Posted on 05/21/2020 6:01:38 PM PDT by marshmallow
A Mississippi church that is suing to stay open during the coronavirus shutdowns was destroyed by arson Wednesday, according to local officials.
Fox News reports someone also spray-painted graffiti on the First Pentecostal Church of Holly Springs, including a message that read, “I Bet you stay home now you hypokrits [sic].”
Local authorities said there was an explosion in the front of the church, and the building caught fire sometime between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Wednesday.
Marshall County Sheriff’s Department Major Kelly McMillian told the local news that the fire is being investigated as a criminal act of arson.
It appears the church was targeted because it continued to hold services during the coronavirus shutdowns. Lawyers with the pro-life Thomas More Society are representing the church in court after Pastor Jerry Waldrop was cited by local authorities for holding services on Easter.
“We’re in a time where I don’t think it’s any secret that there’s a growing hostility toward churches, across the board,” lawyer Stephen Crampton said. “And now, here are churches like First Pentecostal that are sort of stirring up the waters by being outspoken and somewhat firm about seeking to protect their Constitutional rights.”
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Karen has a mean streak.
Some folks once crucified a Man and said that His followers would stay home too.
I remember that one didn’t go the way they thought it would.
Was it insured?
I read the article. I did not read this is a ‘hate crime’, just arson..
Hmm, a hate crime, first thing that comes to my mind is a bad LEO.
Must have been a White Church.
That is my conjecture, given how crime is reported these days.
Progressives are very dangerous.
Have they burned anything else, or do they only burn churches?
Holly Springs is about 76 percent black. I’m assuming by the lack of screaming headlines and talk of “racism” that this is not a black church.
Yeah, this one has that whole fake-crime feel. Especially the obviously deliberate misspelling.
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