Baptist Press
By Diana Chandler, posted July 1, 2024 in National News, Persecution, World & Politics
WASHINGTON D.C. (BP) — During the Reconstruction Era, Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act in a failed attempt to speed enforcement of 14th Amendment rights for Blacks and protect the disenfranchised population from rampant Ku Klux Klan (KKK) violence.
Today, following months of antisemitic and anti-Zionist protests and barricades on several college campuses in the U.S., religious liberty attorney Mark Rienzi cited the act in calling for Congress to ensure enforcement of federal laws protecting Jews from religious and ethnic persecution. The Rest of The Story Here