“Our father brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” More than 150 years on from Abraham Lincoln’s now immortal Gettysburg Address, America has witnessed countless people dedicated to that proposition. But in the nation that gave rise to Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Harvey Milk, and modern incarnations like Janet Mock or Laverne Cox, tensions are rising as our country experiences wave after wave of open and flagrant acts of injustice and violence.
On Saturday morning, a heavily armed man burst in on a Jewish religious ceremony and killed 11 people before telling a law enforcement officer "I just want to kill Jews.” The mass shooting at this Pittsburgh synagogue, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history, represents a direct challenge to America's core values — that people of any race or religion are created by our Father in Heaven with the same basic and equal rights. This cannot continue in this great country we call home! Yet it has been, and I fear, will continue to be a threat to the foundational virtues of the United States of America, a fact that we, as the rising generation, need to thoughtful of.
This hateful attack wasn’t the only scare America has received recently. Numerous pipe bombs were also sent out to prominent democrats, leading to a nationwide manhunt for the man responsible. Two of the packages with explosive devices were addressed to the CNN New York bureau. Other targets of this vicious act of hate include Joe Biden, Rep. Maxine Waters, Robert De Niro, Sens. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Tom Steyer. Three new suspected bombs were apprehended Friday morning in Florida, New York and California. The packages were nearly identical -- six inch PVC pipes with wires, stuffed inside a bubble-wrap lined manila envelope. Six American flag stamps were affixed to each envelope with the return address of Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's office. Officials suggest that there may be more such bombs in transit, waiting to fulfill their dark purpose.
These, along with the, 6,121 instances of hate crime in the United States, and their 7,615 victims of persecution in 2016, show that we, as the rising leaders of this great country, must not be caught unawares. The world is changing before our eyes. Wars rage and hate persists, and as such we must be vigilant. We, the christian youth of America, must heed the call of the Holy Spirt, and go out into this dark world and share the light of Christ Jesus. Now, more than ever, our world needs hope, and Only God can give it to them.
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