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Kansas minister who performs same-sex weddings reports daily death threats
Are these good old christians, haters or what ... often I think hate is for pure hatred, an element of humanity just looking for any reason to hate anyone, group or thing. Most I venture to guess have some pretty serious mental issues going on.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article4291320.html
The Rev. Jackie Carter, pastor of the First Metropolitan Community Church, said the church has been getting at least one phone call a day threatening to kill her or to perform acts of violence against her congregation.
The church belongs to a denomination that embraces the gay and lesbian community.
Carter said that she had received threats before the ruling, but they have escalated since she performed a wedding ceremony for 15 same-sex couples on the steps of the Sedgwick County Courthouse on Nov. 17.
“Monday was probably the most scary time for me,” Carter said. “The phone rang and I went to answer the phone and it was just somebody heavy breathing on it. Then somebody rang the door bell and then somebody started throwing rocks at the windows.”
Some callers tell her “to repent so I don’t have to suffer inhumane death at the hands of Satan.” Others have threatened specific acts of violence. Before the group wedding ceremony last month, two callers threatened to chop off her head and put it on a stake.
“Honestly, I’m beginning to get more scared every day that this goes on,” she said. “I’ve kind of talked myself into trying to be more calm about it and realizing that there are more people out there that are supporting us than threatening harm to us.”
“It always says ‘Unknown,’ ” Carter said. “So the couple of times that I’ve made reports, they’ve (the police) said, ‘What do you want us to do? There’s nobody here. There’s no phone number.’ So they take the report and tell me to be careful.”
Asked about the threats, the Wichita Police Department did not comment late Thursday afternoon.
“I think sometimes people get lulled into complacency and think, ‘No, that’s too far off, that won’t happen,’ ” Wilks said. “And yet if we don’t stand vigilant, discrimination can be legalized, people will continue to get death threats, perhaps they’re even acted upon…and then all of sudden it doesn’t sound so far-fetched.”
The church belongs to a denomination that embraces the gay and lesbian community.
Carter said that she had received threats before the ruling, but they have escalated since she performed a wedding ceremony for 15 same-sex couples on the steps of the Sedgwick County Courthouse on Nov. 17.
“Monday was probably the most scary time for me,” Carter said. “The phone rang and I went to answer the phone and it was just somebody heavy breathing on it. Then somebody rang the door bell and then somebody started throwing rocks at the windows.”
Some callers tell her “to repent so I don’t have to suffer inhumane death at the hands of Satan.” Others have threatened specific acts of violence. Before the group wedding ceremony last month, two callers threatened to chop off her head and put it on a stake.
“Honestly, I’m beginning to get more scared every day that this goes on,” she said. “I’ve kind of talked myself into trying to be more calm about it and realizing that there are more people out there that are supporting us than threatening harm to us.”
“It always says ‘Unknown,’ ” Carter said. “So the couple of times that I’ve made reports, they’ve (the police) said, ‘What do you want us to do? There’s nobody here. There’s no phone number.’ So they take the report and tell me to be careful.”
Asked about the threats, the Wichita Police Department did not comment late Thursday afternoon.
“I think sometimes people get lulled into complacency and think, ‘No, that’s too far off, that won’t happen,’ ” Wilks said. “And yet if we don’t stand vigilant, discrimination can be legalized, people will continue to get death threats, perhaps they’re even acted upon…and then all of sudden it doesn’t sound so far-fetched.”
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Can't people just leave each other alone?
