Gov. Whitmer to Detroit pastors: Misogyny, racism and threats to democracy rising in Michigan

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Gov. Whitmer to Detroit pastors: Misogyny, racism and threats to democracy rising in Michigan

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https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/ ... 760378001/


Cons including those here intend on hurting lots of folks...some of them will join in on the violence, others will just quietly support it.

Speaking Tuesday to Baptist pastors inside a Detroit church, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said sexism and bigotry are on the rise in the state and country, lamenting what she described as threats to democracy, educational equality and abortion rights.

"There is no question that misogyny and racism and anti-Semitism ... is on the rise in our country and in our state," Whitmer said at a meeting of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, one of the largest faith groups in Michigan. "There is still very high stakes and a lot we could lose in addition to the things we've lost already just within the last week."

The group was gathered at Liberty Temple Baptist Church on Greenfield Road in Detroit to discuss boosting voter participation during what Whitmer called "a tenuous moment for our state."

"They've got election deniers now on boards of canvassers who said they would not have certified the last election for which there was not a scintilla of evidence of fraud," the governor said. "... This is, I think, a really sobering moment when it comes to our democracy."
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Re: Gov. Whitmer to Detroit pastors: Misogyny, racism and threats to democracy rising in Michigan

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To be clear, the Council of Baptist Pastors is Black-Baptist.

https://www.detroitbaptistcouncil.com/copy-of-about

They have their social problems. But the only white Baptists I could see even sitting down with her as an equal would be the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) or the Assocition of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists.

The Simon Legree Baptist Convention (SBC, JoeMemphis's denomination) doesn't ordain women, whereas the ABCUSA does. The entire concept of a female head of state makes their heads explose.
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