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In the HuntsvilleAlabama subreddit, a man posted a picture of the message on the welcome sign of Carters Grove Baptist Church in Hazel Green.
“Pride month sounds about right,” the sign reads, adding the scripture from Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction.”
The person who posted the photo thinks that this is an insult to the LQB community.
Someone commented: “Look at it from another perspective. At least you know what to expect from that congregation, and you can make a decision based on the advertising they provide on the marquee. I had difficulty staying in the denomination I grew up in for the same reason, but none of the churches I attended were as blatant about their stance.”
But there are also people who think that this expression means nothing.
Pastor Jim Weaver of Carter’s Grove Baptist Church stated that he stood by the decision to put up the sign, adding that he wanted to discourage people from living “an unhealthy lifestyle.”
“I believe, scripturally speaking, promoting a lifestyle that the bible calls sinful will bring a country down. It’s not bigotry, it’s actually loving a person to tell them that things are not right in their life,” he stated.
He put up the sign in June in response to Pride month because he doesn’t believe there should be a month-long celebration of what the church calls an “unscriptural lifestyle.”
David Cleland, a member of the board of directors for Rocket City Pride, stated: “I can definitely see both sides. So, the way I first read it was honestly, thinking that they were in support of pride.”
Cleland has encouraged those looking for support with their journey to visit Rocket City Rainbow Pages for LGBT+-friendly resources.
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