Christians to this Administration – Our Lives Matter, Too!

Perhaps I missed it.  Did you hear anything from anybody after the October 1st shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon that suggested that ‘Christian Lives Matter’?  Eye witnesses revealed that the shooter asked if students were Christians; and if they replied “yes” they were shot in the head.

The Roseburg Beacon News reported receiving this text from a female student who was in the classroom during the shooting: “The shooter was lining people up and asking if they were Christians,” the message read.  “If they said yes, then they were shot in the head.  If they said no or didn’t answer, they were shot in the leg.”

It seems that any person singled out to be executed because of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or ANY other factor is usually and unequivocally condemned by our leaders and institutions.  Isn’t it the responsibility of our political leaders to publicly condemn that tragic form of violence in the clearest and strongest way possible?  So where are they? 

It’s troublesome that President Obama and the establishment press have been virtually silent on Christians being singled out for execution during the mass shooting in Oregon.  Instead, it has focused on gun-control.

“It is difficult to believe that several days after the shooting, with the facts fully known, the White House has not addressed and condemned this targeting of Christians for execution because of their faith,” said Rev. Patrick Mahoney, Pastor of Church on the Hill and Director of Church on Hill in Washington, D.C.  “The Christian community is left to wonder what the response of President Obama would have been if a person had been asked if they were gay or Muslim, and then shot in the head.  Our sense is, if President Obama could call Michael Sam and Jason Collins and publicly congratulate them for being openly gay as professional athletes then he should at least publicly condemn the violent targeting of Christians for execution,” Mahoney said.

What say you – Do ‘Christian lives matter’?  Where is the outcry from this administration?  It’s deafening, isn’t it?

Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.

Chaplain (Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army

Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel

P.S. – I think ALL lives matter ... including those dying at the hand of ISIS!