Roundup of anti-LGBT activities 12/13/18
The Albany Times Union reported Nov. 12 that Albany Episcopal diocese Bishop Rev. William H. Love issued an edict Nov. 10 that bans same-sex couples from marrying in the diocese’s church.
Love wrote in a statement that “the Episcopal Church and Western Society have been hijacked by the ‘Gay Rights Agenda’” and that “Satan is having a heyday bringing division into the Church and is trying to use the Church to hurt and destroy the very ones we love and care about by deceiving the leadership of the Church into creating ways for our gay and lesbians [sic] brothers and sister [sic] to embrace their sexual desires rather than to repent and seek God’s love and healing grace.”
The Bishop’s directive comes three weeks before a new resolution in the Church, Resolution B012, goes into effect Dec. 2 allowing same-sex marriages to be performed in Episcopal churches nationwide.
Some parishioners gathered on the church steps of St. Andrew’s in Albany while the letter was being read and ceremonially burned it, the Times Union reported.
According to the Rev. Susan Russell, an activist for a more inclusive church based in the Los Angeles diocese, Love is the only U.S. bishop refusing to comply with the resolution.
NewNowNext.com reported Nov. 10 that a New York man was arrested after he allegedly stole six LGBTQ Pride flags from a Long Island church on six separate occasions, with the last theft occurring Nov. 6.
Ronald Tyler Witt, 21, was charged with six counts of petit larceny as a hate crime. The first flag was stolen July 29 from the front lawn of the Sayville Congregational United Church of Christ. Pastor Ray Banguolo posted a sign in August that pleaded with the perpetrator to talk with the congregation, and noted that the person was welcome in the congregation, too.
Following the fourth theft, the Suffolk County police Hate Crime Unit set up surveillance cameras at the scene.
Witt’s defense attorney argued that the thefts were pranks, but prosecutors say Witt reportedly told police that he “didn’t want to see a gay flag on a church.” Witt will have supervised release and must wear a GPS monitoring device because of a probationary issue on a separate case.
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