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Michael Zimmerman

@mzclergyletter

Founder & Executive Director, The Clergy Letter Project (clergy promoting science)(www.theclergyletterproject.org), long-time academic administrator, evolutionary biologist, believer in the power of the liberal arts

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More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.

Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.

Beautiful and devastating all at once.

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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen #Colbert interviewed TX Sen. candidate James #Talarico & their discussion about #ChristianNationalism is well worth your time. It was on Youtube rather than The Late Show because #CBS refused to allow Colbert to put it on the show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ... #religion #texaspolitics

17.02.2026 09:29 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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Truth Matters: Confronting the Lies that Divide Us Clergy members from across the country and around the world, representing a wide array of religions and denominations, recognize when we…

Lies are all around us, #lies are destroying us, our #religion, our #science, our society. Simply put, #truth matters & #clergy are uniting to explain the value of truth; always but especially in a prevarication-filled environment. Join them and make the world a better place. tinyurl.com/4ppckhjc

04.02.2026 21:28 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Truth Matters: Confronting the Lies that Divide Us Clergy members from across the country and around the world, representing a wide array of religions and denominations, recognize when we…

Clergy recognize when we abandon truth the very fabric of society begins to fray & have taken steps to push back against lies. Lies have migrated from the dark corners of social media to the center of the Trump regime & need to be confronted. Read about the efforts of clergy. tinyurl.com/4ppckhjc

31.01.2026 17:55 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Got it! Thanks very much and welcome aboard. Please help spread the word to others who might also want to participate.

12.01.2026 01:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Clergy Letter Project

Or our new Interfaith Clergy Letter explaining how religion and Science can be compatible (www.theclergyletterproject.org/Interfaith/I...). Just let me know and I'll get you added. Thanks much!

11.01.2026 20:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Clergy Letter Project

Sounds reasonable! You might want to add your name to our Climate Crisis Letter (www.theclergyletterproject.org/Climate_Lett...) drafted by team of clergy & scientists & calling for immediate action to protect the most vulnerable among us.

11.01.2026 20:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Glad to hear it. Thanks for pointing this out. I still find it shocking that it wasn't in either The Times or WAPO on-line yesterday.

11.01.2026 19:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Clergy Letter Project

Thanks for the follow. From you picture I assume your an ordained member of the clergy. If so, please think about joining The Clergy Letter Project & add your signature to Christian Clergy Letter (www.theclergyletterproject.org/Christian_Cl...). Thanks much. Looking forward to hearing from you!

11.01.2026 19:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is despicable. Why has this terrible crime not received any national attention, from either major media or politicians? (At least I've not been able to find any such attention.)

11.01.2026 09:13 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

What an amazing call to action. We all need to think what we can do to protect our neighbors, our communities and our country.

(I'm proud to say that Bishop Hirschfeld is a member of The Clergy Letter Project.)

11.01.2026 07:07 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘We’re Not Going to Take This’: UUs Provide Mutual Aid, Join Protests after ICE Kills Mother of Three in Minneapolis In the wake of the tragedy, UUs in the Twin Cities are caring for each other and their communities.

After the killing of Minneapolis mother of three Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer, Unitarian Universalists are responding with grief, protest, and mutual aid—showing up for neighbors and living their values in a time of crisis.

Read more: bit.ly/4qcHxjv

#UU #UnitarianUniversalist #Minneapolis

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26.12.2025 05:12 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara.

Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.

19.12.2025 14:20 👍 6288 🔁 2810 💬 181 📌 127

So, is this Trump's version of 'Night of The Long Knives'?!

We're down to the wire here, people.

It's time.

20.11.2025 20:31 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0

Six veterans posted a video reminding our troops that they swore allegiance to the Constitution-not to Donald Trump-and that they must not obey illegal orders

Because of this, Donald Trump now thinks they should be executed

FOR TELLING OUR TROOPS TO FOLLOW THE LAW

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20.11.2025 15:02 👍 1011 🔁 459 💬 32 📌 16
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Trump’s Raids Terrorize Catholics — Pope Leo’s Top Cardinal Calls It an ‘Assault on Millions’ Seminarians are leaving the country, priests worry they could be next, and Pope Leo XIV insists the Church must stand with its most vulnerable faithful.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, a Pope Leo ally who serves as archbishop of Washington, doesn’t mince words about what’s happening.

“We are witnessing a full-scale governmental assault designed to produce fear among millions.

“It's an instrument of terror.”

03.11.2025 21:22 👍 1189 🔁 373 💬 26 📌 12

Besides that, Soros pays extra for every kid under the age of 12!

15.10.2025 19:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

She didn't sign it, George. They used an auto-pen to generate her signature. I thought you knew something about the law!

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02.04.2025 22:46 👍 443 🔁 121 💬 23 📌 8

Glad you liked my reply. Let me reiterate my invitation to add your signature to our climate crisis letter & Christian Clergy Letter explaining how religion & science can be compatible. Please join more than 18,000 clergy. Let me know how you'd like your signature block to appear & I'll do the rest.

26.06.2025 19:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Absolutely insane!

25.06.2025 06:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

And so many of us seem to be enabling them, even celebrating their cruelty! We're better than this - or we should be.

29.05.2025 18:53 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We all knew that the Trump regime's cut to USAID was going to have deadly consequences. The great work of @propublica.org demonstrates just how grave those consequences have been. Together we need to ensure that people learn of this horror & together we need to push back. We're stronger together.

29.05.2025 18:44 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Sure it is!

25.05.2025 21:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Clergy Letter Project

Thanks very much for your support over the years & for your important words. Best wishes in retirement. Please share information about The Clergy Letter Project so we can continue to reach more people with our message about #climatechange #science & #religion in its best form!

05.05.2025 21:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Indeed. 843 rabbis from across the United States have signed on making it clear that #evolution & #Judaism are not in conflict & that one narrow view of religion being taught in science classes infringes on the religious rights of others as well as making a mockery of science. @theradr.bsky.social

05.05.2025 20:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! I've proudly added your signature to our #climatecrisis letter. Please share it with colleagues who might also want to sign on. (It's a shame we need to be doing this - but we do!) Together we are making a difference.

05.05.2025 20:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Clergy Letter Project

Thanks. Different indeed, but most Christian leaders find his views abhorrent. Take a look at their statement on Climate Change & please add your signature to clergy from 15 countries. Let me know how you'd like your signature block to appear and I'll do the rest. Together we can make a difference.

05.05.2025 20:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 2
The Clergy Letter Project

4/4 Rabbis, UU clergy members, Buddhist clergy members & Humanist clergy members also signed letters saying their beliefs are consistent with evolution & that #evolution rather than #religion should be taught in public schools. Read their statements and share. Help protect science education.

05.05.2025 19:52 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0