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National United Church of Christ Calls for Boycott

6/29/2015

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Today (June 29, 2015), the National United Church of Christ (UCC) passed a resolution calling on Dan Snyder to change the name of the team. The resolution states that the name of the team is offensive and hurtful to many Native Americans and causes harm to the Native American population. The resolution continues by saying that Native American organizations along with hundreds of clergy, civil rights organizations, journalists, elected officials (including the President of the United States) has voiced support for changing the team name.

The resolution continues by urging its 1.1 million members to join a boycott of games played by the Washington Professional football team. 

This is a strong statement and should be replicated many times over by other respected and venerable institutions. I have had the pleasure of meeting Rev. Tim Tutt of the Westmorland UCC church in Bethesda, MD who delivered this sermon on the topic (http://www.westmorelanducc.org/sermons/2014/2/12/should-washingtons-professional-football-team-change-its-name). 

We need more sermons like this. Thank you UCC for your leadership. 
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    Josh Silver is one of the founders of RWF and is a life time fan that wants the name changed!

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