Tennessee General Assembly
- The Covenant School shooting activated conservative Christians in Middle Tennessee to express support for gun reform despite the pushback from others in their faith tradition.
- Faith groups on different sides of the aisle are coming together to back proposals like an extreme risk protection order law, in a search for a legislative middle ground.
- Faith leaders who have long spoken up about gun violence continue to struggle with getting support for certain proposals even while larger issue is receiving more attention.
Dealing with the grief of losing close friends in The Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, Kathy White mustered her strength and that of fellow members at Christ Presbyterian Church to volunteer at prayer vigils and funerals.
White’s been part of the Christ Presbyterian community since the 1980s and serves as a deaconess who co-leads a bereavement ministry, so she’s accustomed to helping lead the church in prayer and mourning. But not as much political advocacy.
Nashville Tennessean
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