Take a look at this CNN video featuring Reverend Spencer Frances Barrett and D. A. King discussing the “New Sanctuary Movement.”
People like the good Reverend who interpret scripture to suit their purposes, bother me. If I recall correctly, the New Testament doesn’t even support the ideas that slaves should be rebellious. I don’t mind the debate about what to do with and about illegal aliens, but injecting the church into it is a little much. No, it’s not a little much, it’s ridiculous.
I don’t remember Martin Luther King hiding in churches. It also seems to me that he got arrested for protesting bad laws, rather than breaking the bad law itself. I could be wrong, but that is what I remember.
Now if you want to break the law, whether you call it civil disobedience or something else, in order to make a point, that is fine with me. Have at it, but if you get arrested, don’t blame the police. Just don’t hide in the church building (or on the church farm) as if God has blessed your efforts in particular. After all, even the devil thinks he is God.
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