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April 14, 2006
William Sloan Coffin, Chaplain and Social Activists Dies
The Rev. William Sloan Coffin, former Yale University Chaplain and social activists dies at 81. He was one of the nations leaders supporting the civil rights movement and he was also in active opposition to the Vietnam War.
George Hull in his blog, In the News, shares excerpts from an interview with Rev. Coffin from the Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, August 2004:
"The Rev. COFFIN: I'd just as soon live a little bit longer. But when you are 80, you can't complain. Joy in this world comes from self-fulfillment. Joy is a more profound experience than mere happiness. When you feel a sense of undeserved integrity because you think you're in the right fight -- against segregation, against the war in Vietnam, against the stupid and cruel discrimination against gays and lesbians -- these are the right fights, I feel very deeply. And the sense of self-fulfillment which comes from being in the right fight is a wonderful thing."
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at April 14, 2006 9:55 AM