Posted on 08/01/2007 4:32:16 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
A Denham Springs man showed up at his uncle's funeral only to be kicked out by the pastor of the church. The reason? The man was wearing a dress. The pastor says he did the right thing. The transvestite insists he's heartbroken. WAFB's Caroline Moses reports on Dermaine and his dress.
Dermaine Johnson says he feels more like a woman than a man, and has for a while. He is attracted to men, and on most any day, he looks more like a woman. Johnson says, "This is who I am. I can't change that, that's me. Take me or leave me."
Dermaine put on a black dress and headed to his uncle's funeral earlier this month, only to be told he would have to leave. He says, "There wasn't no doubt they were judging me." Dermaine says both the pastor of New Zion Baptist Church in Denham Springs, and the pastor's wife, kicked him out of the church. He says, "He's like, 'Cause of the way you dress.' I was like, 'Hmmm, the way I'm dressed.'"
A woman says, "I was mad 'cause that's my best friend. I was mad." The woman did not want to give her name, but she says it was her father, Randolf Johnson's funeral, and he would have wanted his entire family to be there. She says, "I felt hurt, you know, it wasn't right and humiliating to us 'cause we are so big and people be trying to hate on us."
Johnson says he was close to his Uncle Randolf, too close not to go to his funeral. He says, "There is no way in heaven that God would want somebody to do this to somebody, just hurtful. I didn't like it at all."
Before Reverend Leroy Alvin Taylor of New Zion drove away from our cameras, he told us he did ask Dermaine to leave because he was wearing a dress. The reverend said, "You got to do what you got to do." Johnson says, "It made me feel like I was an infant baby, just left alone in the world with nobody to care for me." He says, "I came back home and I felt so bad, I just cried probably for like two hours."
He adds, "I wanted to be strong, so for my family, so I didn't hold my head down. I held it up." "I say, 'Come as you are, not to be judged when you get to the door,'" says Johnson.
Dermaine Johnson shows the dress he wore to his uncle's funeral
Like Jesus said, only the sick need a doctor. He shouldn’t have been thrown out.
I agree.
Still, that dress he’s holding up looks more like a bathing suit! He could at least have worn a tasteful skirt and jacket, perhaps with a feathered hat.
Agreed. The sinner should be welcomed, comforted, helped to deal with his or her demons, and only then exhorted to “Go and sin no more” — that’s what Jesus did.
Perhaps, but would Jesus condone sinning inside the church? Not an easy call.
“This is who I am. I can’t change that, that’s me. Take me or leave me.”
Ok..buh-bye.
Sinners should be welcomed, but not sin. The man should have dressed appropriately. Dressing like a women is a sin and should not be tolerated in church, IMO. But it was their funeral, so he probably should have left the decision up to the family. It's a tough call.
Further evidence of the connection between homosexuality and narcissism.
This man used his uncle’s funeral as a stage upon which to draw attention to himself.
That shows a complete lack of consideration for those who came to mourn his uncle’s death.
the guy's an unfeeling selfish jerk.
Hell of a place to make a statement.I would have thrown the bum out.But then I’m a hard ass.Flame away.
Yup. We left you. Go somewhere else.
Which commandment addresses this issue? Are Kilts excempted? Are women in pants going to hell?
Just my 2¢
Some transvestites are more convincing than others.
I think that dress would look good with pink pumps, maybe a nice scarf.
Yes, that's what's really tacky, in my opinion. Still, I think it should have been up to the widow/children of the deceased.
I suppose a parallel case might be if the deceased had a niece who was a prostitute and came to the funeral in "street clothes," which is what the man's dress looks like.
Wouldn't say you are gonna to hell, but if you believe in the Bible, Deuteronomy 22:5 is crystal clear on the subject:
22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Where’s the cleavage?
Trust me on this...no, he doesn't.
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