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Related: About this forumMass walk-out at trans woman’s funeral
from the Washington Blade
Remarks by a pastor who presided over the July 27 funeral service for Lashai Mclean, a transgender woman who was shot to death in D.C. last month, prompted as many as 100 people in attendance to walk out of the church in protest, according to activists who were present.
Basically, he said that God let her get killed so that people could get saved, said D.C. gay activist and comedian Sampson McCormack, who attended the service. And that came after somebody, I think it was a deacon, said when you live a certain lifestyle this is the consequence you have to pay.
McCormack and D.C. resident Arriel Horton said they knew Mclean and were among more than 300 people attending her funeral service at Purity Baptist Church near Capitol Hill.
D.C. police said Mclean, 23, was shot near the corner of 61st and Dix Streets, N.E., in a case where investigators have yet to determine a motive and to identify a suspect. Transgender activists say they are concerned that Mclean may have been targeted due to her status as a transgender woman, even though police say they have no immediate evidence to classify the incident as a hate crime.
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GodlessBiker
(6,314 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)and continue to support asshole churches (including the catholic church, mormon church etc) who use our funerals as a platform for their psychopathology
xchrom
(108,903 posts)Your Season is coming, Sir.
Initech
(100,101 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)so people could get saved?
And weren't many people in the early christian movement murdered, many of whom are now widely revered as "saints" and holy martyrs?
...when you live a certain lifestyle this is the consequence you have to pay.
It's all so ignorant and sad.
Old Union Guy
(738 posts)Was the dead woman a member of that church?
The Philosopher
(895 posts)Irishonly
(3,344 posts)I don't know what else to say without going on a long diatribe. Her family and friends should not have been exposed to hate anywhere or anytime.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)and that pastor and deacon should be ashamed at their incredibly disrespectful, bigoted words. If they were so against who she was they should have said "sorry I can't do the service".
I feel so badly for her friends and family who had to edure this insult on top of such a horrible tragedy.