Look, it’s just about economic insecurity. And I’m sure there were good people in this group. Many sides, folks. Many sides.

I’m sure that this was all due to economic anxiety.

Let me guess, they then ran off like the cowards they are.

Yeah fuck the church she is going to now that is tackling racism head on.

Internet commenters are cynical about religion and missed the entire part of the story where she found a more inclusive church. I’m shocked!

The irony of you being holier-than-thou about this is fucking staggering.

Eh, my church does yearly budget meetings letting everyone know how the money is spent. It’s no mega church.

How unfortunate that so many people are responding to this heartfelt piece with their own biases. Whether or not YOU find a religious congregation worth pursuing, whether or not YOU believe in God or faith is not the point. This writer does, and she should be allowed to express that and her disappointment in her…

Upstate NY is the most racist place I have ever lived. I have lived in Arizona.

I wish they could see it’s the best fit for their white family, too.

I live in rural NY outside Buffalo. It’s pretty amazing how racist you can become with little contact outside media coverage and the like.

WOW - I’m so appalled and sorry you had to experience this from a place that is supposed to love and accept unconditionally! Honestly I can’t imagine the same happening if this was reversed and you had adopted two “white” babies at an all black congregation. This just shows that we have soooo much further to go…

The degree to which white people everywhere are unaware of the normalized racism all around us is one of the greatest obstacles to achieving meaningful and lasting progress. I grew up to liberal parents five miles from Stone Mountain, Ga., and I was basically an adult before it occurred to me how screwed up Stone…

Your kids are freakin’ adorable and I’m glad that you found a welcoming church, AND I’m sorry that your former church comrades were garbage people.

This was beautiful. I hope your former congregants read this! The Evangelical church has become a vehicle for white supremacy, and more people need to speak about it.

God this is fucking stupid. Not you, the former congregation.

Thank you, I loved reading this.

Mmm, and I know a lot of well-fattened, delicious-tasting Americans . . .

Three hours, I give most. folks.

Judge: “Sgt. Barnes, what justification do you offer for why you shot and killed a deaf man with developmental disabilities who was carrying a metal walking stick?”