Religious Leaders In Westmoreland County Object To 'Drag Queen Bingo' Fundraisers

[MineralMan]

Bingo as a fundraising tool is popular with many churches. In this Pennsylvania community, though, Bingo is not so popular when the games are held at volunteer fire departments and staffed by drag queens. So, seven Christian churches are protesting these Bingo nights. It's rather unclear, though, whether the objection is to the drag queens who host the gaming or to the competition with church-run bingo games. Since the secular, drag queen bingo games have raised over $200,000, apparently those games are quite popular with local residents. Apparently the funds are raised to support the volunteer fire departments, rather than the local churches. I suspect the objection is financial, rather than moral, but the article doesn't go into that.

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/06/15/drag-queen-bingo-objection/

Religious Leaders In Westmoreland County Object To ‘Drag Queen Bingo’ Fundraisers

WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) — Religious leaders in Westmoreland County are expressing concerns over fundraisers in the community.

The one catching their attention: drag queen bingos at volunteer fire departments.

A group of seven Christian churches in the Mount Pleasant Township area called “Christians Uniting” issued a letter to about 14 volunteer fire departments in their congregation area on March 20.

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“It’s a shame. It’s really a disgrace to not only the fire departments but to the gay community,” he said.

He says his group has raised almost $200,000 in their fundraisers over the past year.

[SoCalNative]

1. They need to GTF over it

and if they don't care for it then don't go to the events. It's not rocket science.

[MineralMan]

4. Maybe some of their regulars have opted for the drag queen bingo,

to the detriment of their fundraising? Certainly it would be more entertaining than bingo in the church basement, I'd think.

[dchill]

2. I believe in the separation of church and bingo.

[Thekaspervote]

11. Oh big smiles... chuckle chuckle chuckle

[RKP5637]

3. Fuck the churches! They need to go get a life and get out of others. ... so tired of their hateful

diabolical shit.

[MineralMan]

5. I think the problem is that some of the churches' bingo players

have shifted over to the drag queen bingo games. Now, that would be an alarming thing if your church depended on bingo for funding. Perhaps it's just all about money?

[RKP5637]

6. I think that is a lot of it, money ... and probably people have more fun with the drag queens.

Churches don't like their gravy train derailed.

[MineralMan]

7. A little covetousness among the faithful, it seems...eh?

Apparently there is a great love of money in those seven Christian churches, that is being thwarted by those drag queens.

I don't know, but there's something unseemly about this controversy somehow, I think.

[RKP5637]

8. As they used to tell me, "God works in mysterious ways!"

[MineralMan]

9. Indeed.

Perhaps the churches could hire the drag queens to run their lotteries, too, since they seem to attract patrons better. That might work.

[RKP5637]

10. Hmmm ... perhaps as pastors too ... might help with their problem with diminishing patrons

for church services and building maintenance cost. Imagine, more patrons, more money for Church, Inc.

[dchill]

12. Bingo!

[SWBTATTReg]

13. We have a similar thing in STLMO to (bingo, but not by drag queens but by gay groups) to ...

support pet shelters. I don't why the churches are objecting...there are enough causes out there that need money that I would think with all of the things needing money, the more the merrier...I suspect that they are objecting because it shows the gay community actually doing a good thing compared to all of the negative crap put out by some re. the gay community.

[House of Roberts]

14. I never saw a fully funded volunteer fire department yet.

They need the money more than the churches.

[Major Nikon]

15. The church lobby has long opposed gambling and lotto

Too much competition for the dollars from suckers.