John Lewis, Civil Rights Veteran, Asks Black Clergy To ‘Fix’ Wet op Stemreg

WASHINGTON (RNS) Civil rights veteran and Congressman John Lewis urged black clergy to work for changes in the Voting Rights Act on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that removed key provisions of the law.

“It’s time again for religious leaders, the ministers of the gospel, to get in trouble,” said Lewis, speaking Thursday (Junie 25) at the Rayburn House Office Building to Progressive National Baptist Convention pastors attending a briefing.

“There are forces in our country, in Washington and all around America, want to take us back. But we’re not going back. We’ve made too much progress. We’re going forward.”

They gathered two years after the 2013 Hooggeregshof uitspraak, Shelby County v. Holder, that invalidated a Justice Department review of new voting regulations in states with a history of voting discrimination. Lewis is one of the co-sponsors of the Voting Rights Advancement Act…huffingtingpost.com