Our spiritual leaders need to step up to heal our political divisions
President Joe Biden points to Opal Lee after signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, June 17, 2021, in Washington. From left, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.; Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill.; Opal Lee; Vice President Kamala Harris; Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn.; House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina; Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, obscured; Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio; Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.; and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
(RNS) — The Constitution’s goal of a ‘more perfect union’ is a spiritual idea. It is now in jeopardy.