Conservative Christians supporting gun reform
Tennessee General Assembly
- The Covenant School shooting activated conservative Christians in Middle Tennessee to express support for gun reform despite the pushback from others in their faith tradition.
- Faith groups on different sides of the aisle are coming together to back proposals like an extreme risk protection order law, in a search for a legislative middle ground.
- Faith leaders who have long spoken up about gun violence continue to struggle with getting support for certain proposals even while larger issue is receiving more attention.
Dealing with the grief of losing close friends in The Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, Kathy White mustered her power and that of fellow members at Christ Presbyterian Church to volunteer at prayer vigils and funerals.
White’s been a part of the Christ Presbyterian group because the Nineteen Eighties and serves as a deaconess who co-leads a bereavement ministry, so she’s accustomed to serving to lead the church in prayer and mourning. However not as a lot political advocacy.