Hate Group Accosts Presbyterians at General Assembly
Le Anne Clausen over at Journal of a Young Activist relates a story regarding the Presbyterian General Assembly in San Jose, California.
Religious based hate groups were ready to accost the Presbyterians as they returned to the building Wednesday evening.
The religious based Bema Ministries were carrying signs and shouting epithets such as "Jesus hates you" and "All Presbyterians will burn in hell".
The group arrived a day after the denomination's committee recommendation to the Assembly to delete G-6.0106(b), a clause that excludes gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons in relationships from being ordained to the ministry of word and sacrament. The group brought large signs declaring, "Homo Sex is a Sin," and "Homosexuality is a Threat to National Security," and positioned themselves on the plaza outside the Convention Center. Presbyterian commissioners (voting delegates), youth delegates, and other participants in the Assembly were returning from a supper break when the incident occurred.
A male protestor who appeared to be leading the group shouted at the women kneeling, "I'd like to see you two women try to reproduce! You need the sperm of a man to reproduce!" As the women prayed, he shouted, "Do you pray like that before you connect your genitals?" After several more statements such as these, a young woman kneeling with the group broke down in tears. One of the protestors shouted at her, "You'll be crying when you're burning in hell!"
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Religious based hate groups were ready to accost the Presbyterians as they returned to the building Wednesday evening.
The religious based Bema Ministries were carrying signs and shouting epithets such as "Jesus hates you" and "All Presbyterians will burn in hell".
The group arrived a day after the denomination's committee recommendation to the Assembly to delete G-6.0106(b), a clause that excludes gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons in relationships from being ordained to the ministry of word and sacrament. The group brought large signs declaring, "Homo Sex is a Sin," and "Homosexuality is a Threat to National Security," and positioned themselves on the plaza outside the Convention Center. Presbyterian commissioners (voting delegates), youth delegates, and other participants in the Assembly were returning from a supper break when the incident occurred.
A male protestor who appeared to be leading the group shouted at the women kneeling, "I'd like to see you two women try to reproduce! You need the sperm of a man to reproduce!" As the women prayed, he shouted, "Do you pray like that before you connect your genitals?" After several more statements such as these, a young woman kneeling with the group broke down in tears. One of the protestors shouted at her, "You'll be crying when you're burning in hell!"
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