Another case of homophobia shocks the world. In Colorado, United States, the pastor Ray Chavez decided to interrupt a wake after discovering that the deceased was a lesbian and that several photos of his wife were there.
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At the wake of Vanessa Collier (with glasses), the councilor of the New Hope Ministries congregation asked family and friends to take photos of her in the company of her wife. He stated that he did not know that it was the wake of a lesbian.
"It was a humiliating situation," he said. Victoria Quintana, a friend of the deceased.
After the embarrassing and prejudiced situation, family and friends closed the coffin and carried it out of the church. They took the coffin to the other side of the street, where a funeral home was located, which provided the mortuary chapel so that the funeral could continue.
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The Denver Post journalist stated that the congregation simply stated that "That's what Jesus would do" when commenting on what happened.
