HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
A prominent Christian commentator’s transphobic tweet has spectacularly backfired, in one of those ‘warm the cockles of your cold, dead heart’ kinda ways.
ICYMI, Virginia yesterday elected the first openly transgender state legislator in the United States, beating the deeply bigoted Republican incumbent who had literally written the anti-trans bathroom laws to boot.
Danica Roem made history. She also sings in a thrash metal band, which is totally irrelevant to this story but is extremely cool nonetheless.
Anyway, back to our prominent Christian, Mr. Andrew T. Walker, whose website says he “serves as the Director of Policy Studies for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the denomination’s entity tasked with equipping Christians and local churches to address ethical issues facing society and the church,” but which I cannot make head or tail of.
Following Roem’s election, he tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/andrewtwalk/status/928079632464785408
And the replies, my friends? The replies are wonderful.
https://twitter.com/Lindzeta/status/928084902746222598
https://twitter.com/Lindzeta/status/928086184110317570
https://twitter.com/jamesggilmore/status/928085468310360064
My wife and I are preparing by loving our unborn child before we even know the gender. I suggest you do the same.
— Jeremy Khan (@JeremyMcLellan) November 8, 2017
I’m a Jewish parent. I’ve already prepared my son by teaching him not to be a narrow-minded hate-filled bigot.
— Charles Gaba isn’t paying for this account. (@charles_gaba) November 8, 2017
I’m no Christian but some of our text is shared scripture. So I’d begin by teaching my children to love thy neighbor as thyself. You should probably start there. In every situation. With every person.
— Jesse Olitzky (@JMOlitzky) November 8, 2017
Christian parent here. We’re celebrating. We’re preparing our son to embrace difference, not fear or discriminate against it.
— Rachel Held Evans (1981-2019) (@rachelheldevans) November 8, 2017
“There are people who are different than you are, but they deserve dignity and respect just like you do.” IT’S NOT HARD.
— Kelly With All the Causes (@khager) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/largeam/status/928089141950271488
https://twitter.com/SingerLouise/status/928286139802193921
https://twitter.com/AD_Armond/status/928090200676491264
My conservative Christian mom supports Trans rights. Stop using God to promote your lack of understanding.
— Rebecca Thompson (@Momof3gngrs) November 8, 2017
Teach them that in Matthew 19:12 Jesus explicitly addresses those who have surgically modified their gender and welcomes them into the kingdom of heaven.
— David Chasteen (@davidschasteen) November 8, 2017
I’m a Christian minister and a parent and I think we might have a little celebratory dance party… and maybe cake too. Hooray!!
— Erin Martin+ (@Perniepern) November 8, 2017
Check out the ratio on that thing. As we’re writing this, the original tweet has gotten 460 retweets, 1,400 faves, and a whopping 8,800 replies, which usually means the person has tweeted something really, really, reeaaaally dumb.
Go back and shove your egg head back into the deeply bigoted hole from whence you came, Andrew T. Walker.
*middle fingers up*
