LGBTQ+ standard disappears from Matlock high street as Christian bookshop manager says they are ‘not happy with the gay rights situation’
  • tyler@programming.devEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Judy Crook, who runs the bookshop, told the Guardian that, though as “a point of basic Christian belief, we welcome everybody”, they did not want to promote homosexuality and “we’re not happy with the gay rights situation”.

    “We have to respect other people’s views. But we didn’t want the flag flying outside our shop.”

    She even admits it’s not Christianity saying to hate LGBTQ folk. She’s just a bigot.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      did not want to promote homosexuality

      It’s not a recruitment drive. Looking at a rainbow flag doesn’t make you become gay.

      People like that need pushing in the sea

    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.ukEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Why doesn’t the journalist ask “in what way does this impact your freedom of religion” and then stand there while they tie themselves in knots trying to answer the question.