Tennessee prepares for White Lives Matter rally in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro
More than a hundred Tennessee interfaith leaders have joined forces to condemn a white supremacy movement they say "cloaks itself with Christianity" in the wake of "White Lives Matter" rallies expected for the weekend in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro.
The leaders banded together to prevent a repeat of the events that took place in Charlottesville, where white supremacists and counter-protesters clashed last August—leading the Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency.
In a statement, 172 clergy members said white supremacist gatherings “have no other end but the promotion of white racial nationalism.”
“These organizations are founded on the principles of white ethnonationalism," the group of Interfaith Clergy said in a statement. "Our faiths call us to build bridges across racial and ethnic divides, not to dig deeper trenches."
The leaders gathered on Wednesday to hold a press conference to call for Tennesseans to ignore the protests on Saturday.
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