Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.

A small-town Alabama pastor and mayor killed himself Friday, days after a local conservative news website published a story that included photos of him wearing women’s clothing and makeup.

F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, who was the mayor of Smiths Station and the pastor at First Baptist Church in Phenix City, shot himself in front of police during a welfare check, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.

Copeland’s private life was exposed Wednesday by the conservative blog 1819 News, which was once owned by the right-wing Alabama Policy Institute and whose top editor is a former Breitbart News contributor.

  • Dkarma@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How is that relevant. They were actively participating in a political party that is trying to oppress trans people. Nothing else here is relevant.

    This is my point. Being LGBTQ doesn't give this guy a pass. Others seem to think it does. There are tons of gay and trans Republicans.
    They are just as shitty as the straight ones.

    This is the key takeaway from this whole thing. This guy would rather kill himself than be seen as part of the LGBT community. A community which their own experiences told them would be welcoming and understanding and would have been.

    They could have been welcomed with open arms and they could have rejected republicanism and conservatism. Instead at the very end they made their choice to literally end their life instead of being known as part of the LGBT community.

    This was an easy choice for this guy. There was no grey area. I'm not sure why other people are pretending there was. No one forced him. Hell in a month no one would have given a shit.

    When Republicans start coming for the trans kids like they did with the gay kids…how are you going to tell the difference between the ones holding bats cuz of peer pressure or cuz they want to?