Grace Christian School in Florida says it will only refer to students by their sex assigned at birth.

Also, pupils who are gay, transgender, or gender nonconforming “will be asked to leave the school immediately.”

Meanwhile, Reverend Carlton Funderburke of the Church of the Well in Kansas City, Missouri condemned his congregation last week as “cheap sons and daughters” for not “honoring” him with a luxury gift.

“That’s how I know you still poor, broke, busted, and disgusted, because of how you been honoring me,” Funderburke told his congregation. “I’m not worth your McDonald’s money? I’m not worth your Red Lobster money? I ain’t worth your St. John Knit — y’all can’t afford it nohow. I ain’t worth y’all Louis Vuitton? I ain’t worth your Prada? I’m not worth your Gucci?”

Apparently, the Reverend had requested a luxury watch from his congregants, but they had failed to deliver.

I’m not a person of faith, but I’ve read the Bible cover to cover three times, and I’ve read parts of the Bible many more times. I may not believe that Jesus was the son of God, but I think he was an excellent human being.

What I can say with absolute certainty is that if Jesus were alive today, he would stand opposed to the bigots of Grace Christian School and the greed and selfishness of Carlton Funderburke.

And I think it’s bizarre for any Christian to think otherwise.

I can’t imagine reading the first four books of the New Testament and ever thinking that Jesus would see gay, transgender, and gender-nonconforming people are anything but people deserving our respect and love. It makes me think that a certain segment of bigoted Christians either haven’t actually read The Bible or lack even a modicum of reading comprehension.

You would have to be really, really stupid to read the story of Jesus’s life and then do what the administrators of Grace Christian School have done.

As for Reverend Carlton Funderburke and his desire for a luxury watch, I would again point him to the New Testament, Matthew 19:24 specifically, when Jesus says, “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

Again, how could you possibly read this and think that you deserve a luxury watch on your congregant’s dime? Does Funderburke really believe that Jesus would approve of his actions?

I know Jesus was a nonviolent guy, but I can’t help but think if he were alive today, he’d want to punch every administrator at Grace Christian Academy and Reverend Carlton Funderburke in their stupid faces.

I know I do.

I’ll never understand it:

Why do these religious bigots and zealots seem to know so little about someone who is so important to their fundamental religious beliefs?