It was a regular shopping day at Whole Foods in St. Louis when Anya Popov and her sister-in-law Larissa heard their daughters coming out of the female restroom in fear. The girls said they saw a bearded individual in the ladies’ room.
As they were enjoying pizza in the store’s cafe, their daughters showed distress, exclaiming, “Mommy, mommy, there’s a man in the bathroom!” This prompted the mothers to investigate the distressing claim.
Anya recounts the moment, saying, “We ran to the bathroom, and we saw a man washing hands. We questioned, ‘Excuse me, sir, what are you doing in the woman’s bathroom?'” The individual in question replied, “I’m transitioning,” leaving the mothers shocked.
With their daughters frightened, Anya responded, “If you’re a man, use a man’s bathroom.” “I’m still confused. I’m not sure who that is, who she or they are transitioning into, but looking like a man, use a man’s bathroom, she said.” The tense exchange continued, with Larissa expressing her sorrow for the individual’s circumstances as she encouraged them to embrace their identity in Christ.
The situation escalated when a store manager intervened, insisting that the Popov sisters must vacate the premises. Anya recalled, “The manager comes up to us and says, ‘You must leave the store now.’ I said, ‘Excuse me, why? She said, ‘You harassed my employee.'” Despite their assurances that they simply expressed concern for their children, the manager was adamant about expelling them.
Lamenting the further degeneration of the conversation, Anya described, “I said, ‘Ma’am, I come from a communist country. I came here for religious freedom.'” This sentiment echoed both mothers’ feelings of being cornered and stifled in their rights as concerned parents.
In a bizarre twist, the encounter concluded with a formal letter from Whole Foods, a month after the incident, banning them from all Whole Foods locations. Both women had their pictures included in the warning, leaving them stunned at what appeared to be a gross overreaction to their parental concerns.
The aftermath of the situation found the Popov sisters reflecting on their next steps and the implications of corporate mandates on individual beliefs. They expressed a hope for constructive dialogue and a better understanding of family values in corporate America.
As both mothers navigate these challenges, they emphasize the importance of speaking out against what they view as an alarming trend in public spaces. “Our religious freedom is being suppressed,” they lamented, highlighting the need to advocate for safety and freedom of expression in all environments.
Ultimately, Larissa and Anya’s plea remains simple: in the face of such polarizing policies, the protection of children and the right of parents to voice their concerns must be prioritized. “We just want some justice, and we want to shine light on this issue,” Anya stated, urging others in similar situations to consider the implications of silence and inaction.
She is such a loving, kind and gentle person, but sorry, I don’t think I would have addressed him as “her,” that is confirming his deception and delusion.
ANOTHER CONSEQUENCE OF THE WHIRLWIND America’s reaping thanks to the wind down by the constitutional framers, resulting from their rejection of the Bible’s moral law as supreme:
”[B]ecause they have … trespassed against my law … they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind….” (Hosea 8:1, 7)
Just think: Had the constitutional framers (like their early 1600’s predecessors) established government and society upon the Bible’s immutable/unchanging moral law (including Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, & Deuteronomy 22:5), there would be no out-of-the-closet, in-your-face LGBTQ movement proselytizing America’s children to their perverted lifestyle, because no sodomite, lesbian, or “transgender” would dare risk exposing themselves to petition government for their “rights” or to parade their wares in public.*
Furthermore, this is evidence that contemporary American Christianity has been dominionized by the secularists.
What was Christendom (Christians dominionizing government and society on behalf of their King) in early 1600’s America has tragically devolved into mere four-walled, stain-glassed, pewtrifying Christianity – best depicted by Christ in Matthew 5:13 as salt that’s lost its savor, good for nothing but to be trampled under the foot of man.
Time for Christians to get salty again and start taking dominion back the anti-Christs and non-Christians, as commissioned in Romans 13:1-7 and related passages.**
*For more on how the Bible’s triune and integral moral law (the Ten Commandments and their respective statutes and judgments) apply and should be implemented as the law of the land, see free online book “Law & Kingdom: Their Relevance Under the New Covenant” at https://www.bibleversusconstitution.org/law-kingdomFrame.html
Then “A Biblical Constitution: A Scriptural Replacement for Secular Government.”
**See free online book “The Romans 13 Template for Biblical Dominion: Ten Reasons Why Romans 13 is Not About Secular Government” at https://www.bibleversusconstitution.org/Romans13/Romans13-contents.html
Thanks for showing the letter which essentially says don’t come hear, we won’t say why. Legal translation is likely: we know if we actually said something then we might get refuted. Maybe ask MO AG Bailey if there are some kind of public accommodation laws that touch on free speech or a requirement for stated cause.
Applause for advocating Christ’s redemption power to someone.