Pro-LGBT Pastor runs for office: ‘The Christian right needs a challenge from the Christian left’

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10/20/2024

A pastor from O’Fallon, Missouri is running for office as a state representative in a bid to “challenge the Christian right.” Rev. Shumway is an open supporter of the LGBT community. In 2021, 17-year-old Phoenix Lemke left his family due their disapproval of his queer identity. After days of sofa-surfing, Shumway took him in. “She was adamant in letting me know she supported me, and at some point I just started calling her mom,” Lemke told Yahoo NewsLemke said moving in with Shumway was “transformative”. He came out as transgender, saying: “With Shemway, I could do what I want, be who I want and kiss who I want without being called a slur.”

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