Allen Parr: Should Christians Support Black Lives Matter?
What the Black Lives Matter Organization stands for:
Defunding the Police
“We know that police don’t keep us safe – and as long as we continue to pump money into our corrupt criminal justice system at the expense of housing, health, and education investments – we will never be truly safe.”
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Support of the LGBTQ+ community
“We make space for transgender brothers and sisters to participate and lead. We are self-reflexive and do the work required to dismantle cisgender privilege and uplift Black trans folk, especially Black trans women who continue to be disproportionately impacted by trans-antagonistic violence.
We foster a queer-affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual (unless s/he or they disclose otherwise).”
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Disruption of the family
“We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.”
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The Slogan
Rephrased to not show support for the Black Lives Matter organization:
Every Black Person Has the Same Right to Life as Another People Group.
Romans 12:15 (NIV)
Source: The BEAT by Allen Parr
UPDATE: Black Lives Matter has taken down the “What We Believe” page referenced in the video and text above. The page is archived on the Internet Archive here. Below is a screenshot of the removed page.
