Church sign saying 'Satan made gays' covered in black paint
Source: Omaha.com
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) Members of a metro Atlanta church say their sign outside proclaiming that "Satan made gays & transgender" has been covered in black paint by vandals.
Gwinnett County police Cpl. Michele Pihera said officers were called to the Back To The Bible Holiness Church in Buford after the paint was discovered Monday.
Church representatives told police they hadn't received any complaints about the message before the damage.
Don Flint, a minister at the church, tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (www.on-ajc.com/28QhkD5 ) that the sign had been up for about three weeks well before the June 12 shooting that left 49 people dead at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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marble falls
(56,353 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,145 posts)and shame the fuckers into taking it down. That way it's clear they are the evil people.
sinkingfeeling
(51,274 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,477 posts)But isn't God the only one that can create humans?
cpwm17
(3,829 posts)or they're blaming Satan for God's actions. Didn't their god create Satan? Isn't their god supposed to know everything? So shouldn't that mean that their god could see the future, which means their god knew what Satan would do when it created Satan?
cpwm17
(3,829 posts)It did cover up the hate:
http://www.projectq.us/atlanta/atlanta_area_church_condemns_lgbt_people_satan_made_gays?gid=17867
davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)That ought to be viewed as hate speech and treated as such. What if I put up signs on my own property that said "Satan made Christians", or, "Christians are assholes", or, "Baptists smell like shit", or something of the sort? I'd probably get my property shot up, for one thing, several of my neighbors would be very inclined to kick my ass, for another. My own parents would call me an idiot and make me take it down.
They do not realize, I think, just how ridiculous, how cruel - and how hateful they are being (if they do - fuck em, actually, fuck em anyway). Perhaps we should start putting up our own signs. In particular, giant billboards with pictures of men hugging each other and kissing each other and holding hands. We could say something like "God loves love." Maybe, "God hates assholes". Or, "Satan made rednecks and Trump"
bucolic_frolic
(42,651 posts)Glad to know they're not a political organization ...
or should someone tip off the IRS?
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I oppose it, simply because it is a violation of the law.
Moreover, we should encourage speech and signs like this, as it makes identifying the assholes much easier when they come out and admit it.
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)The paint job was applied by "repairmen".
JudyM
(29,122 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)"Church representatives told police they hadn't received any complaints about the message before the damage. "
Idiots.
niyad
(112,424 posts)lark
(22,993 posts)yay for the vandals! They got it right.
jmowreader
(50,447 posts)I looked at the guy's sign. It seems like it would be more effective to go to a store in another town that sells channel letters, buy a couple of "H" letters, and field-modify the sign in the middle of the night to read "There Is No God." Then, naturally, call the media. "Hey, did you know there's a church at (address) with a sign denying God?"
TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)Skittles
(152,963 posts)yes INDEED
Blue Dalek
(178 posts)very stupid.