Observer | Al Sharpton Rails Against Donald Trump's 'Wicked' Budget Proposal Observer Rev. Al Sharpton used his weekly rally on Saturday to assail what he called the immorality of President Donald Trump's preliminary budget proposal, and to urge his followers to organize in opposition to its program-slashing designs. The Republican ... |
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Rev. Al Sharpton and Attorney General Jeff Sessions met on Tuesday along with other leading civil rights leaders to discuss a wide range of issues.
Attending the meeting along with Sharpton was Marc Morial, CEO of the National Urban League, Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Melanie L. Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Womens Roundtable Public Policy Network, Sherilynn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Kristen Clarke, President of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Sharpton and Sessions spoke about the lack of outrage from the Attorney Generals office around the current hate crimes against various citizens. According to Sharpton: We were not hostile, but we showed holy indignation.
Among other issues discussed were the DOJ and the Voter ID law currently in the courts in Texas. Last week, the DOJ announced it will withdraw from the position that Texas lawmakers purposefully discriminated against voters of color by passing the nations strictest voter identification law in 2011. The laws were found to be discriminatory in the previous administration under President Barack Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Sharpton and the National Action Network also discussed criminal justice reform and specific issues that are before Congress, including the federal indictment of the policeman that killed Walter Scott and the status of the investigation of the Eric Garner chokehold case.
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On Wednesdays Morning Joe, co-host Joe Scarborough discussed with Rev. Al Sharpton the mens interpretation of Jesus specific instructions to provide everyone with access to health care.
After lambasting Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) for his recent comments about people having to choose to buy health insurance rather than a new iPhone, they then used a quote by Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) to denounce the sincerity of any Christian who would oppose government provided health care.
Just like Jesus said, The poor will always be with us. There is a group of people that just dont want health care and arent going to take care of themselves.
Marshall said, Just like Jesus said, The poor will always be with us. There is a group of people that just dont want health care and arent going to take care of themselves The Medicaid population, which is [on] a free credit card, as a group, do probably the least preventive medicine and taking care of themselves and eating healthy and exercising.
While co-host Mika Brzezinksi displayed shock and outrage through her facial expressions, Scarborough and Sharpton babbled on about this complete twisting of the Gospel.
The very mandate of Christ, they insisted, was the responsibility of His followers to provide health care and other government assistance to the poor. After accusing Marshall of twisting the Gospel, Scarborough and Sharpton themselves twisted the Gospel and message of Jesus for their own political arguments.
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Scarborough insisted that anyone who ever read Matthew 25 would understand what Jesus meant by caring for the least of these. He went on to refer to the Good Samaritan parable and the goats and sheep parable. Sharpton also mentioned the story of the rich young ruler whom Jesus told to sell everything he had and follow Him, in order to inherit the kingdom of heaven and denounced what he called selective compassion.
If one only read the parable of the sheep and the goats or another parable in isolation, it might be possible to misinterpret the message, or understood those who do misinterpret it. However Jesus is not providing instruction on the treatment of the poor, but instead warning of His coming judgment on those who believe in Him as Lord and Savior (represented by sheep) and those who rejected Him (represented by goats).
His followers embraced His message of salvation, and are saved by His atonement through the cross. Their acts of service represent how they treated Jesus message and His messengers versus those who rejected both Jesus message and His messengers.
In Matthew 25, the parable of the sheep and the goats is preceded by the Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Parable of the Talents. The Ten Virgins instructs Christians to be prepared for Jesus return, while the Parable of the Talents warns Christians to be wise stewards with the blessing of salvation. The responsibility of Christians is to tell others about the saving grace of God through His Son, Jesus Christ. The love and service Christians offer others is through the love of the Holy Spirit.
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Should Christians care for the least of these, meaning the poor, widowed, and orphaned? Absolutely. And to a great albeit ignored extent, there are churches and missions around the world that do so in the name of Jesus Christ. But did Jesus teach that it is the responsibility of the government to mandate health care to all? Of course not. Is personal salvation dependent upon ones treatment of the poor? No.
