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Official Statement on the Buffalo Shooting, Replacement Theory, and White Supremacy
With broken hearts we mourn the senseless loss of 10 beloved children of God who were killed in a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 14. Celestine Chaney, Roberta Drury, Katherine Massey, Heyward Patterson, Aaron Salter, Pearl Young, Ruth Whitfield, Margus Morrison, Andre Mackneil, and Geraldine Talley were civil rights activists, community volunteers, parents, siblings, and friends. They were victims of a direct attack on a Black community — an attack that is emblematic of a rising wave of violence driven by white supremacists in the U.S. The alleged shooter sought to do more than kill. It was his intent to use this act of terrorism to promote the…
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Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government Condemning White Supremacy
The women of Mormon Women for Ethical Government join together today in a clear and loud expression of faith. White supremacy in all its manifestations is contrary to the will of God. His highest commandments are unequivocal: We are to first love the Lord our God and second love our neighbor as ourselves. This simple and brief direction, when accepted by those with integrity, does not allow for racism, oppression, hatred, violence, or any intimations of racial superiority. Supremacy and equality cannot coexist, either in the sight of God or the law. We have grave concerns that the president’s failure to condemn white supremacy — and his legitimization of white…
