that person not hold his or her tongue?

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 11:34 AM

Apr 2019

Why was that ugly, perverse message necessary? Sometimes things just make you think: WTF?

Mariana

(14,965 posts)

9. Many Christians enjoy being cruel

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:29 PM

Apr 2019

to people whom they consider to be sinners. Why do you think some Christian preachers feel comfortable publicly calling for the execution of homosexuals? It's because that attitude is popular among Christians.

MineralMan

(147,334 posts)

10. Isn't that just a dandy thing?

Reply to Mariana (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:31 PM

Apr 2019

The "religion of peace and love" isn't always that, apparently. What would Jesus think?

Mariana

(14,965 posts)

13. Perhaps the poster to the Go Fund Me page got his inspiration from Jesus.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:43 PM

Apr 2019

Remember how Jesus treated the Canaanite woman? She pleaded with him to help her because he child was sick. He told her she was the wrong ethnicity, and likened her to a dog begging for scraps at the table. Only after she agreed with his characterization of her as less than human, and debased herself enough to make him happy, did he relent and heal her child.

mindem

(1,580 posts)

5. Hell must be full

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 12:03 PM

Apr 2019

to overflowing with Christians. Some of the vilest people I have ever met or had to deal with have been people of faith.

Mariana

(14,965 posts)

14. Many flavors of Christianity say salvation is by faith alone.

Reply to mindem (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:48 PM

Apr 2019

According to that doctrine, the most vile people get go to heaven if they are Christians, even if it's a deathbed conversion after a lifetime of harming others. On the other hand, the most selfless and kind non-Christians go to hell to be tortured forever.

Doodley

(10,189 posts)

6. Just another internet troll, not worth giving any publicity to.

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 12:09 PM

Apr 2019

mn9driver

(4,562 posts)

8. A Donor who doesn't donate isn't a Donor.

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:03 PM

Apr 2019

They are simply some anonymous asshole writing shit on a GoFundMe page.

The chance that this troll actually has $7600 to donate to anyone after his mom makes him pay the rent for his basement room in her house, is approximately zero.

LuvNewcastle

(17,001 posts)

17. Yes, it's just an asshole doing what assholes do --

Reply to mn9driver (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 18, 2019, 05:12 AM

Apr 2019

spreading hate. If that 'person' had $7600, he would be spending it all on himself.

czarjak

(12,359 posts)

16. Hurting the right people?

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 02:03 PM

Apr 2019

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