Last week 1819 News posted an article outing the Smith Station Alabama Mayor and Lead Pastor in a Baptist Church for his online transgender profile. The profile contained sexually explicit content.

In the interview he said that it was just a private personal hobby to relieve stress and it didn’t interfere with his job as Mayor or Pastor. This is not true. First, anything posted on the internet is not private. Second, there is a credibility issue from both a Christian and Political perspective. You can not stand and preach the Bible with any credibility if you are living a lifestyle that is contradictory to the teachings. Do as I say not as I do carries no water with people. As a politician, your values just came into question.

When this all came out he should have resigned from the church and as Mayor. Let the citizens of Smith Station, with the new information, decide if they still wanted him as their Mayor.

Sadly this didn’t happen. I can only imagine what his life may have been like after being exposed in todays social media life. I imagine the hate that filled his social media pages was unbearable. The disappointment and betrayal felt by some and disgust felt by others probably overwhelmed their compassion for a fellow man. I could be wrong on these assumptions but anyone who spends even a little bit of time on social media knows I’m probably right.

There is no sin that will not be forgiven by God, if asked. As a pastor he should have known this but his alter life makes me wonder if he believed it. I wish he would have stepped down and turned to his family to work through this. Tragically he chose to end his life.

Pray for his family and friends as they struggle with first the exposure and then the loss.

More Information has come out. Here and here. Keep praying for all involved.