Making Our Country a Safer, More Just Place to Live

“Making our country a safer, more just place to live”

My column about the Equality Act is excerpted from the March 28, 2021 issue of The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Fear, mixed with bias and misinformation, is a toxic combination. In recent weeks, this dangerous mix has been weaponized in legislatures across the states with regard to the Equality Act, sometimes with religious fervor.

In my view as a pastor, a woman, a sister and the mother of daughters, the Equality Act is necessary in order to make our country a safer, more just place in which to live by making discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity, against the law.

Continue reading at The Richmond Times-Dispatch.