https://www.rsbnetwork.com/opinion/op-ed-has-american-civility-degraded-to-the-point-that-houses-of-worship-need-armed-security/

Religion and faith are so incredibly uplifting. That’s why it’s so horrific when any house of worship is attacked, disrupted, or threatened.

I’m so very lucky/blessed. I have been to temple with Jewish friends. I have attended Catholic mass, Baptist mass, nondeominational. I have also meditated in the woods and welcomed the seasons during group Pagan rituals.

I am a Pagan spiritualist, but praying and sharing faith with others from other faiths always brings me the same sense of joy that meditation and ritual do. It all comes from the same place. I truly believe that all faiths are connected.

This is helpful because my husband has recently found himself called to the Catholic faith, and I support him all the way. I even attended service with him on Sunday with our three younger children. But that service, just a few days ago, was disrupted.

Thankfully, the situation was quickly handled, and no one was hurt, but then I learned about the Minneapolis church being stormed by crazed “ice protesters,” and it hit a bit too close.

Read about the question of whether or not religious houses need to hire armed security in this increasingly uncivil society. It seems insane to even consider it, or need to. But here we are:

https://www.rsbnetwork.com/opinion/op-ed-has-american-civility-degraded-to-the-point-that-houses-of-worship-need-armed-security/