Trans pastor Micah Louwagie of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church compared the Nashville shooter to Jesus Christ.
“There are a significant number of people who have deemed that the fact that the Nashville shooter happened to be a trans person, so it’s been reported, is just the excuse they need to call for the eradication of trans folks,” said Louwagie.
The pastor then compared opposition to transgenderism to Jesus’ betrayal.
“The disciples were afraid to even be associated with Jesus, lest they suffer the same fate, lest their bodies be put at risk,” Louwagie added. “I have observed that it is often the people with the most power and privilege who desert those they are called to defend when those people start getting harassed, beaten, arrested, targeted.”
Reporting from The Blaze:
Elsewhere in her sermon, Louwagie referenced the Holocaust and the internment of Japanese-Americans and compared those horrors to the experiences of so-called transgender people. The website for St. Mark's is rife with rainbow and transgender flags, and its mission statement expressly includes the so-called "LGBTQIA" community: "St. Mark's Lutheran Church is an inclusive community that welcomes all people—including LGBTQIA individuals and their families—to fully participate in the life and ministry of the church, and to know God's unconditional love for all people."
