Reverend Disavows Girlfriend Who Ranted About Whiteness In Wake Of Texas Floods

Reverend Colin Bossen condemned his own girlfriend on Monday who went on a racially tinged tirade about whiteness in response to the deaths of young campers in Texas.

Sade Perkins, an appointee to Houston’s Food Insecurity Board, lost her position after she raged at Camp Mystic for being a so-called “white-only conservative Christian camp” and claimed that conservative Texans would express little outrage about the children’s deaths if they were Hispanic or black. After she doubled down on her comments, Bossen said that he “disavow” her remarks, according to a statement from the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston’s website.

“My partner Sadé Perkins has made comments on social media regarding the horrific flooding that devastated Camp Mystic,” Bossen said. “I want to be clear that I disavow her comments.”

The reverend further noted that his girlfriend’s remarks “have caused harm to many who are experiencing terrible loss and anxiety.

“I believe strongly that all people have inherent worthiness and dignity,” Bossen continued. “Her comments were not in the spirit of the Unitarian Universalist values centered around love that my congregation and I share. I apologize to my congregation who has experienced harm because of her comments. I will continue to work to repair the harm this incident has caused.”

Joan Waddill, the board president of the Unitarian Universalist church, said that Perkins’ “offensive” remarks “contradict” the values of their church community, according to the church’s website.

“She was not speaking for the church, but only for herself. Indeed, her comments contradict the core values of our church. We are horrified to be associated with these comments,” Waddill said. “We extend a hand to this person to try to help her recognize the insensitivity of her behavior while we extend our other hand and what help we might provide to the families who have been devastated by these deaths.”