Judge Kemp was given an exceptionally difficult case to preside over. It had everything, gender issues, racial issues, a raucous political climate as a backdrop, and then throw in that it happened in Texas, in Dallas, and the situation involved a gun and an officer who fired it. Judge Kemp flawlessly manages all parties fairly. Everyone is happy, and then she hugs the sobbing defendant before she's carted off to prison and hands her a Bible. The media explodes.
Bella Vita hit the nail on the head...God forbid anyone mention their Christian faith or hand out a Bible and give a hug. Our money and most court houses still have imprinted on them "In God We Trust." If you're not a Christian, you might not like it. If you're not a person of faith, you might not like it. But collectively as a country, in times of strife and heartache, global depressions and recessions, through natural and man-made disasters, and throughout towns large and small every Sunday, you'll see the majority of us who profess faith turn to and worship the same God. Most of us you'll never see championing a cause or heading a rally. It's not because our faith is weak or our beliefs soft, it's because most of us prefer peace over arguments, private resolutions over lawsuits, and praying over worrying.
That doesn't mean if you're of another faith you can't come here. In fact, I'd welcome you as my neighbor. But, where your faith is concerned, you will be in the minority, and no amount of hollering about it is going to change that. That doesn't make me a bigot or a racist or judgmental or any number of other ugly terms because I refuse to embrace other religions. Proud Americans are tired of apologizing for being proud to be American, and Christians are equally tired of being called wrong for any display of what we hold right and dear. But make no mistake about how fervent are our beliefs. There's a reason that without hesitation Judge Kemp admits, foremost I'm a Christian.
It's a sad day in the U.S. when a black female Christian judge in Texas does an exceptional job presiding over a trial that will undoubtedly change (for the better) race relations and relations between communities and LE, and the social media PC mob is gunning for her within the hour. They'll take up for the murdered drug dealing "entrepreneur," but the black female Christian judge who has fought prejudice on all sides her whole life, well, she just keeps being faithful and fighting more prejudice, this time from another side.
