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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Historic Christians take SPLC to court

A recent article about " D. James Kennedy Ministries (DJKM) filed a lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)" The SPLC has for some time called Christian groups that did not support Gay Marriage as hate groups. It is important to realize that the SPLC is a very leftist group. To see more about their groups see the article 7 Things You Need To Know About The Southern Poverty Law Center.

This comes at a time when an article on AToday recently suggested to White people to  support SPLC. In the article #charlottesville & #whiteprivilege. The author wrote the following list of what White people should do to not be racist.

"Here are some ideas we as white people can do right now in response to the events in Charlottesville.
  • Educate ourselves. There are numerous resources online for learning about the small ways we benefit unfairly from our skin color. Please don’t just go ask a black friend to educate you. If you want to hear what black people have to say about racism go check out some black voices on twitter. You might start with Ijeoma Oluo, an author and speaker who has made it her life’s work to educate people about racism and privilege.
  • Talk to our white family and friends about racism and privilege. This is one of the hardest things to do. It means having some uncomfortable conversations. But it is one of the most effective ways to end racism in America. If you have children, teach them about racism. Tell them what’s happening in America and teach them to be better.
  • Support one of the many organizations fighting against white supremacy. The Southern Poverty Law Center is one good resource, among others. There are some organizations set up specifically in response to Charlottesville also if you’d rather go that route.
  • Pray. Prayer is best combined with action but it is a valuable exercise at all times. God is a God of love and I believe his heart breaks to see such hate and evil exercised so openly in the world."

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