No evil was assumed. No one was accused of anything they did not do on the internet. Behavior was reported. That is not an accusation of anything. I assume obsessive compulsion combined with rigid thinking combined with poor theology combined with cultural insensitivity in the extreme. I do not need to confront him and ask him for his reasons. He explained his reasons on the altar. I would love to go to another church but it is 30 miles away and I have no private or public transportation. I think we have an obligation to call various religions out, our own or others, when others are harmed. I can assure you that a large part of the congregation there was religiously harmed. One or probably two were crying. mg