Faith leaders across US join in decrying voting restrictions
AP In Georgia, faith leaders are asking corporate executives to condemn laws restricting voting access – or face a boycott. In Arizona and Texas, clergy have assembled outside the state capitols to decry what they view as voter-suppression measures targeting Black and Hispanic people. Similar initiatives have been undertaken in Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and […]
Texas faith leaders condemn new election bills as Jim Crow dressed up in a “tuxedo”
RNS Faith leaders in Texas condemned a pair of controversial election bills Wednesday working their way through the state Legislature, accusing lawmakers of trying to “dress up Jim and Jane Crow in a tuxedo”. An array of clergy and other religious leaders assembled outside the Capitol in Austin to express opposition to the bills, known […]
In the US, AME church delays boycott of Georgia companies, plans protest at Masters Tournament
RNS The African Methodist Episcopal Church and other historically Black faith groups in Georgia have delayed a boycott of major companies, planning instead to protest the Masters golf tournament while giving company executives additional time to combat controversial elections law in the state. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AME Bishop Reginald Jackson, who oversees the […]
In the US, Georgia faith leaders to leave water bottles around Capitol in protest of new voter laws
RNS Faith leaders in Georgia are fighting back against a new law that bans offering food and water to people waiting in line to vote, with many voicing opposition or planning protests against a statute they say targets people of colour. Religious leaders were quick to criticise the sweeping new elections bill, known as SB […]
In the US, Georgia’s new GOP election law draws criticism, lawsuits
Atlanta, Georgia, US AP Critics of Georgia’s new Republican-backed election law issued fresh calls Monday to boycott some of the state’s largest businesses for not speaking out more forcefully against the law, a day after advocacy organisations filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging it. In a letter to more than 90,000 parishioners, Bishop Reginald […]