The government has no such reconciliation to offer.
Consider the thief on the cross next to Jesus who was promised paradise because of his recognition of who Jesus was the Son of God. There are no stories of this thief helping the poor or sheltering the homeless. He was saved by his faith. Charity, grace, and love are shown by Christians not to earn salvation, but to share the Good News of the Gospel. Good works are in response to the goodness of Christ.
Regarding the argument for the least of these being only those who Sharpton and Scarborough deem politically acceptable what about the unborn? What about the disabled, deformed, or unwanted? Are they also considered the least of these? Surely the most vulnerable in the womb deserve protection and provision for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Although Sharpton and Scarborough offered to teach a Bible class in which Sharpton could explain his reasoning for calling Jesus a refugee for his own political argument, teach compassion for the poor, and explain black history, they would likely benefit from refraining to provide their biblical interpretations. The message of Christ, His very mandate, is the need for forgiveness from sin and His provision through His own death and resurrection. The government has no such reconciliation to offer.
Katie Nations is a working mother of three young children. She lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Normal people dont fight the system, so you have to have abnormal people.
The words of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy hung in the air as the Rev. Al Sharpton addressed a crowd gathered at the Tishman Auditorium on the last day of Black History Month.
Urging reform on a host of issues school choice, same-sex marriage, voting rights, redistricting, and the rights of transgender individuals Sharpton spoke of the need for people who are willing to challenge the system rather than people who are looking for ways to find their place and security in the system.
You cant ask people to have an abnormal commitment when theyre embedded in normal processes, Sharpton said. I never forgot that, and at every meeting I have, Im reminded that when abnormal people start screaming and yelling, its when real change happens.
The American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and television/radio host made his remarks at Al Sharpton on Social Justice Today: The 2017 Henry Cohen Lecture Series, a discussion of key issues affecting civil rights, social justice, and criminal justice reform in New York City and nationally. The event was hosted by The New School; the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy; and Maya Wiley, senior vice president of social justice and Henry Cohen Professor at the New School.
Named after Henry Cohen, the founding dean of Milano, the Henry Cohen Lecture Series is devoted to advancing social equity in America. This year, the series will examine how to advance political, social, and economic inclusion in the context of the presidency of Donald Trump.
In the spirit of the series, Sharpton spoke of the need for a broad and radical approach to confronting civil rights abuses.
Under this administration, we must fight on various fronts at the same time for immigrants, for members of the LGTBI community, for Muslims understanding its all for the same reason, Sharpton said. The challenge of this generation, on this last day of Black History Month, is creating an intersectional movement that fights for equal protection under the law and equal rights for everybody.
Sharpton spoke of the right of transgender individuals to use the bathroom corresponding to the gender with which they identify.
Im one generation away from my mother, who wasnt allowed to go into any white bathroom no matter what gender she was; she couldnt use a public bathroom in hometown until she was in her 40s, Sharpton said. As the son of a person who had to hold her water until she could find a colored bathroom, I cant support bias against people who are experiencing that same situation.
Following his speech, Sharpton sat down with Wiley to answer questions about his experience finding his way to the civil rights movement, confronting homophobia in the black church, and the intersection of family life and protest movements.
Wiley recalled how, growing up, family activities meant a sit-in or a rally organized by her activist father.
Then, one day, my mother says, Were going to go on a picnic, and my brother went over to the wall of our house, and picked up a picket sign, and started picketing the idea, Wiley recalled. He didnt know what a picnic was. You were talking about the need for abnormal people. Well, we were right up there with abnormal.
Wiley went on to ask Sharpton about how New School students could build activist movements in the wake of an incredible expansion of protest sparked by the 2016 presidential election.
The idea is to never lose sight of the goal, he said. Too often, we got caught up in the style and tactics rather than goal. In the end, achieving the goal is what will matter.
And for that, Sharpton said, Were going to need some abnormal people.
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