June 29, 2018
Religion vs LGBTQ?…in small towns
By Michael Newsome on FB
Tuesday night leading into Wednesday, the small community of Prichard, West Virginia seemed to be in controversy with the community of Fort Gay, West Virginia, that later led to a Kentucky community getting involved, too.
The issue was the rights or no rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transexual community locally.
After many opinions were traded back and forth on a post on Facebook, that led to the situation spiraling out of control.
Social media buzz kept the controversy going into Wednesday night around 11:30pm. There were individuals from, Floyd Co., Ky, all the way up to Charleston, WVa. involved in the battle for opinion on religion vs the LGBTQ. Some people made FB threats “to call the police”.
After Christian people spoke up for their beliefs in God and the Bible, others defended their right to freedom of speech defending LGBTQ.
The post was later deleted after some 475 comments in 3 hours, struck some nerves, (after involving people’s families and children) to help the controversy die down.
The back and forth barbs led to more then 500 independent posts on social media including Instagram, and Twitter about religion vs LGBTQ in the Tri-State within hours stirring up even more controversy.
No crimes have been committed at this time.
We will continue to monitor the situation as it moves forward…
