School board member censured for seemingly endorsing anti-LGBTQ+ violence with bizarre picture

Mt. Airy School Board member Randy Moore
Photo: Mt. Airy School Board

A North Carolina school board censured one of its Christian members for posting an anti-LGBTQ+ image on social media that showed an American figure assaulting an LGBTQ+ figure. The Christian man defended posting the image, saying he had free speech rights to oppose “woke” cultural issues.

The Mount Airy Board of Education held a special meeting on July 10 to censure board member Randy Moore, a U.S. Army veteran who was appointed to the board in January 2021. Moore had posted a Facebook image of a figure in red, white, and blue colors kicking the midsection of another rainbow-colored figure symbolizing the LGBTQ+ community, The Mount Airy News reported.

Moore told the publication that he “loves” the LGBTQ+ community but “not their doings,” meaning homosexual behavior — a variation of the classic Christian cliche to “love the sinner, hate the sin.” The cliche isn’t contained in the Bible, and a 2018 study found that Christians who endorsed the cliche had…

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