Texas Church Reverses Course After Relegating Gay Couple To Side Chapel For Son's Ceremony
Earlier this month, we told you how a church in Florida had agreed to allow a gay couple's child to be baptized after initially turning them away, igniting a weeklong national firestorm.
Apparently, a church in Austin, Texas wanted to avoid a similar controversy.
Rich Jones and Adrian Mertz have both attended Shoreline Church since before they were married last year. They've continued to attend with their 4-year-old adopted son, Santino, and say they've been welcomed.
But when Jones and Mertz requested to hold a dedication ceremony for Santino at the church, they were told it would have to be in a side chapel rather than the main sanctuary. The topic of homosexuality was too sensitive, church officials said, and the congregation wasn't ready to deal with it.
However, after a reporter from a local TV station contacted the church about turning away Jones and Mertz, officials quickly changed their mind.
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