In response to U.S. Justice Department pressure to rescind its "bathroom" law, North Carolina has gone on the offensive, accusing the Obama administration of attempting to "rewrite" federal civil rights law:
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Over the weekend, we told you that the Southern Baptist Convention has been asked to endorse a ban on public display of the Confederate battle emblem. One of those quoted in the column was Russell Moore, president of the SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. As an aside, Moore told me he had an op-ed coming out in the New York Times that touched on Donald Trump and the 2016 presidential race.
The Bible calls on Christians to bear one another's burdens. White American Christians who respond to cultural tumult with nostalgia fail to do this. They are blinding themselves to the injustices faced by their black and brown brothers and sisters in the supposedly idyllic Mayberry of white Christian America. That world was murder, sometimes literally, for minority evangelicals.
This has gospel implications not only for minorities and immigrants but for the so-called silent majority. A vast majority of Christians, on earth and in heaven, are not white and have never spoken English. A white American Christian who disregards nativist language is in for a shock. The man on the throne in heaven is a dark-skinned, Aramaic-speaking "foreigner" who is probably not all that impressed by chants of "Make America great again."
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Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump may not have the blessing of U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who will double this summer as chairman – something like masters of ceremony – of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. But if/when Trump carries the day in November, we know who'll head up his transition team. From The Hill newspaper:
"Governor Christie is an extremely knowledgeable and loyal person with the tools and resources to put together an unparalleled Transition Team, one that will be prepared to take over the White House when we win in November," Trump said in a quote released Monday morning as part of a campaign statement.
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State Rep. Tom Taylor's charm offensive after his embarrassing DUI arrest continued this week with a spate of ads in local publications, like this one from the Dunwoody Crier at right:
Meanwhile, Taylor's sole GOP opponent in the May 24 primary, Tom Owens, who has had his own problem with restraining orders, has established his own social media presence. Note the cheeky bio below:
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