by Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware

When he stepped to the podium at Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, last Sunday, Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, the senior pastor, had a message for his congregation about the broad-daylight murder of Charlie Kirk, the far-right political activist.

Within an hour of the end of the 8 a.m. service, the entire world had heard what he said; Kirk didn’t deserve to die, but he was no hero, either.

“I’m overwhelmed to see the nation’s flag flying half-staff for a man who was a proud racist and spent his entire life sowing seeds of division and hatred into this land,” Wesley told the congregation in a video that immediately went viral as soon as it was posted. “And then these hypocrites with selective rage who are mad about Charlie Kirk but didn’t sa

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