A satellite church affiliated with Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill church has been vandalized, and a group calling itself ‘Angry Queers’ has claimed credit.
“Neighbors of the church reported seeing several young adults in black masks throwing large rocks into the windows,” a church news release said. “Police stated that a bank in the area was also vandalized in the same way and that they believe the vandalism was planned ahead of time, most likely by an activist group.”
On Tuesday, KPTV FOX 12 reported it had received an email from someone using the name “Angry Queers” and claiming responsibility.
Mars Hill Portland opened last October. During the first service, protesters gathered in front of the church and yelled obscenities at worshipers to speak out against the church’s stance on homosexuality.
Well, maybe … but I’m skeptical. Gays don’t have much history of violent protest — excepting the gaudy, blinding, eyeball-assaulting get-ups worn at ACT UP! parades, I mean. Nor does it make much sense to go vandalize a bank in the same outing.
Perhaps it’s just my exceeding wickedness but, given the turmoil surrounding Driscoll just now and the fact that this is a new satellite church, I’m wondering if a look at the books would show it’s a failed expansion that needs a casus belli for retreat.
