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Pastor threatens school with lawsuit after daughter sent home for homophobic t-shirt
Metro Weekly ^ | 9/14/2020 | Rhuaridh Marr

Posted on 10/02/2020 7:10:07 PM PDT by simpson96

A homophobic pastor is threatening to sue a public high school in Tennessee after his daughter was sent home for wearing an anti-gay t-shirt.

Rich Penkoski, leader of extremist anti-LGBTQ hate group “Warriors for Christ,” told the Christian Post that his daughter’s First Amendment rights were violated after she was told to leave Livingston Academy in Livingston, Tenn.

His daughter Brielle, who is 15, wore a t-shirt with “homosexuality is a sin” written on the front, as well as “1 Corinthians 6:9-10,” (snip)

“My 15 year old was thrown out of school for the day for wearing this shirt,” Penkoski tweeted last month. “#lgbt wants to trample on your #freespeech rights while they cry for special rights.”

Speaking to the Christian Post, Penkoski said that Brielle was sent to the school’s principal, Richard Melton, who asked her to remove the shirt because of its “sexual connotation.” When she refused, she was sent home, he said.

Penkoski complained that one of the school’s teachers had an LGBTQ Pride sticker in their classroom featuring the words, “Diverse, Inclusive, Accepting, Welcoming Safe Space For Everyone.”

He seemed perplexed as to why Melton would allow the sticker, but not his daughter’s homophobic t-shirt, and said that Brielle wanted to “express her values.”

“She wanted to do this on her own. She wanted to go there to…express her values like all the other kids do,” he said. “They’ve got kids walking around with the pride symbol on their sneakers and pride clothing and nobody bats an eye.”

Penkoski continued: “She was basically censored. It’s not fair…that she’s told that she can’t wear that shirt and other people can wear the stuff that they wear.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: antichristian; arth; bidenvoters; gaystapo; homofascism; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; livingston; penkoski; sodomandgomorrah; tennessee; warriorsforchrist
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
"Homomisia"


Looks/sounds like a Harry Potter story casting spell.. ;)
41 posted on 10/02/2020 8:14:41 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: knarf

Just a thought. Why does the left get so wrapped around the axles for things like this? I’m going to go out on a limb and take a guess that most of them don’t believe in God, so why does something that they would say is supposedly His word offend them so much?


42 posted on 10/02/2020 8:15:58 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: simpson96
When someone comes out a “Gay”, the most compassionate thing to go is have them castrated. This will help avoid a lot of problems in their lives. It will also help to eliminate the threat of AIDS in society.
43 posted on 10/02/2020 8:21:32 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
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To: Smellin Salt; knarf

Probably because they worship a fake God who edits those intolerant, nasty verses out of the Bible.


44 posted on 10/02/2020 8:22:52 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: aposiopetic

He tried to get her to undress?


45 posted on 10/02/2020 8:24:58 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: joshua c

I am not accusing him of that. But it would be far simpler to ask her to wear a sweater or sweatshirt over the offending T-shirt than to ask for its “removal.”


46 posted on 10/02/2020 8:30:48 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: hal ogen

What if her father was an Imam, and her shirt had a quote from the Quran condemning homosexuality?


47 posted on 10/02/2020 8:35:00 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: simpson96

the father should announce a lawsuit against the author of this article too


48 posted on 10/02/2020 8:35:00 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: simpson96

so if she wears a T-Shirt that states a fact such as “Rape is a sin”, or ‘Murderers are sinners’ then she will be sent home because she’s ‘Rape-a-Phobic’, or ‘Murder-A-Phobic’??


49 posted on 10/02/2020 8:37:41 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: simpson96
"A homophobic pastor is threatening to sue a public high school in Tennessee..."

Lin Wood, please pick up the white courtesy phone...

50 posted on 10/02/2020 8:45:30 PM PDT by Mr.FixIt (Ethanol: Growing in four months what the U.S.A. burns in one day)
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To: reg45

> What if her father was an Imam, and her shirt had a quote from the Quran condemning homosexuality? <

Great question. I’m guessing the school would allow it, all in the name of diversity.


51 posted on 10/02/2020 8:48:23 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Lots of possibilities there.

Marxmisia.

Leninmisia.

Castromisia.

Ratmisia.

Pelosimisia.

Hollywoodidiotmisia.


52 posted on 10/02/2020 8:53:34 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: Fungi

Hate evil.
Call out the warning to the flock.


53 posted on 10/02/2020 9:27:33 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: simpson96
Rich Penkoski, leader of extremist anti-LGBTQ hate group “Warriors for Christ,”

What rhetoric.

Can you say *agenda*?

On his part, what did they expect from public indoctrination centers?

54 posted on 10/02/2020 9:30:43 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: simpson96

My next T-shirt:

Not “Homophobic”;

Just “Homo-Fed-Up”


55 posted on 10/02/2020 9:33:40 PM PDT by _longranger81 (Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; defend the defenseless; care for the unloved.)
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To: Leaning Right

#38. Let’s change “The Twilight Zone” shirt a little to “You are now entering Congress, The Twilight Zone” with a drawing of the Capital on it.


56 posted on 10/03/2020 1:04:58 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: TianaHighrider

Or tiered?


57 posted on 10/03/2020 2:38:00 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: simpson96

Diverse, inclusive, accepting welcoming safe space for everyone...I guess everyone really doesn’t mean everyone.


58 posted on 10/03/2020 3:25:35 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: simpson96

“homophobic”

One of the most misused words in the English language.


59 posted on 10/03/2020 3:28:36 AM PDT by kanawa ((Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel)))
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To: simpson96

1 Corinthians lumps it in with a host of other sins that nobody pays attention to when singling out homosexuality...

” Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”

Doesn’t stop a LOT of folks with these other sins from getting all high and mighty with other sinners...


60 posted on 10/03/2020 4:09:15 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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