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Parents and elementary school students entering a local church in Swedish Alingsås for an end-of-school-year ceremony last month were met with a sanctuary decorated with Pride flags. Outside, a booth handed out candy—and condoms.
Gunilla Gomér, chair of the local Sweden Democrats and parent, who attended the ceremony, told Christian publication Världen Idag,
On X, Gomér said: “The pastor spoke about the rainbow. Not from a Biblical perspective, but in true Pride spirit. Outside the church, Pride items and condoms were handed out to 10-12-year- olds.“
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“Pride and the Left have hijacked the Church of Sweden and its mission, in order to influence people in a direction other than the Christian one,” she said.
The Youth Center responsible for the condom booth told state broadcaster SVT it was a coincidence that they were there at the time of the ceremony, and that they usually have “a bowl of condoms” at their booth. But the Youth Center manager could not recall handing out condoms.
Principal Klas Karlsson told Världen Idag he did not feel the Pride content was out of place. “The pastor … talked about the equal value of all people, which I think was both appropriate and in accordance with the school’s governing documents.”
The Church of Sweden—formerly the state church—is a staunch supporter of Pride across the country. During Pride month, many churches, even cathedrals, are filled with Pride materials and flags.
Syrian-born theologian Gabriel Külen, a member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, reacted to the secularization of the Church of Sweden in an interview with Samnytt.
“When you in the house of God, together with the school, teach the children that this is normal, this is what is right, it is a form of indoctrination,” he said.
A female vicar in the Alingsås church defended the presence of Pride flags in the sanctuary to Samnytt, saying it was a way to “show solidarity,” and said the pastor at the ceremony only explained why the symbols were there.
“I would never urge people to switch churches,” Külen said, “but I would say to them: Who is your God? If Jesus Christ is your God, then you should take a closer look at the Church of Sweden’s beliefs.”
Parents and elementary school students entering a local church in Swedish Alingsås for an end-of-school-year ceremony last month were met with a sanctuary decorated with Pride flags. Outside, a booth handed out candy—and condoms.
Gunilla Gomér, chair of the local Sweden Democrats and parent, who attended the ceremony, told Christian publication Världen Idag,
On X, Gomér said: “The pastor spoke about the rainbow. Not from a Biblical perspective, but in true Pride spirit. Outside the church, Pride items and condoms were handed out to 10-12-year- olds.“
https://xcancel.com/GunillaGomer/status/1933749879144140915
“Pride and the Left have hijacked the Church of Sweden and its mission, in order to influence people in a direction other than the Christian one,” she said.
The Youth Center responsible for the condom booth told state broadcaster SVT it was a coincidence that they were there at the time of the ceremony, and that they usually have “a bowl of condoms” at their booth. But the Youth Center manager could not recall handing out condoms.
Principal Klas Karlsson told Världen Idag he did not feel the Pride content was out of place. “The pastor … talked about the equal value of all people, which I think was both appropriate and in accordance with the school’s governing documents.”
The Church of Sweden—formerly the state church—is a staunch supporter of Pride across the country. During Pride month, many churches, even cathedrals, are filled with Pride materials and flags.
Syrian-born theologian Gabriel Külen, a member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, reacted to the secularization of the Church of Sweden in an interview with Samnytt.
“When you in the house of God, together with the school, teach the children that this is normal, this is what is right, it is a form of indoctrination,” he said.
A female vicar in the Alingsås church defended the presence of Pride flags in the sanctuary to Samnytt, saying it was a way to “show solidarity,” and said the pastor at the ceremony only explained why the symbols were there.
“I would never urge people to switch churches,” Külen said, “but I would say to them: Who is your God? If Jesus Christ is your God, then you should take a closer look at the Church of Sweden’s beliefs.”
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