A Gay Man Burned a Bible in Protest at a Tennessee Book Burning

[Carlitos Brigante]

https://www.advocate.com/religion/2022/2/07/gay-man-burned-bible-protest-tennessee-book-burning

“It took him shouting ‘I Burned a Bible’ several times before they stopped cheering and realized they’d been had,” Hardin wrote in the caption for the video.

Attendees threw books into the fire as other congregants looked on, cheering and blowing air horns. Hardin’s husband joined in and informed the crowd of what he had done. “I burned the Bible!” he said to the cheering group. “Keepin’ my copies of Darwin’s Origin of Species and Fahrenheit 451!”

When the crowd realized what he was saying, they suddenly turned on him and started demanding he leave, with several men attempting to escort Hardin and his husband off the premises.

Once they reached their car, the couple staged one more protest as they shared a kiss to the cries of horror from those surrounding the vehicle.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Gilead, here we come.

This country is doomed, with MAGAt cretins burning books and taking over.

[vercetti2021]

3. Over my dead body

They'll have one hell of a fight on their hands

[pfitz59]

2. I saw the video earlier

He was a champ! The Xian nutbags went apeshit. "In Jesus' name I refute you!" He is a brave soul.

[vercetti2021]

4. I wanna be this dudes bestie

I'd done the same lol I'm trans and boy they'd screech like banshees

[Sneederbunk]

5. Is burning a Bible anti semitic?

[roamer65]

7. No, it's just a book.

He should have thrown in a copy of Mein Kampf just for fun, too.

[NullTuples]

10. That would've really made them mad!

[roamer65]

12. +1000

[Hekate]

13. "The Bible" usually means the Christian version, combining some books of the Old Testament plus...

… the New Testament.

So no, it’s not antisemitic. Unless you toss in a copy of the Torah. THAT would be antisemitic.

[maxrandb]

19. All the fundies I have met are "Old Testament Christians"

They call themselves Christian, but they haven't made it past the Book of Leviticus in Bible Study yet.

[roamer65]

6. It's a book burning.

You burn books at book burning.

The Bible is a book.

Mein Kampf is a book.

Throw ‘em in!

[Skittles]

8. I LOVE THAT COUPLE

[Poiuyt]

9. Of course, now they're going to say that all gays are heathens

[lagomorph777]

22. As if that would be a BAD thing.

[Poiuyt]

23. To them it is

[Blue Owl]

11. The gold leafing of a King James version adds extra sparkles

[Hekate]

14. They've got lots more guts than I would have-- I'd stay very far away from book burners...

Kudos to Mr Hardin and husband for their gesture anyway.

[Demovictory9]

15. sounds like an Onion article

[Demovictory9]

16. the video

[Scrivener7]

17. That is very gutsy. It took a LOT of courage to wade into mob drunk on its own righteousness.

Anything could have happened to them.

[Chainfire]

18. People who put their lives on the line for their convictions are called heroes!

[Emile]

20. Bwhaha +1

[lagomorph777]

21. HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!

Those guys rock!

[rictofen]

24. I think it's rather wasteful, but I support the right to burn any holy book

I support creating any kind of religious artwork including cartoons of religious figures, and blasphemy in general.

I oppose any notion of coddling or appeasing religious followers who get very angry or even violent when you desecrate their holy text, or insult their religion.