Intro: Are we called to be merely spectators of a sport we love — or are we called to act?
“We have to show that money cannot be more important than people. And right now, the most important thing is voting rights and how our government is restricting that.”
Nearly 30 years ago, the NFL moved the Super Bowl out of Arizona to Pasadena, California, because voters refused to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday, the religious leaders pointed out. . .
“As two of the NFL’s slogans this season are ‘Inspire Change’ and ‘It Takes All of Us,’ who precisely are the us to be inspired, but the very spectators who also happen to be voters?” The letter concluded with an appeal to Goodell to “make living words of ‘Inspire Change,’” and find a new location for next year’s Super Bowl.
NFL Commissioner Goodell has yet to respond.
A spokesperson for Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey called the demand to move the Super Bowl out of the state “beyond belief.”
Faith Leaders Demand NFL Move Next Super Bowl From Arizona For 'Racist' Vote Crackdown
"The Ballot or the Blackout" campaign against Arizona steps up after federal
lawmakers fail to pass national voting rights protections.
A coalition of more than 400 religious leaders and others from around the nation have called on the National Football League to change the planned location of next year’s Super Bowl from Arizona because of the state’s series of “racist” “voter suppression” laws.
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