Clarendon, Texas is about 70 miles south and east of Borger, where my brother, sister-in-law, one of my nieces and her daughter live. The Church of Christ is the church in which I was raised and to which many members of my family belong. Please note the quotation marks around the word "source" in the ad mentioned in the article.
Texas Gay Couple Told to Leave or Die
Clarendon isn't so safe any more.
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
October 04 2012 2:13 PM ET
A gay couple in Clarendon, Texas, awoke Monday morning
to find a death threat spray-painted on their front porch, an act of
vandalism that has left them both fearful for their lives. Joshua
Harrison and Jeremy Jeffers reported the hate-filled vandalism to the
local police, according to
Pronews 7.
The message read, "Leave or die fags," and it appeared not long after
an area minister's antigay advertisement was published in the local
newspaper. Clarendon Church of Christ pastor Chris Moore's ad listed the
"platform" of the "Homosexual Movement," which included this line:
"Folks, don't be fooled, the 'gay' agenda isn't about 'equal' rights for
gay couples. Their agenda would force everyone to compromise their
values, make our children legal prey for pedofiles."
Pronews 7 reported
that the "source" of information cited in the ad, the National
Coalition of Gay Organizations, was a convention that was held in 1972.
Donley County sheriff Charles "Butch" Blackburn
told Travis Ruiz that he does "consider it a hate crime."
The two men, however, are planning to do just want the vandal ordered: leave Clarendon.
"It's sad," Jeffers told
Pronews 7. "For the first time in my life, I have never felt this scared."
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