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Faith leaders’ activism shows organized religion can still be a force for good

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(RNS) — The Rev. Kenny Callahan sat handcuffed in the back of an SUV after distracting ICE from abducting one of his neighbors. “Take me instead,” he yelled. So they did. “I’m not afraid of you,” the pastor of All God’s Children Metropolitan Community Church in Minneapolis told them. The agents visited him in the vehicle three times, as he sat next to two other detainees, asking each time if he was afraid yet. “No,” Callahan answered each time. Finally, one officer told him “Well. You’re white. You wouldn’t be any fun anyway,” and let him go. Callahan’s story, first reported by the local Fox affiliate, is one of many compelling testimonies from the burgeoning revival of religious resistance to authoritarianism in the U.S.  **RELATED:** Progressive faith leaders found new power in protesting ICE. Can their movement survive success?…

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