Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Martin Niemöller, the German Protestant pastor UPDATE

Nothing and no one is perfect. This update on the Reverend Niemoller’s life and poem sheds new light on how he acted and was treated with respect to the German Nazis of the 1930s and 40s. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/19/then-they-came-for-me-a-hitler-supporters-haunting-warning-has-a-complicated-history/)

"Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are" Ben Franklin

1st Amendment - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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