Church defends decision to host drag show for children amid backlash
from Premier:
A vicar in Southend-on-Sea is defending the decision to host a drag queen performance for children as part of the town Winter Pride event.
St Marks Church has received significant backlash online as a result of the show, but they have assured critics that the event was “a family show” with “nothing inappropriate”.
The church has been part of the Pride celebrations for three years in a row.
In a comment to The Echo, Mother Cherry Sandover said: “Saint Mark’s is proud to be an inclusive church that seeks to welcome and serve LGBT+ people. We do this because we believe this is what Jesus, who we love and follow, calls us to do.”
However, Tim Dieppe, head of public policy at Christian Concern, disagrees.
Speaking to Premier Christian News, he said: “Obviously, we do welcome people in church, but we also encourage them to follow Christian standards of holiness, purity and basic morality.
“That obviously includes sexual ethics, obviously includes respecting gender differences between men and women.
“That is not what is happening in this kind of event. Promoting drag queens in front of young children is not about inclusivity, it is about actually trying to indoctrinate and normalise unchristian behaviour.”
The event comes as US state Tennessee signs laws to ban drag performances in front of young children.
The new legislation, which is set to come into force next month, will ban “go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators,” from performing in public spaces.
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