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On Evangelicals, Church and State, Impeachment Day and the healing of our nation

December 18, 2019

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Whoever builds the house sets the parameters for w

Whoever builds the house sets the parameters for what is possible within it. Burned by the gains of the Civil Rights Movement and seething from a 1983 Supreme Court ruling that struck down segregation (Bob Jones vs USA), southern White men constructed the abortion debate framework in 1983 as a staging ground for cultural warfare.

Pro-life vs Pro-choice is an inhuman frame. It is meant to draw battle lines. It is meant to set the stage for winners and losers. It is so last-century. And it is inaccurate. Those who built the pro-life frame have proven beyond a shadow of doubt, what they really cared about is white life.

They profited off the breeding and sale of our Black babies.

They NEVER fought against the forced hysterectomies of Black and Brown and Asian and Native American women.

They dump toxins in our water supply and give our babies and mothers cancer.

They zone our neighborhoods out of access to fresh food and target our children for fake food that produces heart disease and childhood diabetes!

They kill our children with their police and then do backflips with double-twists to declare the “legality” of their death.

We know that poverty is one of two main drivers of abortion. Yet, the same party that claims to be pro-life consistently cuts funding for schools with majority Black and Brown populations, cuts funding for SNAP, and is hell-bent on killing Obamacare—which helped to lift tens of millions of people out of poverty.

I’m leaving this 20th century house of war. I want nothing to do with it. In that house, Black and Brown bodies burn as the collateral damage of white men’s culture war.

#donedone

I refuse to be at war with you. I am human. You will address me and my people as human beings—able to think and decide for ourselves. We will concern ourselves with one thing: How to thrive in this world.

You can take your manufactured culture war and shove it.

Join me for an honest conversation at my kitchen t

Join me for an honest conversation at my kitchen table with Steven Harris (former Director of Advocacy for the @erlcsbc — Southern Baptist Convention).

On “Why he just endorsed @joebiden.”

Friday at 7pm ET
Don’t miss it.

#kitchentableconvos #lshcommunity #jointhefaithwave

I.am.literally without words. The level of my rage

I.am.literally without words. The level of my rage, if released, would take me outside of my body screaming from my marrow.

Breonna Taylor was asleep. She did NOTHING wrong.

Yet, the BLACK REPUBLICAN Attorney General, who was a star at the GOP Convention, announced his finding that “according to the law” the officers were in the right to shoot to kill Breonna “because her boyfriend fired on the police.” AND The only officer to be charged was indicted because he aimed poorly. His poor aim endangered the neighbors.

Excuse me while I break this down.

1. The Castle Doctrine says EVERYONE has the right to defend themselves inside their home.

2. The AG reported that one witness says the police announced themselves. He omitted the FACT that 11 other witnesses declared the police did not announce themselves—and why would they announce themselves on a NO KNOCK WARRANT.

3. Breonna did not fire on the police. Yet, the AG justified her death based on her boyfriend’s LEGAL action.

5. The Grand Jury was never asked to rule on ANY charges related to Breonna’s death. Her death was ERASED from the record all together BY A BLACK MAN, beholden to white supremacists for the power he has.

6. The clear message: Black Lives Do Not Matter to the law.

7. This is NOT justice. This is some bullshit.

What does this mean? It means any officer could break into any Black person’s home and kill them and get away with it, as long as they aim well.

How do we stop this? How do we realize a world where Black lives actually matter?

We vote for Breonna. Her vote was stolen by a white man’s bullet. He will still get to vote in this election.

MULTIPLY BREONNA’S VOTE BY VOTING ON HER BEHALF.

Follow Conservative commentator, George Will’s directive. He said: The Republican Party is utterly corrupted. VOTE OUT Republicans up and down the ticket. EVERY.SINGLE.ONE. (See “Trump must be removed. So must his congressional enablers,” by George Will, The Washington Post, June 1, 2020 — LINK IN BIO)

#sayhername #breonnataylor #planyourvote #votethemallout #whythecourtsmatter #theallytour

We just had a powerful conversation with #Ohio mil

We just had a powerful conversation with #Ohio millennials! Next stop? #Michigan!!

Join us this Wednesday at 10am Easter for a special conversation with millennial leaders on the intersection of faith + justice. We’ll be joined by very special guest Lisa Sharon Harper and incredible leaders in Western Michigan working on climate justice, welcoming immigrants and refugees, and more.

RSVP link in bio @faith2020us .

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“THE DARKEST HOUR, as they say, comes one sliver

“THE DARKEST HOUR, as they say, comes one sliver of a moment before dawn.” - @lisasharper column @sojogram

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#Repost @npr ・・・ In 1993, President Bill Cli

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In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, the second woman appointed to the position. She was not first on his list. For months, Clinton flirted with other potential nominees, and some women's rights activists withheld their active support because they were worried about Ginsburg's views on abortion. She had been publicly critical of the legal reasoning in Roe v. Wade.⁠
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But in the background, Marty Ginsburg was lobbying hard for his wife. And finally, Ruth Ginsburg was invited for a meeting with the president. As one White House official put it afterward, Clinton "fell for her — hook, line and sinker." So did the Senate. She was confirmed by a 96-3 vote.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is walking with the ancestors

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is walking with the ancestors now.

We thank you, mother Ruth, for your indomitable spirit.

We honor you for daring to dream a world where the law sees women as FULLY human.

You held on as long as you could and made good on your promise to fight till your last day.

Thank you, Ma’am. ((Deep bow))

The stakes for people of color and women and LGBTQIA and disabled people and immigrants just became absolute and existential.

EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE.
Civil Rights
Voting Rights
Women’s Rights
LGBTQIA Rights
Disabled People’s Rights
Indigenous Rights
Environmental Rights

It is okay to sit in the silence left by her passing for now. Listen for the voice of God in that space. There, we will find two things; overwhelming love and unbridled courage.

#riprbg #ripruthbaderginsburg #voteforher #votefortheleastofthese #planyourvote #turbovote

*** This illustration of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was created for National Geographic's book In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo.
ILLUSTRATION BY KIMBERLY GLYDER

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We’re going live with the question that rocked the #lshcommunity this week.

Tonight at 7pm ET
@lisasharper on #IGLive

“What does it mean to be a Christian?”

#letstalk #christianity #2020

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