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North Carolina Pastor Flies Christian Flag Above American Flag To Protest Gay Marriage
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The flag wars in the United States look poised to continue.
In the wake of conversation and consternation over the presence and placement of the Confederate battle flag and the gay pride rainbow flag, a Southern pastor is eager to ignite a new conflagration over the ‘Christian flag’.
Pastor Rit Varriale of Elizabeth Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina is calling on Christians to fly the Christian flag (at top) above the American flag in defiance of the US Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage.
RawStory reports:
“We hope congregations all across the U.S. will join us on this,” Varriale said. “And prayerfully it will sweep across our country as a message to congregations to reevaluate our priorities. We serve God first.”
“If you already have a flag pole at your campus, go ahead and flip that order around. Start putting the Christian flag above the American flag,” the pastor recommended. “If you don’t have a flagpole — we didn’t have a flagpole — get one, put those flags up there, and demonstrate to everybody that drives by you’re a congregation that’s committed to God first.”
Varriale told the Baptist Press that U.S. flag etiquette was “completely improper.”
“We should be flying the Christian flag above the American flag” as a demonstration that Christians will respect and obey the federal government up to the point that the government asks something that is inconsistent with what God has called His people to do,” he opined.
“If you already have a flag pole at your campus, go ahead and flip that order around. Start putting the Christian flag above the American flag,” the pastor recommended. “If you don’t have a flagpole — we didn’t have a flagpole — get one, put those flags up there, and demonstrate to everybody that drives by you’re a congregation that’s committed to God first.”
Varriale told the Baptist Press that U.S. flag etiquette was “completely improper.”
“We should be flying the Christian flag above the American flag” as a demonstration that Christians will respect and obey the federal government up to the point that the government asks something that is inconsistent with what God has called His people to do,” he opined.
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2015/07/anti-gay-north-carolina-pastor-flies-christian-flag-above-american-american-flag-in-defiance-of-same-sex-marriage-video/
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Chickenshit.
[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal] Or maybe an atheist braver than me could fly an null-set flag or AA flag above the christian flag 
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