Sermon from the Westboro Baptist Church protest
My God Loves This morning we have gathered to show these guests in our town from Westboro Baptist Church that we believe they are wrong, that we believe they are bastardizing the Word of God. I’m here today simply because I have to be. I am a lay member of Glendale Baptist Church here in Nashville. We are a caring community of equality and grace that celebrates diversity, champions social justice, and encourages honesty. I must be honest: it’s groups like the Westboro Baptist Church that make me ashamed to call myself a Christian. For many gathered here, the church has been the ring-leader for oppression and hatred. Groups like the Westboro Baptist Church have done nothing but further that idea. It is unfortunate that churches, which should espouse love and inclusion, have so often done the exact opposite. Today churches around the world celebrate Pentecost, the end of Eastertide and the beginning of a new season in the liturgical year. How beautiful is it that we stand here on