‘I won’t let drag queens come in here’: Pastor asks man dressed as ‘woman’ to leave church
A pastor asked a young male who showed up for a religious service in drag to go home and put on “man clothes.” “I hold a standard in here,” Chicago Pastor Antonio Rocquemore said to the man dressed in women’s clothing. “Whatever you do on the outside is your business, but I would not let drag queens come in here.” “When you come into this house, if you’re a man, dress as a man; if you’re a woman, dress as a woman,” added the pastor. As Rocquemore continued to explain his request to the man, using the incident as a teachable moment, shouts of “amen” and applause from the congregation grew to a crescendo. “I’m not going to allow you to disrespect the House of God,” declared Pastor Rocquemore. The brief drama which took place at Powerhouse International Ministries was captured in a cell phone video and posted along with a profanity-laden paragraph on Facebook by Christian James Lhuillier. Since it was first uploaded four days ago, the video ha...