Protesters Vs. North Carolina Anti-Trans Hate Bill: "You Will Not Pit Black People and Gay People and Poor People Against Each Other"

"You will not pit Black People and Gay People and Poor People against each other" - Reverend Barber #RepealHB2 pic.twitter.com/2gwhYi5gL6

— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) April 26, 2016

In the excellent photo report posted this week by the LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund about its April 25 rally and sit-in against North Carolina's hate bill targeting trans people, working people, and people of color, two tweets stand out for me. Both feature Reverend William Barber, one of the founders and leaders of North Carolina's Moral Mondays movement. One tweet's above, the other follows.

Hate Bill 2 an unholy alliance of transphobia, homophobia and racism. @RevDrBarber #RepealHB2 pic.twitter.com/2aooYu28lf

— The Task Force (@TheTaskForce) April 25, 2016

U.S. Catholic bishops, is this what you mean by religious freedom?

If so, why are none of you — not one, not a single face, not a single voice — part of these important contemporary protests against racism, attacks on workers' rights, and attacks on the LGBTQ community?

Or do you really mean something altogether different when you go on and on about "religious freedom"?