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Protesters Congregate Outside Southside Church
POSTED: 7:12 am CST February 12, 2012
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Protesters began to congregate Sunday morning at 8:20 outside a church on Des Moines' southside where the morning sermon is to focus on homosexuality as a sin.Rev. Michael Demastus, senior pastor of Fort Des Moines Church of Christ, advertised the sermon last week on the sign out front. It read "Gay Is Not Okay."Demastus told local radio host Jan Mickelson that his voice mail "blew up" with messages from people objecting to the message. The church had to shut down its Facebook page after it was flooded with comments about the message. The sign was quickly changed.Demastus said the sign was misinterpreted."It (did) not say gays are not o.k.," Demsatus said. "It says gay is not o.k. I'm talking about the sin, I'm not talking about the person - there's a difference in being able to love a person and hate the sin."Demastus told Mickelson the church sign was vandalized. According to a police report several rainbow stickers were placed on the sign, one containing an obscenity, and a rainbow flag was stuck in the ground near the sign.Demastus said Des Moines police officers would be at the church on Sunday morning to ensure the expected protesters would not interrupt the 10 a.m. sermon.
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Temperature has dropped to single digits in the last few days, if any of you are planning to protest, just make sure to put extra coats on okay you fucking liberal fags....
:grandmais