This is a striking statement from Mike Weinstein in the Salon interview:
"I was in Topeka, on a book tour, and the local Episcopal priest came out to support me and five hours later his church was burned down. And the local synagogue in Topeka, where I was to speak that night, was desecrated with spray paint saying, "F**k you, Jews" and "KKK," all that stuff."
Another church was burned recently by a Christianist. If any of this were racially motivated, it would be headline news. But because it’s religiously motivated – like Eric Rudolph’s terrorism – it gets ignored. At the very least, the national media should look into these stories and see if they pan out and if there’s a pattern.
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