Religious Tolerance: Church kicks whole family out for supporting their gay daughter

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After same-sex couple victory in Collegedale, church ousts gay detective's family | timesfreepress.com

Collegedale's decision to grant benefits to same-sex couples was a victory for Kat Cooper, a gay detective who championed the months-long effort that made the Chattanooga suburb the first city in Tennessee to offer benefits to same-sex spouses of its government employees.

Cooper's mother, Linda, stood by her side throughout the process. She held tight to her daughter's hand at a July meeting over the issue. And the two embraced after the City Council's 4-1 vote on Aug. 5.

But those small acts of support translated into collateral damage that left Linda Cooper and other relatives separated from their church family of more than 60 years. And one local advocate for gay families says the church's stance was the most extreme he's heard of in years.

Leaders at Ridgedale Church of Christ met in private with Kat Cooper's mother, aunt and uncle on Sunday after the regular worship service. They were given an ultimatum: They could repent for their sins and ask forgiveness in front of the congregation. Or leave the church.

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God hates fags....

 

[Seawytch]

Gee...I wonder why membership is dwindling at churches?

 

[Plasmaball]

Its funny...they cry about how churches will be sued for gay marriage, and yet this happens...
Barbarians are more civilized than these religious people.

 

[The Rabbi]

Gee, now the libs want to dictate what kinds of standards churches have for membership. How long until there's a law proposed?

 

[Seawytch]

Its funny...they cry about how churches will be sued for gay marriage, and yet this happens...
Barbarians are more civilized than these religious people.

And Churches can't be sued. The 1st Amendment guarantees that.

 

[Katzndogz]

If a family was kicked out of an organization for denouncing a gay child would you complain? Whatever reasoning the church used, they were correct that accepting and endorsing homosexuality is worse than being a homosexual.

 

[Vox]

God hates fags....

no, God hates the sin they are committing.

 

[Vox]

Gee...I wonder why membership is dwindling at churches?

It's not

 

[aaronleland]

God hates fags....

no, God hates the sin they are committing.

Do they plan on kicking every sinner out of the church, or just the gay ones?

 

[Katzndogz]

Where did liberals get the idea that to be tolerant means that evil has to be tolerated.

 

[Katzndogz]

God hates fags....

no, God hates the sin they are committing.

Do they plan on kicking every sinner out of the church, or just the gay ones?

Just the ones who believe that evil is something that should be tolerated.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Its funny...they cry about how churches will be sued for gay marriage, and yet this happens...
Barbarians are more civilized than these religious people.

Human scum like you will have them executed next.

 

[Wyatt earp]

This is old news Church's kick out alot of people for different reasons. In the 80's I know a family that got kicked out of a babtist church for the mother getting caught for sleeping around.

 

[Vox]

God hates fags....

no, God hates the sin they are committing.

Do they plan on kicking every sinner out of the church, or just the gay ones?

why won't you ask them?

a member of a church actively propagating the sin is going to be kicked out the church - and should.

no matter what sin is - active and vocal pro-abort should be kicked even sooner

 

[Plasmaball]

Its funny...they cry about how churches will be sued for gay marriage, and yet this happens...
Barbarians are more civilized than these religious people.

And Churches can't be sued. The 1st Amendment guarantees that.

I know..its the overall point.

 

[blackhawk]

So let me guess the implication from the left will be because of the actions of this church every church and every person of faith hates gays is that about it?

 

[aaronleland]

 

[Katzndogz]

Its funny...they cry about how churches will be sued for gay marriage, and yet this happens...
Barbarians are more civilized than these religious people.

Human scum like you will have them executed next.

I can only hope..

A religious war in the US would certainly be entertaining if short lived. Gays are 2% of the population the left that supports them is 20%. Exclude those addicts who are so drugged up they can't fight and it would be a cakewalk. Libs would have to get al quaeda to help them. But the muslims would hang gays from lamp posts. Ya just can't win but it would be fun if you tried.

 

[aaronleland]

no, God hates the sin they are committing.

Do they plan on kicking every sinner out of the church, or just the gay ones?

why won't you ask them?

a member of a church actively propagating the sin is going to be kicked out the church - and should.

no matter what sin is - active and vocal pro-abort should be kicked even sooner

I thought everyone was a sinner? So... nobody should go to church? Thank Jesus.

 

[Vox]

Do they plan on kicking every sinner out of the church, or just the gay ones?

why won't you ask them?

a member of a church actively propagating the sin is going to be kicked out the church - and should.

no matter what sin is - active and vocal pro-abort should be kicked even sooner

I thought everyone was a sinner? So... nobody should go to church? Thank Jesus.

you do not understand the difference between active propaganda and repentance of sins?