Lake Worth-area private school cancels Autism Awareness Week after pastor calls it ‘demonic’
As a parent of an autistic child, it is extremely disheartening to hear about the recent incident at a Lake Worth-area private school where Autism Awareness Week was canceled after a pastor deemed it ‘demonic’. The level of ignorance and discrimination displayed in the pastor’s email is truly shocking and unacceptable. The pastor’s statements about Autism Awareness Week being idolatrous and demonic because it supposedly takes away from Jesus are not only misguided but also harmful.
The pastor’s narrow-minded view that anything that teaches children to have their identity in anything other than Christ is demonic is not only a dangerous mindset but also a form of religious extremism.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker