Instead, there were photo ops, sound bites and a press eager to bear good news. He said he wished there had been less listening and more sharing of opinions and ideas. Moving beyond the rhetoric, that's the hard part. Participants criticized the lack of substance almost as much as they did the appearance of Gov. David Beasley, who spoke at a closed session of ecumenical leaders. It was ironic, they said, and inappropriate.
Nobody needs that kind of bullshit.
The church is in bed with the oppressor. The Rev. Darby objected to the format. I would have loved the governor to sit at the table, stay for the daytime session, maybe get chewed on, maybe chew some people out. The Rev. Gail Anderson Holness, who served as chair of the local organizing committee, defended the governor's appearance. We couldn't exclude someone based on their political beliefs.