On high alert
LGBT Police Liaison Megan Thomas After a terrorist incident at a local synagogue, LGBTQ groups are rethinking their security DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Since the recent terrorist incident at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, religious congregations — especially Jewish synagogues — and LGBTQ organizations in North Texas and around the country have been on high alert.
Congregation Beth El Binah — both Jewish and primarily LGBTQ — has arranged police protection for its upcoming services. Additional security measures are being taken to secure the building and keep attendees safe.
The Rev. Ann Willet, pastor of Northaven Church, has received threats because she’s a woman leading a congregation and because her congregation has replaced “United Methodist” on its sign with a Pride flag.
Those threats have been turned over to the Dallas police. And Northaven already had police protection in place at its services, for Willet and her congregation, when the attack at Congregation Beth Israel took place on Jan.
