Ex-For Today frontman Mattie Montgomery drew criticism from some of his former peers in the metalcore scene after expressing his controversial opinions on abortion on Twitter today, May 20th. Since disbanding the aforementioned Christian metalcore outfit back in 2016, Montgomery has dedicated much of his time to his The Altar Fellowship, which he founded and serves as a pastor of. Speaking via Twitter earlier today, Montgomery offered his thoughts as follows:
Imagine if, when asked about the brutal persecution and murder of over six million Jews, Hitler just shrugged his shoulders and said “My country, my choice!”
Just because someone lives in a place you control—a nation OR A WOMB—doesn’t give you the right to kill them.
— Mattie Montgomery (@ForTodayMattie) May 20, 2020
As you might suspect, his comments were not taken lightly, with a number of his former peers in the metalcore scene weighing in:
Woof
— Metalcore Gatsby (@FRONZ1LLA) May 20, 2020
Cane Hill frontman Elijah Witt:
bro nooooo bro
— JESUS CHRIST (@elijahwitt) May 20, 2020
Emarosa guitarist Matthew Marcellus:
?????????? I love when fairy tales dictate the way another person should live their life…..also killller analogy ??
— Matthew Marcellus (@MarcellusWallus) May 20, 2020
Hundredth frontman Chadwick Johnson:
oh wow big surprise this guy is still an idiot https://t.co/dLDky2Xd9E
— chadwick johnson (@chadwickjohnson) May 20, 2020
As of press time, Montgomery‘s post has generated 462 replies, you can dig into that here. Of course it’s not the first time the band or its members have drawn controversy as For Today had a colorful past in the metalcore scene.
Their guitarist Mike Reynolds was infamously ousted back in 2014 after he publicly expressed his controversial viewpoints on homosexuality. Montgomery himself also found himself in hot water for comments he made regarding the LGBT community and religion roughly a year later. He later attempted to clarify those comments.
2015 saw the band’s guitarist Samuel Penner ejected from the band, with Penner alleging they kicked him out over his religious alignment. That year also saw the aforementioned Reynolds accuse Montgomery of being in a cult.
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