Pastors: Kelly Loeffler's Smear Of Rev. Raphael Warnock Is Broad Assault On The Black Church
12/21/2020 02:00 am ET
Their open letter equates support for social justice with an article of faith, and Loeffler’s attacks as an assault on religion.
By Mary Papenfuss
A stinging open letter signed by a coalition of African-American pastors in Georgia blasted Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s attacks on rival Rev. Raphael Warnock as a broader assault on the faith traditions of Black congregations.
Loeffler has attempted to tarnish the Democratic pastor’s reputation by repeatedly calling him a radical, a socialist and a “radical liberal.”
The letter, signed by more than 100 religious leaders, presented Warnock’s support for social justice as an integral element of his faith. When Loeffler attacks that, she attacks Warnock’s religion and the faith of Black congregations who believe in the same religious values, it stated.
“We see your attacks against Warnock as a broader attack against the Black Church and faith traditions for which we stand,” the letter charged.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the open letter demanded that Loeffler stop her “false attacks” on Warnock’s social justice theological and faith traditions “which visualizes a just and ardent world where love, fairness and equal justice under the law for marginalized people of all races is not only accepted as an authentic prophetic message in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, but also a central message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
More:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kelly-loeffler-raphael-warnock-pastors-letter-religious-attack_n_5fe020bdc5b6a7df6665a56a
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... I can think of a "radical liberal" she might not like...
