Whites-only Christian gathering in Alabama
A three-day whites-only religious conference — which will conclude with a flaming cross — in Lamar County, Alabama, has some residents upset at the racist implications while the minister complains that his freedom of speech is being violated.
"Yes, we believe that the Europeans and their descendants are the chosen people of God," according to the website for Christian Identity Ministries, which is holding the event with Church of God’s Chosen. "We believe this, not because we think that the white race is superior, but because there is overwhelming proof in support of this belief. We do not back down from this belief, because we are certain."
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Some of the participants in the conference are Ku Klux Klan members, organizers said, though that was not a requirement.
"We don't have the facilities to accommodate other races, and we have nothing, not one bit of animosity, no racism whatsoever," Christian Identity Ministries Pastor William J. Collier told WIAT.
[chessdev] Numerous times on certain forums, it has been argued that actions that discriminate against people of color are not "racist" unless there is malice, animosity involved. Meaning, one can "innocently" believe someone is a thief merely because that person is Black, and that wouldn't be racist because blinding anger wasnt present at the time..
Well here we have friggin **Identity Christians** who are actually arguing that they are not racist!!! You get that!??!! A straight-up hate group that advertises "whites only", BURNS CROSSES, and has KKK membership is claiming that to have "no racism whatsoever"...
When a HATE GROUP can claim to not be racist...and they're saying the same thing some people on those forums have argued... maybe those argument should be reconsidered?
