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A few days ago a friend of mine posted an image on social media from the Department of Homeland Security that I thought had to have been photoshopped. Forgetting the people who are leading this country right now, I thought to myself, there is no way this could be real. To my horror and surprise it was real, and it is not fantastic. The image is of a presumably white protestant church with the words, “One Homeland, Under God” with a social media caption reading:

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

– 2 Peter 3:18

May our nation continue to be guided by the light of our Savior.

This is white christian nationalism in action.

This is the type of radical and blasphemous theology that leads to the horrific murders of our siblings.

Yesterday Mansour Kaziah, Nader Awad, and Amin Abdullah were murdered in a house of worship. Abdullah was acting as the security that made it possible for this tragedy to not have been worse. As of the time of writing, only one of the murderers has been identified, both were teenagers. Hate speech was written on their guns. Allegedly there is a suicide note that contains white supremacist ideology.

Last week in my post Ignorance Personified, I wrote about the kkk in America, and the fact that the leaders currently in power are still chasing those ideologies. For over a decade (and longer) the vilification of Islam, and the rampant Islamophobia that has been pushed by american leadership has been shameful.

While walking up to a podium at a press conference, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria was confronted by an incredible woman who yelled, “This is a fucking direct result of your leadership! Your leadership! Our Muslim brothers and sisters have been talking to you for how long? You had to fucking listen to them, Todd, just like you did with ICE… Zionist propaganda. And you’ll keep doing it as long as it lines your fcking pockets, won’t it? Show something! Worse approval rating than a fascist dictator with shit in his pants.” She went on to say a few more things and you can watch the video here.

Christian national theology is killing our siblings.

I know I have been beating the drum of ripping out white supremacy wherever it takes root, and believe me I am tired of having to say it. But until all of us are free from this poisoned fruit, none of us will be free from it.

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Grace and peace my friends.