Should Kansas City Faithful Support Slavery Reparations?!?

The top writer on faith & morals in Kansas City seems to tacitly acknowledge that there is little enthusiasm for slavery payback as we endure another election season.

Nevertheless, local discussions persist and so former Kansas City Star newsman Bill Tammeus hopes to inspire the "people of the book" to take part . . . Here's the word . . . 

"In many places where communities are considering options for reparations, the work is being led not so much by people of faith who are acting as representatives of their religions but by politically appointed folks who see their work as a secular civic duty. In some cases, including in Kansas City, they are doing good work toward finding some kind of solution that can garner enough political support to be implemented. And I wish them success. You can follow the work of the Kansas City Reparations Coalition here and the Mayor's Commission on Reparations here.

But in much of this work, the voices representing institutional religion seem either mostly silent or unable to get much of a public hearing and response for their ideas.

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

Faith Matters Blog: Work on 'reparations' needs more voices of faith