Atheists planning protest at First Baptist Church in Dallas

Metroplex Atheists will be rallying outside First Baptist Church in Dallas on Sunday, June 24, from 10-11 a.m. in protest of the pastor’s upcoming sermon series, “America is a Christian Nation.”

Metroplex Atheists President Courtney Stewart said her organization planned the protests because “The claim that America is a Christian nation is a lie,” and “Propagating this exclusionary, divisive and false message only serves to divide our nation even further.”

Jeffress has a record of inflammatory and bigoted statements about other religions. In 2010, he called Catholic Church an instrument of Satan, calling it “a cult-like, pagan religion” that had been corrupted. In 2011, he told reporters that Mormonism is a “cult” and that voting for Mitt Romney would “give credibility to a cult.”

Jeffress has also said that Jews, Muslims and Hindus are going to hell.

Stewart said, “Jeffress is the worst kind of authority with a platform because he does not respect that it should require accuracy. By claiming to value religious freedom, he misleads the public while actually propagating his own privilege in this nation.

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