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Wake up America! Hate is tearing across our\u00a0country like a runaway train, and no one seems to be at the controls. The worst part is I’m not sure we even want to stop it, as hate has become our new form of entertainment.<\/p>\nWake up America! Hate is tearing across our\u00a0country like a runaway train, and no one seems to be at the controls. The worst part is I’m not sure we even want to stop it, as hate has become our new form of entertainment.<\/p>\n
We\u00a0tune into the news each night eagerly anticipating how presidential candidate Donald Trump will shock us. Love him or not, he’s got our full attention. We can’t wait\u00a0to hear what outlandish thing he’ll say next, as\u00a0he systematically maligns every human being\u00a0in this country except white males.<\/p>\n
You’d think the outcry would be so loud he’d have to slink away in shame. But surprisingly\u00a0the opposite is happening – he’s winning, and he’s winning big. So big in fact that we can no longer console ourselves with the assurance that it’s only rednecks and fools that support him. He is in fact, a man representing the people – Americans\u00a0just like you and I, living in communities all across the country, and sitting right next to you at work.<\/p>\n
Don’t believe me? Look at the other stories in the news. In just the last month\u00a0here’s some of what’s happened in New York:<\/p>\n
Wake up America! This is the world we’re living in, and if we want to see it change it’s up to us to stop the hate. Because as much as we’d like to believe otherwise, it is our unwillingness to speak out, confront injustice and change our own behaviors that has fostered\u00a0this environment which\u00a0supports the subjugation of others. And sadly, the biggest champion of its progression has been\u00a0Christians.<\/p>\n
Yep, I said it. Through direct action or lack of action, we have fueled the runaway hate train by perpetuating these notions that different is deficient and must be dealt with in the most severe fashion.\u00a0In many communities we have become homophobic, racist, misogynists who systematically turn away anyone who does not fit our mold of a perfect soul. I wonder, what would Jesus think of us now? Would he agree when we say…<\/p>\n
He is just so gay. Did you see how hard he was switching when he walked?<\/em><\/p>\n What is she? I don’t want her in the bathroom with me!<\/em><\/p>\n Why is that woman up\u00a0speaking? Shouldn’t a man be up there?<\/em><\/p>\n Build a mosque in my community? I don’t want those terrorists living here.<\/em><\/p>\n Keep those wetbacks out of this country! Send them back\u00a0where they belong.\u00a0I’m not wasting my tax dollars on them.<\/em><\/p>\n I highly doubt Jesus would relate to the movement he started so long ago, when His central message was about love, acceptance and inclusion. He didn’t offer salvation through shaming – it was grace that saved us all, and yet, we are so stingy with it toward each other.<\/p>\n We hide our hate behind the mask of Christian principles, but our words tell our truth. When we encounter members of the LGBTQ community, we are disgusted by their lifestyle – one we cannot stand to be around because it makes us so uncomfortable. So we talk about them, belittle them and freely share\u00a0our hatred of them with anyone we meet,\u00a0saying it is their behavior\u00a0we hate – not the human being. But how can that be true when they are not welcome in our homes, our churches and our communities? It’s awfully hard to share the love of God with folks we’re not even willing to see and spend time with.<\/p>\n