Quotation in my church bulletin today:

[Tanuki]

"We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if our nation is to survive its own folly. Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest."
-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967

[JudyM]

1. Excellent! Communities need to rise up if we are going to effectively limit the impending damage.

[dae]

2. Thank you for sharing.

[Lucinda]

3. TY KNR

[Demsrule86]

4. My church prayed for all refugees today singled them out.

I am proud to be an Episcopalian....they are inclusive and do much good.

[volstork]

10. Someone carved a swastika

in the 102-year-old door of my Methodist church because we have banners that say "God's Love is of ALL."

Our senior minister refuses to remove it-- it is our badge of honor. The banners were torn down, but we keep putting them back.

[Alice11111]

14. Methodist too.Our banner:We welcome our Muslim friends

My father told me once that MLK said, if a man (person) doesn't have something worth dying for, then he (she) doesn't have something worth living for either.

There are a lot of denominations, including Episcopalian, that make the world better. It is so important not to be judgmental...unless someone else is judgmental and intolerant of diversity. Still, we should "try" to help them. We will usually be rebuked and cursed, but if we can change the hearts of just a few ignorant bigots, it's worth it. Remember, the Great civil rights leader, Sen Robert Byrd, was once a member of the KKK.

[Demsrule86]

23. That is wonderful...our church does so much good.

I saw a bumper sticker that said you can follow Jesus or you can follow Trump, you can't do both.

[volstork]

25. Wonderful!

Wish I had one!

[Demsrule86]

26. I am going to try to make one on my printer.

I have stickers.

[Alice11111]

16. !!!

[Demsrule86]

24. It was great.

No one approves of Trump's policies that I can see...even some GOP types.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

5. Our little town of 1000 persons

Put 280 on the street in protest with horns blowing from vehicles in support.

[plcdude]

6. This where

We are at - the time for listening and cooperation has gone. No one on the conservative side has listened or cooperated since the turn of the century. Thank you to my secret admires for the hearts.

[Kath2]

7. Right on!

I am not at all religious but that is a beautiful sentiment

[MaeScott]

8. I like your church!

[workinclasszero]

9. "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."

[Alice11111]

15. !!!

[volstork]

11. This is what

REAL Christianity is all about.

[raccoon]

12. What kind of chorch is this? I expected to read some right-wing BS. In my area (SC)

lots of churches are totally intertwined with the Republican, conservative, right-wing ideology.

[Hekate]

17. There is a vibrant liberal religious community & interfaith coalition in this country

Start with the Unitarian Universalists. Episcopal Church. Methodists. Reform Judaism. Just a start.

Various organizations include Tikkun, Sojourners, Faithful America, State of Belief -- and those are only the beginning.

I encountered some of these liberal-religious during my time with Planned Parenthood locally, others during the BushCheney era as people like Rev. Jim Wallis spoke out for social justice and genuine religious freedom.

In this country we have the misfortune to have the loudest and rudest voices be those of fundamentalist "Christians" with a narrow and ignorant worldview. Theirs is not the only pov, theirs is not the final word on the Gospel, and don't let them tell you it is.

[raccoon]

18. Methodists in my area are right-wing idiots. I went to 2 United Methodist churches

in my area (I was raised Methodist.) In one case, I had been attending a while. One day the
class got into every dumbass right wing meme you could imagine. Bitching that phone menus had an
option for Spanish was the only one I can remember now, but there were others.

I never went back.

the other one, the FIRST TIME I went, the class got into all kind of right-wing BS, how at the local hospital most of the babies born were non-white, and other such stuff. I said excuse me, I have to go, and left.

I never went back there, either.

I'm tired of this shit, and they ain't getting any of my money.

There are some UU's in the area, and maybe some of the others might be OK.

If anyone wants to know which Methodist churches these were, PM me. They are both in upstate SC.

[Danmel]

22. Most "conservative" Jews are politically progressive

Our Rabbi is a signatory to this letter from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and there was a large protest yesterday at Battery Park, sponsored by Jewish organizations.
http://www.hias.org/1900rabbis

[Bucky]

20. Isn't it cool when our prejudices get shattered?

[raccoon]

21. See my response #18. nt

[iluvtennis]

13. Wow, still appropriate 50 years later!

[Dorian Gray]

19. Great quote

and important for us all to remember.

I've always felt somewhat into politics and action, but was lazy. For the first time in my life I feel like we are at a moral crossroads and really need to take action, otherwise we are complicit in terrible things.