Posted on 06/12/2022 5:12:52 PM PDT by Morgana
America's first openly transgender bishop resigned last week amid allegations of racism after firing the Puerto Rican pastor of a predominantly Latino congregation during an important Hispanic holiday.
Rev. Megan Rohrer, 42, who uses the pronouns 'they,' said that the 'constant misinformation, bullying and harassment' led to their resignation from the Sierra Pacific Synod, overseeing 200 congregations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern California and northern Nevada. Rohrer was elected in May 2021 to serve a six-year term.
The bishop faced allegations of racism after they called the police on a church member and her child, which church investigators called 'an egregious action especially when dealing with the vulnerable communities of Black, Indigenous and People of Color.'
Rohrer was also accused of wearing a bulletproof vest when announcing the dismissal of a popular priest, Pastor Nelson Rabell-Gonzalez, whom they had fired from the Mision Latina Luterana in December 2021 the day before the Feast of the Virgin Guadalupe, a major religious holiday for congregants of the Stockton, California church.
Rohrer had said that they had worn the vest when they made the announcement out of fear for their life.
Rohrer was unknown to the congregation on the day they came to the church to announce the termination. It was also the same day that the bishop threated to call the police on the child and parent in the church.
The accusation of racism is at odds with Rohrer's progressive politics.
Rohrer has been known for advocating for LGBTQ rights in street activism, preaching and writing and is also recognized for their work with the homeless.
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The headline alone could be the elevator pitch for a new sitcom.
IMHO the mentally ill will mentality ill.
So is “they” a drama queen or a drama king?
Ha ha!
Does anyone else have a problem understanding the use of ‘they’ when it is for one person? Is they schizophrenic? Is they a Sybil?
Sounds like a professional victim
When did Puerto Rican become a race? Aren’t the spanish caucasians?
It is linguistic barbarism. IMHO.
Drama it
The author of the article is an idiot for not using the freaks correct pronoun. Instead the moron used the mentally ill, demon possed freaks imagined pronoun.
It's Pat!
I will always love you California.
Me.
What I was wondering, as well.
Someone should buy it a hand held mirror.
Are ye a racist now, Father?
(Sorry couldn’t help myself.)
Well it looks like a ‘they’ is it a trans-man or trans-woman?
I don’t know which is worse: knowing that this kook was made a bishop and did kooky things, or reading this article and trying to figure who “they” refers to, only to discover that “they” is the kooky bishop.
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