End the dictatorship.

This is some semblance of what I said at the "National Emergency Protest" Rally

I am Rev. Jay Wolin, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and chair of the Quad Cities Interfaith Restorative Justice Task Force. 

We have gathered here tonight in response to the President’s declaring a national emergency. Something we know is not an emergency,

something the president has himself said is not an emergency.

It is a self indulgent craven political move to act as a dictator rather then as a President.

There comes a time in history,

when we have to call out evil acts for what they are. There are  not good people on both sides of this argument.

On the one side you have The President unabashed lying and appealing to fear and racism currently being enabled by Republicans in the Senate.

I call that evil, I call it evil, because the outcome of that appeal, leads to suffering, to separating families and imprisoning children.

On the other side are people of good conscience. People who appeal to  compassion and love and justice. 

The question is what are the good people going to do?

We come together tonight find support amongst ourselves, to raise awareness of this injustice.  

But if that is all we do, then we are no better then the Germans who allowed their neighbors to be led to the gas chambers.

We are no better then the Americans  who allowed Japanese American neighbors to have their land stolen and put in camps during WWII,

and the truth is, we are no better because today we allow children to be locked in cages on our southern border.

It is not enough to be kind.

It is not enough to come to a rally.

We have to take action.

We have to organize,

we have to run for office,

we have to vote, Go to city council meetings,

go to school board meetings

make our voices heard, and if they don’t listen

we have to close the city down if necessary,

close this country down if necessary

until this evil is banished from this land. 

There comes a time when good people must make a stand and some times it takes a sacrifice on all our parts.

Now is such a time.  Now is the tipping point.

There is an old saying the most committed wins.

If we do nothing, evil will win. What will you do. There are many good organizations sponsoring this event tonight, Quad Cities Interfaith is having their task force meetings tomorrow night and I personally invite you to attend, but more so,

I ask you when you go home tonight to ask you conscience, to ask whatever God you pray to,

what are you going to do to end the evil acts of the Oligarchic Dictatorship that is currently running this country.

The future of our country is at stake.

The future for our children is at stake.

Now is the time.

If we wait much longer it will be too late.

Now is the time.  

Let me hear you say it.

Now is the time

Let us not falter in our duty to ourselves, 

To our families

To our community

To our country