Florida Pastor’s Church Sign Portrays Gay Scout Leaders As Predators (Video)

A Florida pastor is under fire for posting on his church billboard an ugly anti-gay message, but he insists he doesn’t hate anyone.

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Pastor K.C. McCay says he doesn’t hate anyone, but that claim didn’t stop him from posting an ugly message on his church’s digital billboard this week. “Gay scout leaders are like,” the first part reads. “Well…You know,” it ends. The last part includes an image of a fox and a baby chick, implying a predator feeding on defenseless youth.

That’s what Sarasota Pride’s Jackie Keenan suggested to WTSP, adding that Pastor McCay’s generalization of gay scout leaders is “ill informed, uneducated and doing a disservice to our community in Sarasota.”

“He’s trying to portray them as predators,” Keenan, who thinks the sign is offensive, said. “His message isn’t Godly it’s hateful.” 

Keenan says McCay is “a hate monger,” and says if the pastor wants to be a community leader, “be a community leader for good not for hate.”

The head of Congregational Church in Nokomis, Florida doesn’t agree.

“I hate people if I disagree with them – that’s absolutely false,” Pastor McCay, who admits he posted the message to elicit a response from the community, said. 

“As I scout I was molested,” McCay claims. He adds, “We need to protect our children.”

McKay says he “absolutely” does not hate gay people, but he puts them in the same category as people who commit murder or adultery. 

“Our church loves homosexuals, loves murders, adulterers. We serve people for Christ not here to bring hate to anybody we don’t hate…but we have a right to free speech.”

“God loves everybody, he doesn’t love the sin,” he adds, relying on a favorite adage of anti-gay activists.

Pastor McCay invites controversy and attention. On the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, he posted this message to his church billboard: “Muslims can convert to Christianity here!”

Keenan, however, isn’t about to give up fighting for equality and understanding.

“It shows we still have a lot of work to do across Florida and the country.”

 

Image by Isabel Mascarenas via Twitter