The 85-year-old pastor who posted the message "America: love it or leave it" outside an Appomattox, VA church is standing by his message.
According to WSLS-TV, Friendship Baptist Church Pastor Earnie Lucas said he posted the message a couple of weeks ago on a sign outside his church to make a political statement.
A statement that reportedly resulted in some anger and vicious rumors.
"The church might be burned to the ground by someone, I don't know who. And that the word also was out that I would lose my life - that they would kill me too," Lucas said.
"I am not leaving. And I'm not leaving now. I'm staying until the Lord gets ready for me to leave," Lucas told WSLS.
Some locals agree with the church’s message.
"If you want to say things that are for the country, all of a sudden you're a racist or you're some other kind of 'ism'," said Charlene Rappleyea, "I think that's disgusting."
Something tells me Rappleyea is not alone.
For more check out WSLS-TV.