Reb Moti in the Kansas Reflector
From the Kansas Reflector: When Rabbi Moti Rieber shouted in frustration from the gallery of the Kansas Senate after it overturned the governor’s veto on the state’s anti-trans law on Feb. 17, he turned to an oft-quoted warning about the danger of political complacency.
But he updated it for our time.
As soon as Senate President Ty Masterson announced the veto had been overturned by the chamber’s Republican supermajority, 31-9, and smacked the gavel to signal an end to the matter, Rieber was on his feet.
“First they came for the trans people,” Rieber shouted, “and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t trans. Then they came for …”