Progressive Catholics Defend Congressman Cleaver From Missouri Redistricting

A notable column that probably didn't come through by way of social media feeds . . . 

Here's the progressive peace & social justice movement National Catholic Reporter offering a faith-based defense of Congressman Cleaver against MAGA and the Missouri GOP . . . 

The crux of their argument . . .  

"In announcing a special legislative session to redraw congressional lines, Gov. Mike Kehoe insisted the change would represent Missouri's "common sense values, rooted in faith, family, and freedom." Similarly, Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O'Laughlin claimed Kehoe "wants to be sure Missouri's representation matches Missouri's Christian conservative majority."

"Somehow, the plan allegedly rooted in faith values to represent Christians means driving out of office one of only three ministers in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a Baptist minister in Missouri who would be thrown from the third district to the fifth district that is currently Cleaver's seat, I reject efforts to bless this profane partisan power grab as based on Christian values."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

NCR: Missouri Republicans invoke Christian values to gerrymander out a Methodist minister