Wyoming mayor: Sorry for fiery abortion clinic Facebook post

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Wyoming mayor: Sorry for fiery abortion clinic Facebook post

By MEAD GRUVER
May 3, 2023

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A new abortion clinic in deeply conservative Wyoming is stirring strong emotions, with the mayor of the state’s second-biggest city apologizing for a Facebook post some said evoked an arson attack that delayed the clinic’s opening by almost a year.

The post was intended to suggest hellfire, not violence, Casper Mayor Bruce Knell said in a long and at times tearful statement in which he apologized to the city’s residents.

“In poor taste, I made a comment that I feel was misinterpreted. I did not put a picture of a burning building. I didn’t do that. I put a picture of a guy dancing in a fire because in my religious beliefs: When you sin against God, you get to go to hell unless you repent,” Knell said at the close of a city council meeting Tuesday where more than a dozen people spoke for and against the clinic.

Wyoming lawmakers have passed a law banning abortion except in cases of rape or incest reported to police, or when the mother’s life is in danger. A state district court judge has put the ban on hold while a lawsuit against it proceeds. The state has also approved a first-in-the-nation ban on abortion pills, which is set to take effect in July.

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[NJCher]

1. "Because in my religious beliefs"

What’s wrong with this idiot who obviously doesn’t understand the separation of church and state?

[Victor_c3]

2. "The post was intended to suggest hellfire, not violence"

Hellfire sounds pretty violent to me

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Repent is nothing but an excuse to sin the first time and keep that bread truck rolling

[Walleye]

4. I'm sorry if you (mis)interpreted my remark, which I clearly intended to encourage violence.

Don’t Christians even know how to make a sincere apology anymore

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Here's a thought: keep your damn religion out of government.