Posted on 04/21/2017 4:06:10 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A group of leftist activists wearing pink pussy hats disrupted a Christian opening prayer at Rep. Jack Bergman’s (R-MI) Thursday evening town hall in Gaylord, Michigan, shouting, “Separation of church and state!” as other constituents stood with their heads bowed in respect.
Dr. Derek Hagland, the assistant pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Michigan’s First District, had just taken the stage to recite an invocation when activists began chanting, “Separation of church and state!” to disrupt him:
“This guy was giving invocation,” Rep. Bergman’s communication director Farahn Morgan told Breitbart News. “He was not necessarily party affiliated in any way. That kind of reaction to him? It was the most aggressive that the crowd got during the entire event which was, quite honestly, shocking.”
She added that it was surprising that these activists refused “to engage in dialogue after months of demanding there be a dialogue. The display was upsetting for the constituents who attended and really wanted to participate in a dialogue and hear what the congressman thinks and share their thoughts with him in a constructive way. The activists’ behavior flew in the face of any constructive dialogue.” She described the incident as “a coordinated fiasco.”
Video footage of the event, provided to Breitbart News by an attendee, showed some Republicans and community leaders standing with their heads bowed during the prayer, despite the disruptive chants.
Some of the activists wore pink pussy hats, the same ones donned as a symbol of “resistance” during anti-President Donald Trump protests across the nation following his inauguration:
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Sickening. Just how disrespectful and outright rude the communistic left is. Disgusting.
It's a very conservative town. I wonder if those pinkies were from out of town in fact.
I will find out more about this soon and post it here.
I voted for Bergman as did my husband and we like him very much.
The dem who ran against him was as ugly as can be in his campaign ads.
Yep. No more Mr. Nice Guy. That’s the ticket.
The devil has hidden the real role of liberality in Christianity by raising up these false, illiberal, soi-disant “liberals.”
So of course, now all “correct thinking” people are lured into hating “liberals.” And factions are created that the devil rejoices in and God mourns.
People should not hate liberals. They should hate the illiberal fakes. Why can’t I be gay anymore without being homosexual? Same objection to linguistic sleight of hand.
I’ve had it.
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If they disagreed they didn’t have to bow their heads. But they could have waited till those who did want to, finished.
Bermnan is a retired 3-Star (Lieutenant) General in the U.S. Marine Corps, Bergman owns the distinction of being the highest-ranking military officer ever to serve in Congress. In addition to his military service, Bergman h
The comments are good on this one.
This is one of my favs....
"Wonder if they think those disgusting hats will need to have one tip cut off if their beloved radiacal islamists take over and perform female genital mutilation on them."
Bermnan is a retired 3-Star (Lieutenant) General in the U.S. Marine Corps, Bergman owns the distinction of being the highest-ranking military officer ever to serve in Congress.
The comments are good on this one.
This is one of my favs....
"Wonder if they think those disgusting hats will need to have one tip cut off if their beloved radiacal islamists take over and perform female genital mutilation on them."
These pinkies were from downstate or Traverse maybe. People in Gaylord are extremely civil.
This isn’t “disagreement”. But you know that.
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The spokesperson was “surprised they wouldn’t engage in dialogue”??? Don’t be naive. LIBS are lunatics. All they want to do is disrupt and desttoy. They need thrown out and crushed. Wake up. LIBS are a malignancy on civil society. No quarter to these vermin.
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Perfectly stated. That is why I completely shun every liberal once I become aware that I’m in the presence of one.
These nazi storm troopers are the same people we see hiding their faces on the streets as they destroy free speech.
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I seem to be the only one who rants about it, but I believe it should be a Federal crime to hide one’s face in public behind any kind of covering except for medical reasons, in theatrical work, or for children on Halloween.
I grew up near Roscommon and have family in Gaylord. These aren’t the locals there.
My guess is that they were punks bussed in from Traverse City or maybe even CMU or Saginaw Valley St.
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