A local church is urging its members to permanently remove books from the Shelby County Public Library by checking them out and never returning them. The books portray gay characters and historical figures or explore LGBTQ+ themes.

Pamela Wilson Federspiel, who has been director of the library in downtown Shelbyville for 34 years, says the action is tantamount to “stealing.”

But three leaders of the Reformation Church of Shelbyville defend what they call an “act of civil disobedience.”

  • Zephorah@discuss.online
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    8 days ago

    So much for “Thou shalt not steal.”

    But then, the most ardent believers do the most cherry picking with The Bible.

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      8 days ago

      Even if they followed JESUS himself, they’d love God and then treat everyone else the way they would want to be treated.

      Fake Christians, imho

      (I’m an atheist)

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            6 days ago

            They need to change the name of the “no true Scotsman” fallacy to “no true Christian” as it makes a lot more sense these days…

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                  5 days ago

                  Again. I don’t care that you had a wacko creationist church when you were a kid. That’s not what most Christians believe

                  Source: Was also raised Christian and so were most people in Western Countries