CO Pastors Lie That Law Criminalizes Anti-Trans Speech

Denver’s NBC affiliate reports:

Evangelical pastors across Colorado claimed they were defying a state law by criticizing transgender people in their sermons last Sunday. But the law specifically protects their religious speech. “I broke the law during my sermon this morning,” said Ridgeline Community Church Pastor Chris Goble on social media. “Because resitance (sic) to tyrants is obedience to God.”

Goble’s sermon on Sunday in Castle Rock called out Democratic State Rep. Briana Titone by name. Titone is the first openly trans legislator in Colorado history. “What I’ve just said is now considered illegal,” Goble told his church. That is not true.

“The pastors and ministers that are anticipating martyrdom are going to be very disappointed,” said civil rights attorney David Lane. “Because this statute does not apply to them.” The statewide effort was organized by a group of pastors calling itself Fight 1312, for the bill number that became law with the signature of Democratic Gov. Jared Polis last Friday.

Read the full article. The new law protects trans people from discrimination by “places of public accommodation” and specifically exempts places of worship and locations “principally used for religious purposes.” Watch the report below by the always great Kyle Clark.

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