WWJD — How can it be that “pro-life” leaders in Congress, so passionate in defense of the unborn, be at the same time among the gun lobby’s most steadfast supporters? “The gun lobby is no match for the cross lobby.”
— Very Rev. Gary Hall, dean of the National Cathedral
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The the Very Rev. Gary Hall, dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
“The Christian community, indeed, the entire American faith community can no longer tolerate this persisting and escalating gun violence against our people. Enough is enough,” said the Very Rev. Gary Hall went on to say, boldly: “The gun lobby is no match for the cross lobby.”
The question, however, is one of tactics and political firepower. A bevy of Seattle parsons did hold a post-Sandy Hook news conference. Sadly, the venting of hot air was testament to why gun control has secured so little traction in the Washington Legislature. Ten speakers held forth. They delivered no sense of objective or strategy to get there.
A few religious voices are, however, posing unsettling and needed questions: How can it be that “pro-life” leaders in Congress, so passionate in defense of the unborn, be at the same time among the gun lobby’s most steadfast supporters?
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