Pastor: Church Sign on Ramadan Drew Angry Call, Posting

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Pastor: Church Sign on Ramadan Drew Angry Call, Posting

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLASTOWN, Pa. — Jun 19, 2016, 2:39 PM ET

A pastor is decrying an angry phone message and social media posting from a school board member who's also a Republican convention delegate about a church sign that reads: "Wishing a blessed Ramadan to our Muslim neighbors."

The Rev. Christopher Rodkey said he got a call June 11 about the sign outside Paul's United Church of Christ, in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, from an unidentified man who called the sign "despicable" and referred to Islam as a "godless" and "pagan" religion.

Rodkey said he looked up the caller's number and found it belonged to Matthew Jansen, a member of the Spring Grove Area School District and an elected delegate to the Republican National Convention who supports Donald Trump.

A photo of the sign was also posted on Jansen's Twitter page along with the church's phone number. Rodkey said he received a number of hang-up calls, prompting the church to disconnect the phone and answering machine, and was still getting calls five days later.

Rodkey said he posted the message on the sign because he believes that Muslims are used as scapegoats by the religious right and his church "is interested in religious tolerance."

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pastor-church-sign-ramadan-drew-angry-call-posting-39973359

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Thank you, Rev. Rodney, for trying to make a better world.

[rug]

2. No surprises there.