I'd like to see more moderate/progressive Christians be louder in demanding human rights. I think we need a sustained ferocity that actively confronts the way the Religious Right dehumanizes/damages people. I think Jesus would be really pissed off right now and we should be, too.
I don't expect all people of my faith tradition to be as confrontational as I might be, but I feel like we're largely abandoning our calling to be light in dark places and to fight injustice. Conservatives are unapologetic in their hatred. We need to be in our opposition to it.
I grieve that we are still largely relinquishing the faith conversation to the wall-builders and vote-suppressors because we're trying to be nice instead of Christlike. You can love and still passionately upend tables. You can love and still explicitly name bigotry. Jesus did.
I'm encouraging people of empathy and equality to find their outside voices in these days. You can be the difference in someone else's story. You can make other people courageous with your courage. Love bravely.
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