City can’t force owner to remove “to be gay = death” sign
A Wyoming man who has painted “to be gay = death,” on his fence near a high school cannot be forced to remove it, according to city officials.
According to the report by trib.com, the sign is placed where many students walk to high school. Chris Trumbull claims that he painted it there because “because society is not looking at the truth.”
The sign is Trumbull’s interpretation of the Bible passage Leviticus 20:13, which states:
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
After refusing to remove the message when asked, city officials claim that the message is protected speech and there was nothing the city could do to remove it.
(Photo: Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
