Tag: Sanctuary in Illinois

Give them your tired, your poor, your huddled masses . . .

Kenwood United Church of Christ
No troopers allowed in such a place

Dig this story:

Religious leaders offering sanctuary for Wisconsin Democrats

Leaders include Catholic, Jewish and Protestant faiths

Not kidding. It’s three AP paragraphs out of Madison, tantalizing uninformative. But do you remember when “sanctuary” meant beyond the altar rail for Catholics and the body of the church for Protestants?

Now it’s three hots and a flop for the wretched refuse of the teeming shore of the lake called Michigan and points west.

Wait, BizTimes.com for Milwaukee and SE Wis. has Rev. Jason Coulter, pastor of Ravenswood United Church of Christ in Chicago, and Rabbi Bruce Elder of Congregation Hafaka in Glencoe, Ill. as two of the plucky clergymen.