U.S. Equal Rights Compared To Satan By Virginia Church Sign, Atheists/LGBT Supporters Get Upset

Atheists are upset on behalf of the LGBT movement by a Virginia church sign that likens U.S. equal rights to the Satan of the Bible. It is claimed the sign must be a reference to the upcoming “decision from the Supreme Court on marriage equality,” although the pastor of the Chesapeake church denies these allegations. But what does the Bible say about equal rights?

In a related report by the Inquisitr, a Satanic temple plans on unveiling a nine-foot Baphomet statue on state capitol grounds. The upcoming Lucifer TV show that portrays Satan as a good guy has one million moms protesting the show by Fox.

Many people are doing a double-take when they see the sign Satan/equal rights sign.

“I was frustrated and angry at the time,” said Terri Young. “When I drove by it, I wasn’t sure I read it right. So I did a U-turn. I mean, what is that teaching children then? It’s not okay to ask for equal rights? If you do, and someone else thinks you shouldn’t have them. That you equal Satan? I don’t get it.”

What surprises so many is that the church sign reads, “Remember, Satan was the first to demand equal rights.” The church sign is referencing verses from the Bible, Isaiah 14:12-17, which reads as follows.

“What a comedown this, O Babylon! Daystar! Son of Dawn! Flat on your face in the underworld mud, you, famous for flattening nations! You said to yourself, ‘I’ll climb to heaven. I’ll set my throne over the stars of God. I’ll run the assembly of angels that meets on sacred Mount Zaphon. I’ll climb to the top of the clouds. I’ll take over as King of the Universe!’

“But you didn’t make it, did you? Instead of climbing up, you came down— Down with the underground dead, down to the abyss of the Pit. People will stare and muse: ‘Can this be the one, who terrorized earth and its kingdoms, turned earth to a moonscape, wasted its cities, shut up his prisoners to a living death?'”

In the New Testament, Ephesians speaks of “submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.” Many believe Galatians 3:28 is the strongest reference to equal rights in the Bible.

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

When WTVR spoke to locals about the church sign, they thought it must be referring to modern equal rights groups like the LGBT movement or black or Hispanic groups.

“Are they talking about the gay community, are they talking about minorities, are they talking about women?” one man said. “But any of them, it’s dogma over humanity, is all I kept thinking — how ridiculous it was to put something like that there.”

An atheist writer for Patheos claims the church sign is purposefully bigoted.

“[I]f the sign isn’t meant to be about one particular group, why leave up such an ambiguous phrase when that’s exactly how everyone is interpreting it? You don’t win if people are debating whether you’re a bigot or just plain ignorant.”

Pastor Mel Kunkle of the Taylor Road Baptist Church says his church sign was intended to make people think, not to offend them. Kunkle says the church sign does not target any specific group but instead says it’s about evil and how Satan tried to be equal with God.

What do you think?

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