A Michigan high school sophomore won a contest “to brighten up” the middle school health center. But the mural came under fire when parents alleged it was promoting LGBTQ imagery and witchcraft.
In an interview with TODAY.com, Hargreaves said, “The meeting turned into a hate fest. Usually there are 10 people at these meetings, 50 showed up. It wasn’t even about the mural ... People were talking about how we need to pray the gay away.”
“I had to stand up and say something,” Hargreaves added. “It was out of control. You can’t catch gay, honey. It’s not contagious.”
The student artist left the meeting in tears, according to Hargreaves.
“She tried to explain herself, but no one would listen. They were convinced that the Hand of Fatima ... was satanic,” Hargreaves said.
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In an interview with TODAY.com, Hargreaves said, “The meeting turned into a hate fest. Usually there are 10 people at these meetings, 50 showed up. It wasn’t even about the mural ... People were talking about how we need to pray the gay away.”
“I had to stand up and say something,” Hargreaves added. “It was out of control. You can’t catch gay, honey. It’s not contagious.”
The student artist left the meeting in tears, according to Hargreaves.
“She tried to explain herself, but no one would listen. They were convinced that the Hand of Fatima ... was satanic,” Hargreaves said.
https://www.today.com/parents/parents/mu...-rcna52243
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"