“I figured a way out, a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers but I couldn’t get it pass the Congress — build a great big large fence, 50 or a hundred mile long. Put all the lesbians in there, fly over and drop some food. Do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals. And have that fence
electrified so they can’t get out,”
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Rev. Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, NC stated in his Mother’s Day sermon, responding to Obama’s public endorsement of same-sex marriage.
"And have that fence electrified 'til they can't get out, feed 'em. And you know what, in a few years, they'll die out. Do you know why? They can't reproduce." Pastor Charles L. Worley
The fence questions borders and boundaries, are we being kept out or is something trapped within?
The fence is open to interpretation, but for McCourt it heavily references ‘hate preacher’ Rev. Charles L. Worley:
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