One-hundred pastors representing thousands of congregants from Harlem to Hollis today released a letter expressing vehement opposition to the New York City Council’s proposed ban on real fur.
“Fur has given black people standing, fortitude and strength in the face of bigotry, injustice and intolerance throughout history…” said Harlem’s Rev. Dr. Johnnie Green, Senior Pastor of Mount Neboh Baptist Church. “In today’s churches, many women and some men wear fur. Many do not. It is their choice whether to wear fur, as it should be. But for people who do not know the history, tradition, and sacrifices made by communities to decide that we no longer have the right to buy fur while other communities can continue to buy it seems unjust, unequal and wrongheaded.”
