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A local church owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints features a large sign, visible from the road, which says "Visitors welcome."
43 year-old Frank, who is not a member of the church, decided to visit, but discovered that the slogan featured on the sign was little more than virtue signalling.
"Everyone looked at me like I was a monster," said Frank with disappointment. "I asked a woman if she was judging me, and she wouldn't even answer. She just backed away and started pulling her kids behind her. I was offended."
One of the attending members seemed to confirm suspicions of the homophobia and transphobia of the members as he complained about the outfit that Frank had chosen.
"He had pantyhose over his head," said James, the local Bishop. "And he kept waving his handgun at the members of the congregation, demanding that we hand over our money and jewelry."
Frank confirmed the lack of tolerance he experienced.
"Just because I sin differently than you doesn't make you better than me..." said Frank. "At least that's what I thought people who claim to believe in Jesus would think."
James failed to even refute Frank's point.
"Of course we want to be accepting of people who are different... but that doesn't mean we want armed robbers holding up our meetings to steal from us," said James. "I hope he gets his life turned around, but assaulting people in places of worship is unacceptable."
Other members of the congregation described their experience meeting Frank as "frightening", even exclaiming that they "thought he was going to shoot them" in response to having an unfamiliar face in their meetinghouse.
"We're not going to quit going to church," said Stephen, a 36 year-old member of the congregation who apparently teaches Sunday School. "But we hope that this was the last armed robbery attempt we have to endure."
Obviously, these religious organizations claim to be welcoming to members of the community, but Frank was deliberately shunned.
Probably unrelated to the bigotry he endured, Frank left the church property in the back of a police car, charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
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