I have to use my voice to address the atrocious things that are being done and said in Charlottesville, VA in our country right now. It's absolute madness. I'm in disbelief that we as adults, we as human beings in this global society have not learned to be better than those before us. The hate, the ignorance, the anger, the violence, the racism, the bigotry and the evil being perpetuated right now in our country is unacceptable. What is the rest of the world to think about us? What are our children and grandchildren to think? All lives are important, but black lives are being disproportionally targeted, thus the entire movement. We are a nation of diversity and that should make us proud to our very cores. When a group of people is being treated differently, it should give us all pause. We cannot treat each other this way without consequence. This is not how Jesus showed us to be. These acts do not represent him. This darkness comes from a different place. I stand on the side of love, and life and truth. After so many have fought for the freedoms we enjoy, this is how we repay them? Is this the legacy we will leave behind? I don't stand behind this. I cannot and will not condemn this violence even though my skin is crawling and my blood is boiling and it would be so much easier to do so.

These acts of murder and terror will stand as a witness before God and humanity against you. You are utterly wrong in every way.