Bible-Thumped: Trans Woman Dares Councilman to Literally Cast First Stone at Her

The scriptures came alive like Peter Frampton this week at a Shreveport, Louisiana City Council meeting, as a Bible-quoting councilman got an object lesson from a transgender constituent. Councilman Ron Webb introduced a resolution to repeal a recently-passed non-discrimination ordinance, which he had opposed because “The Bible tells you homosexuals are an abomination.”

At a city council meeting this week, a trans-woman named Pamela Raintree turned the Biblical tables on Webb:

One of them was Pamela Raintree, a transgender woman who quoted the Bible to Webb, saying, “Leviticus 20:13 states, ‘If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, they shall surely put him to death,’” she said. “I brought the first stone, Mr. Webb, in case that your Bible talk isn’t just a smoke screen for personal prejudices.”

Minutes later, Webb withdrew his resolution without calling for a vote.

Here’s the local news video below:

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[h/t] Raw Story

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