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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts) Fri Jul 12, 2019, 01:03 PM Jul 2019

This makes me so 🤬 angry! [View all]

A 19-year-old member of the choir at Swansboro United Methodist Church in North Carolina was fat-shamed by a church leader who told her she shouldn’t be wearing jean shorts with her body.

Over the weekend, the singer, Jenna, went into the church’s bathroom to check her phone because a family member was in the hospital. She was confronted by Bonnie Sue Bihary, who immediately began to shame her by talking about how another “chubby” girl in the church wears an appropriate dress that comes to her knees, and why aren’t you doing that?

“So you’re sitting here calling me fat?” Jenna asked her off camera, her voice thick with tears.

The woman put her hands on her hips and asked her: “Oh. You don’t think you are?”

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/07/03/church-leader-body-shames-19-year-old-girl-fat-girls-dont-wear-shorts/

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This makes me so 🤬 angry! [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 OP

no excuse for that kinda shit gopiscrap Jul 2019 #1

If anyone had spoken to my daughter like that, there would've been hell to pay! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #3

Seems pretty typical to me. trev Jul 2019 #2

Or, no church! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #20

Well, that would be my choice, yes. trev Jul 2019 #25

That's so cruel! smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #4

He has only his fake doctor to blame for that. MrsCoffee Jul 2019 #7

But ... but ... he's *great looking*. trev Jul 2019 #26

Ah, I know the type. LuckyCharms Jul 2019 #5

I would have responded, "And you are ugly. The difference between us, 3Hotdogs Jul 2019 #6

Unfortunately, that is the way this country is Bettie Jul 2019 #8

That woman wasn't exactly skinny. cwydro Jul 2019 #9

Should she really be going sleeveless? lame54 Jul 2019 #10

OK, It's me, right? Does anyone else essme Jul 2019 #11

If she was 16, I could see the drama a bit more, but hey, who knows what's going on in her life. cwydro Jul 2019 #12

especially folks in church essme Jul 2019 #15

I think that's just normal to that age group now. They put everything on social media. cwydro Jul 2019 #19

Yep! I loved the "church lady!" essme Jul 2019 #22

Who knows how much that girl has been bullied and/or abused! I think she showed restraint by not Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #13

Really? Being told to wear a dress essme Jul 2019 #14

The woman is a bully! The best way to handle them is a kind word followed by a smack in the chops! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #16

Dude, whatever essme Jul 2019 #17

I am! Especially bean night! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #18

: onecaliberal Jul 2019 #23

It's a gas! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #24

! Kali Jul 2019 #31

Notice the fat shamer is not exactly slim herself. nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #21

Actually, I just saw the video and I was shocked! smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #30

Sanctimonious bitch! no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #27

I had no problem with the way she looked. Maybe this is more about envy. jalan48 Jul 2019 #28

It says the woman was forbidden from taking on any leadership roles at the church ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #29

She should have never been fat-shamed, especially by a fellow church member Niagara Jul 2019 #32

follow-up Celerity Jul 2019 #33

Thanks for posting! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #35

How christian. spanone Jul 2019 #34