Nearly a week after the Supreme Court's historic gay marriage ruling, candid reactions continue to pour in from across the country. In the latest viral moment, a little girl named Zea Bowling takes a stand for her beliefs at the ComFest music festival in Columbus, Oh. As a group of people celebrated Pride last Saturday, a man preached near a "Jesus Saves From Hell" sign. Zea responded by looking him straight in the eye and holding out her rainbow flag, showing everyone around her just how golden silence can be. Touched by her bravery, people walked up and gave Zea high fives and fist bumps. Perhaps no one is prouder than her father, Ryan Bowling. "Zea didn't just flash the flag at that hatemonger, and bail," Ryan wrote in a moving Facebook post on Sunday. "They went toe to toe, for several minutes, while he bellowed all of his fire...
- 7/1/2015
- by Nick-Maslow
- Popsugar.com
Sometimes the strongest statement has no words at all. Zea, a 7-year-old first grader, refused to be scared off or intimidated by a ranting street preacher during Ohio's Comfest this past weekend. Comfest is a free, community musical festival, but it turned into an impromptu celebration of marriage equality after Scotus' landmark ruling that granted gay marriages in all 50 states. Zea's father Ryan Bowling uploaded the video of his daughter to YouTube, saying that she was not there to protest but she was there to volunteer like she does every year. While the preacher shouts at her about hell and brimstone and sin, Zea stands quietly in the face of maniacal hate-spewing, bravely holding a rainbow...
- 7/1/2015
- E! Online
High five! A brave first grader named Zea was caught on camera by her father, Ryan Bowling, standing up to a homophobic preacher during Ohio’s ComFest last weekend. The 7-year-old, who held a rainbow flag at the free community musical festival which turned into a celebration of marriage equality following the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 26, bravely stood her ground as a man wandering through the streets shouted about Jesus Christ and how the “world will give you heartache and divorce.” Photos: Celebs' coming out stories Zea, [...]...
- 7/1/2015
- Us Weekly
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