Anti-LGBT pastor targets NC Macy’s — it lets ‘sex perverts’ use the dressing roo

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Anti-LGBT pastor targets NC Macy's — it lets 'sex perverts' use the dressing room
By: Pam Spaulding Friday December 9, 2011 7:08 am    

http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/12/09/anti-gay-pastor-targets-nc-macys-it-lets-sex-perverts-use-the-dressing-room/

What on earth is Dr. Ronnie L. Baity talking about? When he refers to "sex perverts" in the Macy's dressing room, he's referring to the fact that the department store chain, long known for its support of the LGBT community, recently fired an employee at a Texas store for telling a transgender customer that she could not change in the women's dressing room. For more, watch the ABC video below. The former employee, Natalie Johnson, has filed a complaint with the Federal Employment Commission, citing her religious beliefs "prevent her from recognizing transgender people."

Baity, the founding pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC and head of the fundie org Return America, is a well-known anti-LGBT force in the state, preaching bigotry and bias from the pulpit. His views are so extreme as to be laughable, but what isn't funny, however, is this disgusting e-newsletter he put out this week in the wake of the Macy's dust-up (emphasis is mine):

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The former employee, Natalie Johnson, has filed a complaint with the Federal Employment Commission, citing her religious beliefs "prevent her from recognizing transgender people."

I wonder if Natalie Johnson would be ok if an employee's beliefs prevented them from serving black people or Christians.