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[quote=Anonymous]The church that Youngkin founded, Holy Trinity, used to have quite the progressive statement on racial unity on its website, with "Glenn Youngkin" as the first signee. It was taken down after Youngkin was elected, but the internet is forever.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211017213640/https://www.htc.us/vestryupdates/vestry-racialunity

[quote]HTC Vestry’s Statement on Racial Unity
CHURCH STATEMENT
Greetings Dear HTC Family,

The Vestry has an expressed leadership responsibility for establishing, refining, communicating and defending the mission and values of Holy Trinity Church (HTC). Over the past months, we have been starkly reminded by many horrific and unconscionable events that racism in our country is real. We, as the Vestry, feel compelled to express our solidarity with Black people and all members of minority groups – members of our staff, our congregation, and the broader community – to condemn racism in all its forms. Racism and dehumanization faced by people of color is very real, is in no way reconcilable with our Christian faith and requires us all to take action to make positive change.

Racism, by definition, is “prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.” Racism is hate. [b]Racism in our country did not end in 1865 with the end of slavery. It did not end with Civil Rights legislation of 1965. It did not end with the election of a Black president in 2008. [u]We are heartbroken, we are angry, we are afraid, we are ashamed and we are confused – all because we recognize that racism has not ended. [/u][/b]
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Then they ask the entire congregation to read a book which has been criticized as "Critical Race Theory" - that "inherently divisive concept" which Youngkin's first Executive Order forbid being taught in Virginia's public schools.

[quote][b]We have asked Derek and the other church leaders, working with the Vestry and the Racial Unity Committee, to develop a comprehensive ministry approach to racial unity. As a congregation-wide action, the Racial Unity Committee encouraged the HTC family to read Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation, by Latasha Morrison. 
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Hypocrisy much, Governor?[/quote]

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