Posted on 04/06/2020 8:49:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A protester donning a pink suit and bandana mask was arrested Sunday afternoon at a COVID-19 field hospital in New York City's Central Park that is being run by an evangelical group whose leader has a long history of anti-LGBTQ beliefs.
“They have no business being in New York City,” the protester, William Talen, 69, shouted as six New York City Police Department officers, one of whom appeared to be carrying Talen’s rainbow flag, removed him from the park. “They are the virus.”
The 68-bed field hospital is run by Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical Christian humanitarian organization run by Franklin Graham, son of the late Rev. Billy Graham. Franklin Graham, as NBC News previously reported, has a long history of controversial beliefs and remarks, and his relief organization requires volunteers to adhere to a Statement of Faith, which says “marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.”
Talen, a performer who also goes by “Reverend Billy,” was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, according to an NYPD spokesperson, who said he is thus far the only person to be arrested at the field hospital.
In an email sent to NBC News, the spokesperson said Talen “jumped over the outer perimeter barrier of the Samaritan's Purse Field Hospital, a prohibited area” and was then “instructed to leave.” He “refused” and proceeded to plant a flag on a pole into the ground.”
Talen did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and while Samaritan’s Purse declined to comment on Sunday’s incident, a spokesperson told NBC News on Monday that the organization’s “focus remains on providing the highest level of care to all patients being treated at our Emergency Field Hospital in Central Park.”
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Franklin Graham said Samaritan’s Purse “treats everyone we help the same.”
“We do not make distinctions about an individual’s religion, race, sexual orientation, or economic status,” he stated. “We certainly do not discriminate, and we have a decades-long track record that confirms just that.”
Now, WHERE have I heard that before?
RE: Graham should hate the SIN, not the sinner.
The man does not believe that the gay lifestyle is a sin. He wants Graham to ACCEPT THE SIN and consider it NOT SIN. That’s his point.
It’s amazing how lost some people are to the point they would rather shutdown medical help which will result in people dying all because they can’t stand in the presence of Christians...
When are traditional Christian beliefs controversial? The spin is unreal!
I have a thought about that flagpole ...
Queer run amok
He is an American enemy
Protester arrested at N.Y.C. COVID-19 field hospital run by anti-gay evangelist, Franklin Graham
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Oh look. Another biased headline from NBC. Go Figure.
So they’re refusing glbtrpqxyz and POC patients? Is that the issue? Hello crock of crap.
Excuse my french...F NBC.
Post #2 above answers your question.
The left is just so tolerant of opinions different from their own.
/s
A person MAY be homosexual AND stupid...
There IS help for the stupid...but it costs. It costs some self-searching and belief in God and His Commandments...not "suggestions."
The sooner he learns that the better. OR when he passes away our good Lord will have a MOST interesting conversation with him.
That is a man?
Frisky, isn’t “he”? I wonder how long that’s going to last.
He's GOD'S enemy and Satan's friend.
OOOOOooooooooo, I wouldn't want to be in HIS shoes come judgment time. Yikes.
They should have included a trigger warning before printing that quote.
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