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In reply to the discussion: 'The church was empty': Congregation walks out of service after pastor echoes Trump's comments [View all]SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)2. 'America: Love or Leave it' sign at Virginia church drawing both concerns and support
APPOMATTOX, Va. (WSET) - A church sign in Appomattox is drawing both support and criticism on social media and beyond.
Those traveling down this stretch of Red House Road drive right past this Friendship Baptist Church sign that reads, America: Love it or Leave It.
"Since weve had favorable comments on it, I thought Id just leave it a while," said Pastor E. W. Lucas, Friendship Baptist Church.
Pastor E. W. Lucas and his wife shared how he has put up signs since he started the church in 1979.
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'The church was empty': Congregation walks out of service after pastor echoes Trump's comments [View all]
RKP5637
Jul 2019
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'America: Love or Leave it' sign at Virginia church drawing both concerns and support
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#2
The unspoken objection to this kind of slogan is.....no one has said they DON'T love America.
LiberalLovinLug
Jul 2019
#20
I love the idea of "taxing the hell out of them" -- seems sufficiently biblical.
eggplant
Jul 2019
#52
Yep. I also wonder if he told Rump to leave the US, when Rump spent 8 years screaming and crying
Mc Mike
Jul 2019
#33
And according to the Bible, he lived very modestly and shunned the greedy.
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2019
#42
LOL. It appears as if "Friendship Baptist Church" has become a wallflower. The church needs to
catbyte
Jul 2019
#59