Church Cancels Gay Man's Funeral - During His Wake

[KamaAina]

http://www.bilerico.com/2014/08/church_cancels_gay_mans_funeral_-_during_his_wake.php

Could you imagine losing your son, with all the trauma that entails, and then being told at his wake -- as you're standing next to his body, no less -- that his funeral is being cancelled because he was gay?

That's exactly what happened to one grieving mother in Tampa, Florida, WFLA reports:

Julie Atwood was standing at her son's casket when the phone rang. The church where her son's funeral was scheduled to be held the next day decided to abruptly cancel the service, after the pastor learned the deceased was gay and his obituary listed a surviving "husband."

Atwood said she was told it would be "blasphemous" to hold the services at the church because her son, Julion Evans, 42, was gay. "It was devastating," she said. "I did feel like he was being denied the dignity of death."

[AtomicKitten]

1. Not particularly Christ-like behavior from these so-called Christians.

Shame on them.

[msongs]

2. for a religion that preaches ALL people are sinners this seems to be selective nt

[stevenleser]

3. Horrible. nt

[Zambero]

4. What is the exact technical term

For an irrational fear and rush to judgment over a gay person's corpse?

[blkmusclmachine]

5. Can't you feel the love of Gawd from his "followers" ?!?!

[rosesaylavee]

6. Ironically the church's name is 'New Hope' --->New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Tampa, FL

http://www.newhopetampa.org/

And to continue the irony further, they post this biblical phrase on their front page:

The Lord bless you and keep you:
The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.

---- Numbers 6:24-26

Yeah, the lord may turn his face on you and act all gracious and kind but don't ask us to do that.

[oldandhappy]

7. Send them a note.

NHMBC
3005 E. Ellicot Street
Tampa, FL 33610

Tell them what you think, but keep it clean. They are small minded!

[proud patriot]

8. just awful

[wryter2000]

9. Sue their asses

See them in court

[Hugabear]

10. I wonder if they deny funerals to the obese?

After all, gluttony is mentioned as a sin in the Bible.

[secondwind]

11. OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD....

[Enthusiast]

12. Jesus Christ.

[tblue37]

15. Has obviously left *that* building--if, in fact, he was ever there at all,

which I doubt.

[Enthusiast]

16. They ignored his directives.

That's for sure.

[dickthegrouch]

13. They don't believe a god-damned word of what they preach

I hate KKKristians, which is all this tax-scam of an organization deserves to call itself.

[Moostache]

14. I call upon the sky daddy to smite them now....

Oh fuck them, who gives a shit any more about this nonsense justification for being dicks?

If you are a bigot, you're a bigot - and no amount of bullshit about bible verses and so forth makes one iota of difference to me. Call these classless, hateful douche bags out for their bigotry, make them wear it and own it. Imagine how fucking pissed they are going to be when I get sent to "hell", which for me is having to go to their "heaven" because I can think of nothing worse than having to spend eternity with any of them...

I hope that church burns to the ground and they salt the earth where it stands.