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Gemma Ryder & Charlie Duffield

'Straight Pride' poster on church door promoting 'normal people' sparks fury

A "Straight Pride" poster promoting "normal people" has outraged locals after it was spotted on the front door of a church.

The offending item was allegedly removed by a member of the public, after being found pinned to the front door of the Cathcart Congregational Church in Glasgow on Monday.

It is a mystery to those living in the area with no one knowing how it got there in the first place.

The poster shows a man and woman alongside three children, with the slogan "Straight Pride", the Daily Record reports.

The message underneath says: "Because you wouldn't be here without normal people."

The drawing seems to indicate that heterosexual couples and families are "normal people".

A resident shared an image of the poster on a community Facebook page, after explaining how she came across the "ridiculous and homophobic" flyer.

She wrote: "I took it down after taking this photo, so it doesn't need to burn any other LGBT+ eyeballs."

Many were left appalled at the message on the poster.

David McDaid wrote: "Scum bags".

Erin McGuigan said: "This is absolutely disgusting".

Jamie McIntyre added: "I think that was made for young kids to see judging by the picture and words".

Cathcart Congregational Church and Police Scotland have been contacted for comment.

It is not the first time signs of this nature have been seen.

A number of homophobic signs were put up on windows in Waterford, Ireland, just days after flags celebrating Pride were burned and cut down outside the city's council offices last year.

A number of homophobic signs were put up on windows in Waterford just days after flags celebrating Pride were burned and cut down outside the city's council offices.

Twitter user Michelle Bryne snapped a picture of the posters, captioning her post: "Homophobic hate on show in Waterford City again tonight - covered the place in ‘straight pride’ posters.

"This follows the burning of a Pride flag and the cutting down of the replacement Pride flag in just over a week. "

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