Fox Commentator Todd Starnes Wails That Police Cars Can Have Rainbow Flag Decals But Not Bible Verses

June 26, 2017 Crackpots, Police

Todd Starnes writes:



It’s permissible in the United States to decorate police cars with rainbow flags to celebrate gay pride, but it’s not permissible to decorate police cars with Bible verses honoring law enforcement officers. The Houston Police Dept. is debuting a “Pride Car” for the city’s gay pride parade, the Houston Chronicle reports. Police Chief Art Acevedo is downright giddy about the new rainbow cruiser and the parade. The newspaper reports the chief “strongly encouraged” top police brass to join him in the march.

The rank and file, however, are not so appreciative of the police chief’s strong-arm tactics. “Our duty is to protect and serve, not participate in an event that completely goes against our religious beliefs,” one unidentified commander told the newspaper.

Houston’s decision stands in stark contrast to an issue I wrote about in May – when the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Dept. was ordered to remove decals bearing a portion of a well-known Bible verse from patrol cars. The decal, which had been posted on vehicles, bore the words, “Blessed are the peacemakers: Matthew 5-9.”

The commander has a valid point. These days tolerance and diversity is no longer extended to people of faith. Those who follow teachings of Christ have effectively been shoved into a closet — and that’s nothing to be proud of.

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