Non-Christians Banned From Tennessee Xmas Parade

October 20, 2024 Christianists, Idiocracy

Hemant Mehta reports at the Friendly Atheist:

The 2024 Cookeville-Putnam County Christmas Parade in Tennessee is going to be a huge event. Huge enough that the local PBS affiliate will carry the parade live on December 14 because, as one of its leaders previously explained, it’s “one of the community’s most beloved traditions.”

If there are local groups interested in participating in the parade, whether walking in it or creating a float, all they have to do is fill out the application before November 29. It’s just basic stuff. You have to describe your entry, provide contact information, agree not to throw candy from your float (because it might cause injury!), and promise not to dress up as Santa Claus (because he’ll already be making an appearance).

Oh. And you have to agree that trans people don’t exist, that same-sex marriage is an abomination, and that human life begins at conception. It’s all part of the application’s Statement of Faith.

Read the full article. As Mehta goes on to explain, the parade is now operated by two local churches. But the county isn’t entirely blameless as last year they banned a local Pride group as a threat to safety, in part because members of the Pride group planned a vogueing routine. Hit the link to read the parade’s lengthy “statement of faith,” which features dozens of citations from the bible.



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