Religion Archive
Archives for June 2015
Official celebrations of acts of lawless violence in defense of white supremacy have no place in today’s America.
Thursday marked the president’s seventh speech on mass shootings in as many years.
“This one is black and white. There’s no nuance here.”
Local officials have called the Charleston shooting a hate crime. But it can’t be under state law.
The fact that it’s a black history landmark adds another layer of tragedy to the attack.
“At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries.”
“And sometimes you got to make noise to do that. Sometimes you may even have to die like Denmark Vesey to do that. Sometimes you have to march, struggle and be unpopular to do that.”
New religious freedom laws allow religious adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples.
This is why al-Qaeda and ISIS fight — and why they’re such a threat to today’s Middle East.