Pastor preaches powerful pro-gay sermon in ultraconservative Paris, Texas
Last month, Pastor Rob Spencer preached a pro-gay sermon at First United Methodist Church in Paris, Texas.
Spencer’s sermon — which he believes was the first of its kind in Paris — focused on how his brother’s coming out changed his family.
Paris, situated 90 miles northeast of Dallas in ultraconservative East Texas, was the site of a brutal anti-gay hate crime a few years back. And Spencer recalled that as a teenager in Texas, he was taught that violence against gays and lesbians was acceptable.
“Twenty-five years ago, my younger brother Mike came out as gay,” Spencer said in the sermon. “Here is what I found: When you line ‘em up, and your brother is in the lineup, it is hard to pull the trigger. That is where my journey with this began, and I am sure I would not be where I am today on this if not for my brother coming out. It’s been an interesting journey, because some of my extended family began not only cutting my brother off, but cut me and my parents off, treating us as if we had a disease, something they could catch if they just hung around us. Families have been torn apart.”
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Cross-posted in the LGBT Group.