SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
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The “Slut Shaming Preacher” comes to Wright State; onlookers protest Olivia Rutherford News Editor Rutherford.24@wright.edu
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hat has become a norm on Wright State’s campus took a dramatic turn on Tuesday, Sept. 15 as a new “quad god” took the stage. WSU Police were dispersed throughout the area in case the issue got out of hand. Condom balloons floated down the brick sidewalks as Brother Dean Saxton of the University of Arizona raised signs as well as his voice as he faced the gathering crowd of students in the quad. When asked why Saxton decided to visit Wright State, Saxton said, “It’s a campus that [has been called] the armpit of campuses, so we figure that they need to know about Jesus Christ. It was pretty evident today that they did.” Cardboard signs depicting college binge drinking and two females cuddling in bed were held up to cover the signs and quad god preaching. Two female students were dressed in only bras and jeans, holding messages reading: “Love conquers all,” “No one asked for it,” and “God is love, not hate.” A gay pride flag was also raised in front of the quad god to block his view of the crowd. “I’m not religious at all. I don’t think it matters – religion or not,” freshman Matthew Fernalld said, “I just think anyone who says you deserve to be forcibly put into a submissive stance and been violated is kind of a sicko.” “I think Quad Gods get the conversation buzzing about spiritual issues on campus,” Director of WSU Chi Alpha, Jay Seidler said, “but I don’t think the feelings they bring about Jesus or the Gospel do anything for the message of Jesus.” “The way he approached it was wrong,” junior Josh Cunningham said. “He is definite-
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Dean Saxton, the “Slut Shaming Preacher,” stood Tuesday holding signs in the quad as onlookers gathered to protest ly not an example of how to preach the gospel to unbelievers in a biblical manner.” VICE did a documentary on the street preacher named “The Slut-Shaming Preacher.” The video was taped as Saxton
was getting ready to protest the screening of a documentary about a rape survivor. “It gets our point across to a huge amount of people quickly,” Saxton continued, “If I were to do this one-on-one, it
would take me a month.” Saxton graduated last year with a degree in Religious Studies and Classical Literature from the University of Arizona.
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