“I’ve just taken it in stride. In some cases, being a person of my faith will sometimes even open a door. Other times it will shut a door. You just deal with it.”
Keith Ellison
The congressman from Minnesota was speaking to the Washington Post about the challenges of being the first Muslim elected to Congress. (RNS)
“We went down into the dungeons where the captives were held. There was a church above one of the dungeons, which tells you something about saying one thing and doing another.”
President Obama
The president was recalling his recent visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, where Africans were held before being transported as slaves across the Atlantic Ocean. He made his remarks at the centennial convention of the NAACP. (RNS)
“Churches should have a security plan, especially now. If somebody wants to do something, they are going to do it. But if you have a plan in place, you may prevent something worse from happening.”
Brad Wells
Wells is a detective with the Madison County, Ill., sheriff’s office, where an Illinois Baptist pastor was gunned down in his church last March. Wells was quoted by the Alton (Ill.) Telegraph. (ABP)