Others were disturbed that the cross is being used as a political tool.
“I thought the cross was a symbol of justification, salvation, restoration, love and companionship in Christ, not heterosexualism,” one commenter said.Įither way, Facebook told Huffington Post in June that a cross emoji is not something it is preparing. … It’s all perversion.”īut many of the comments were opposed to the idea of a cross emoji - mostly that it doesn’t make sense as an anti-LGBTQ image. One commenter vented against the presence of the Pride Flag emoji, saying, “Lucifer and the LGBT community are perverting any form of God they can find. One of them was evangelist and Internet personality Joshua Feuerstein, who shared another member’s image on Facebook demanding an emoji featuring a white cross surrounded by a red circle.įeuerstein’s post generated at least 28,000 likes, 2,400 comments and more than 9,500 shares. That group consisted of conservative Christians who, chagrined by the nod to the LGBTQ community, wanted Facebook to give them their very own emoji - a Christian cross. But there were some who weren’t so enthusiastic about the colorful image that briefly took its place next to the standard reaction possibilities of Like, Love, HaHa, Wow, Sad and Angry.
