Looming large are a group of evangelical pastors, who have conveyed their worries over Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s administration’s appointment of LGBTQ liaisons last year, and the support of city government for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity policies.
Church roles
Stimpson, a Republican and the chief supporter for annexation, has enjoyed strong support in west Mobile during past city elections. His administration, for the first time in memory, is being criticized publicly for not being conservative enough on social issues, particularly on LGBTQ policies.The Rev. David Roach, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Saraland and a representative with the Mobile Baptist Association, said the pastors within his association are not taking an official position.
“Whatever the outcome of the annexation election, Mobile Baptists will continue urging the city to preserve religious liberty for all its residents and to refrain from using public funds for Pride celebrations,” Roach said. “We will stand with the mayor’s office in any work it does to uphold these priorities.”delivered a prayer at a Mobile City Council meeting that urged for the protection of children from “ideologies that have zeroed in on them.
Johnson was one of 43 Mobile pastors who signed a letter last month claiming that the “activist use of voter and taxpayer funds creates deep divisions among our citizens.” The letter likened drag performances in parks or libraries – both of which have occurred in Mobile – as a “form of grooming.”that “only 29% of Americans” find drag performances at public venues appropriate. Rasmussen has long been criticized for having a pro-GOP bias.
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