The Oak Lawn United Methodist Church sits in a neighborhood deemed the “gayborhood” in Dallas, Texas — and after Governor Greg Abbott’s recent order demanding that Texas cities remove political symbols from the roadway, the church decided to take a stand.

The church now features a freshly painted rainbow cascading down the church’s front steps, a public display of support for the large LGBTQ community.

“We see this as a bold statement,” senior pastor Rachel Griffin-Allison said.

The governor declared in a press release earlier this month that the Texas Department of Transportation would be removing all symbols, flags, or other markings that promote social, political, or ideological messages — emphasizing that taxpayer dollars should never be used to promote them.

The governor went on t

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