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Wayne Church Raises Furor With 'Black Lives Matter' Sign
The Central Baptist Church in Wayne posted the sign as a vigil on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death.
A Main Line church is facing an uproar after they posted a Black Lives Matter sign on their lawn, according to a report.
The Central Baptist Church in Wayne’s “Undoing Racism” committee posted the sign as a vigil on the one-year anniversary of the death St. Louis-area teen Michael Brown, Main Line Media News reported.
The vigil pleased some onlookers, but several individuals heckled the event and sent in angry responses, the report states.
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One woman driving by reportedly yelled “all lives matter.”
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Organizers at the church said they were planning on taking the banner down after the incident, but the negative response motivated them to keep it up.
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