Some things are just not acceptable:

hate is not acceptable

Nazi symbols are not acceptable

mailing bombs is not acceptable

shooting people in places of worship

is not acceptable

shooting kids in school is not acceptable

shooting people in cars out of road rage

is not acceptable

shooting people at grocery stores

is not acceptable

starting a fight then shooting someone and

claiming you were “standing your ground”

is not acceptable

shooting anyone is just not acceptable! 

Hate is just not acceptable! 

Statements that we need more security,

more guns, more protection –

feeds hate; it is not acceptable.

Tearing children from their parents

is not acceptable

Putting children in cages is not acceptable.

Branding people seeking asylum as “invaders”

is not acceptable

Sending the military to keep them out

is not acceptable.

Rhetoric that stirs up hate:

against migrants, people of other religions, 

people from other places, people of other races,

people who are LGBTQ – or heterosexual, 

men or women, old or young, rich or poor,

people who are different from you –

rhetoric that stirs up hate is not acceptable.

Jesus said, “Love your neighbor”. 

He added no qualifiers.

All people are our neighbors.

All people are created in the image of God.

Love them.