[Magdalen] A different sort of prayer request

[Ginga Wilder]

Prayers for a peaceful rally.  Lord God, have mercy.

Ginga

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Prayers, Grace. I'm getting really tired of the KKK and the alt-Reich. As
> the first couple of verses in one of today's psalms said, "Rescue me, Lord,
> from evildoers;
>     protect me from the violent
> ​
>  who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
> ​"​
>
> Charlottesville takes itself a bit seriously and will probably not have the
> attitude or warped sense of humor with which Newport, TN, up in the
> foothills of the Smokies, met the KKK a few years back. Newport had elected
> an African-American mayor, much to the surprise of some of its neighbors,
> but he was a local businessman who was well-respected and liked by his
> neighbors, who had grown up in the area and lived there all his life. The
> KKK decided to hold a rally in Newport precisely because of this fine
> gentleman being the mayor; apparently they thought some of the county folks
> would join them. Not on your life! In fact, their rather puny rally had to
> be guarded *from* the locals by sheriff's deputies and some THP
> reinforcements because the locals took such exception to them and some were
> armed, despite the mayor having asked them not to be. As one "good ol' boy"
> rather crudely put it, "He may be a n*** but he's our n*** and ain't none
> of them boys in bedsheets got any business here tellin' us how to run
> things." They basically laughed the KKK out of town.
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > For the City of Charlottesville, VA, and environs tomorrow, as they play
> > unwilling host to a KKK rally.
> > Many civic and religious groups are coming together with alternative
> > activities around the community, but there is also a group that feels it
> is
> > important to stand up as a witness against what the Klan represents.
> > And an item from the Washington Post this afternoon says the Klan
> marchers
> > plan to be armed.
> >
> > Just a dress rehearsal for a larger "alt-Right" rally here in mid-August.
> > And David Duke this week called his followers to attend that one...
> >
> > Lord, have mercy.
>