Kentucky Church Defends Long-Running VBS Skit Amid Mock Firing Squad Outcry
TL;DR
A Kentucky Baptist church faces backlash after a viral video showed staff in military-style costumes performing a mock firing squad in front of children during vacation Bible school. The pastor says it’s a long-running, symbolic skit to defeat evil, while critics, including Moms Demand Action, call it disturbing and unsafe; the church has not commented further.
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