A church sign in Richmond that read 鈥渂e gay and horny鈥� last weekend got community members laughing after someone broke in and rearranged the letters.
The sign, at St. Alban Anglican Church near Granville Ave. and No. 3 Road, was broken into sometime on Friday night and the cheeky message was there for all to see on Saturday morning.聽
聽鈥淥h my god, it was so funny,鈥� said Dina Morgan, who drove by the sign while dropping her kids off at the SkyTrain station.
鈥淭he minute my little one, who is gay, said it, (they) started squealing in the back seat.鈥�
Morgan鈥檚 kids made her stop and take a picture on the way home, and the image made rounds on social media over the weekend.
Randy Murray, communications officer with the Diocese of New Westminster, said the sign casing was locked, but someone was able to break in.
The prankster switched the letters around, and took out the extra ones. The missing letters have not been returned.
鈥淵ou鈥檝e got to admire its pithiness,鈥� Murray said of the message.
St. Alban鈥檚 previously had an openly gay female minister, and might begin blessing same-sex couples following a National Church Synod vote this summer. It鈥檚 now changed its sign back to display the regular Holy Week message.
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that St. Alban's blesses marriages between same-sex couples. While the Diocese of New Westminster, which encompasses St. Alban's, has authorized some congregations to bless same-sex marriages, St. Alban's is not one of them at this time.聽
