So here’s the deal.

Collegedale, Tennessee, became the first city in the state to offer same gender benefits to couples who work for the city.

Among the people that supported the measure was openly gay Collegedale police officer Kat Cooper and her wife. In retaliation, a local church has booted Cooper’s relatives out of the congregation.

It seems that Kat’s parents and family stood beside her in this fight but their church up and decided to shun them over it.  After attending the same church for 60 years …

Leaders at Ridgedale Church of Christ met in private with Kat Cooper’s mother, aunt and uncle on Sunday after the regular worship service. They were given an ultimatum: They could repent for their sins and ask forgiveness in front of the congregation. Or leave the church.

… the family’s support of Kat Cooper was as good as an endorsement of homosexuality, said Ken Willis, minister at Ridgedale Church of Christ.

“The sin would be endorsing that lifestyle,” Willis said. “The Bible speaks very plainly about that.”

People in the town say that Kat’s family practically founded the church.  Her mother has been crying for days.  Kat’s father was an elder there and Kat grew up helping clean the church with her grandmother.

Her family is standing tough, saying there is nothing to apologize or ask redemption for.

Ironically the church is named The Church of Christ.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

6 ¶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

I would suggest that Kat’s family take their unconditional love pearls as far away from the swine as they can get.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.