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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWWJD: Church cancels funeral for gay man
A family says a Florida church canceled their son's funeral service because the church found out he was gay.Video: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/08/08/pkg-pastor-gay-man-funeral-cancel.wfla.html
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WWJD: Church cancels funeral for gay man (Original Post)
doxydad
Aug 2014
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el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)1. That's pretty awful. nt
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)2. The hate follows LGBTs even unto the grave
I am too outraged right now to say anything else.
dembotoz
(16,803 posts)3. great way to minister to the family isn't it
it the family can not figure out who this church is and do not leave it
guess they deserve each other
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)4. The man's family were long time members of that church
Hopefully no more.
atreides1
(16,079 posts)5. Oh well
More of that unconditional love that "Christians" keep talking about...more like eternal hatred!!!
jwirr
(39,215 posts)6. A funeral is for the living - not the dead. What this church is saying is that they do not care for
this family's grief.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)7. I tried to ask Jesus about this...
...but his out-of-office message says he's at a big luncheon with the tax collectors.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)9. They have a right to do that.
It doesn't make it any less despicable, though.